House of cards ad

A cool idea by Leo Burnetts for Shelter. I hope they did a big ambient version as well.

thesaurus.com encourages adultery

type 'marriage' into thesaurus.com and these are the first ads that come up... wonder why the divorce rate is so high?

Don't forget your plastic bags

A TV idea we did for a Scottish Government campaign aimed at getting people to recycle their plastic bags by reminding them to take their bags to the shops with them. We wanted to make something fun and as non preachy as possible, so came up with this. It's pretty rough but shows the general idea.

For some reason the timing of the music isnt working very well on here, the images go in time with the 'rabbits' in the music.

'Don't leave it up to your kids'

Here is the TV ad we made in response to a brief that McCann Ericksson set us. Its for the BWEA to try and endear people to the thought of putting up wind farms. It didn't exactly float their boat but we'd love to know what you think. It's based around the thought that we're going to have to switch to renewable energy at some point so why not do it now instead of leaving it up to your kids..

Sometimes I feel like doing this

Where Alfie and I grew up

Need I say more, we grow well down 'ere in the South West innerr

Are you a knock off Nigel?

Just seen this TV ad trying to get people to stop people downloading pirate DVDs and I bloody love it. So much better than the usual dictating ads that do absolutely nothing. Especially the one from the start of DVDs, "You wouldn't steal a car.." etc, don't know if anyone else knows what I mean but these are totally ineffective in my eyes. After all, who would want to be a knock off Nigel?

Good News!

Finally some good news! After a two week trial period at The Leith Agency, we have been offered a three month placement with a view to being extended to a year. This is a huge relief after several weeks of Jeremy Kyle and Judge Judy, especially with the current state of the economy and the chances of employment at the moment. We very much look forward to starting in Edinburgh in the first week of January.

So after our two week trial at Leith, we are awaiting a decision as to whether or not we can return for a placement. We finished the trial at the end of October and are expecting a decision at the start of December. In the meantime I have been putting together an illustrated book about the stuff we have learnt so far on placements, just to keep the creative juices flowing if anything. We have only been on three placements so far but the list is already quite long. 

I intend to make it an ongoing thing until we get our first job and probably beyond, hopefully becoming a useful guide to creatives who have to do the placement trail in the future. 

Working on a title and front page at the moment and have a list of tips as long as my arm, would welcome any other tips that people have picked up. what do you reckon to this as a title page for starters?

Which types have you encountered?

Found these great cartoons by Tom Fishburne. Haven't met all these types by any means, but some definitely seem familiar!!!