RND 09

After a year out, Red Nose Day is back! And this year there’s 3 noses to choose from, “this one, that one or the other one”. The live show is on BBC1 Friday 13th March, where celebrities will take part in special editions of The Apprentice, Strictly Come Dancing, Top of the Pops and Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps. Take a look at the website HERE

And if you ring 123 from a BT landline between the 3rd and 23rd March, you may get the voice of Kimberley Walsh, Cheryl Cole, Gary Barlow, Chris Moyles or Fearne Cotton.

Coke art

Coca-Cola is possibly the biggest brand in the world today, so its no surprise that the company is producing newer, fresher advertising all the time. Many different designers have interpreted their ‘coke side of life’ and posted them on the web, each with their own unique style.

Take a look at the Coca-Cola art gallery on flickr. Or the blog
Official website

Top 20 TV adverts

Heres a list of my top 20 TV ads of 2008 (Jan- Nov).
Each links to its YouTube page.

20- Oasis- Cactus kid
19- Anchor Butter
18- Smarties- Blue is back
17- National Express- Miniature prices
16- Apple- 4th Gen
15- Marmite- Paddington
14- Kronenbourg- Dynamo Systeme
13- Ribena 100% pure
12- Mars
11- NHS- Quit smoking
10- Carphone Warehouse
9- Virgin Media
8- Argos- Christmas catalogue
7- Ford- New Fiesta
6- Royal Mail
5- Cravendale
4- Cadburys- Airport
3- Hovis
2- Drench- Brains
1- Barclay Card- Waterslide

Illuminated Films

Iain Harvey is the man behind Illuminated Films success. He’s responsible for making classic animations like the ‘Very Hungry Caterpillar’ and ‘The Snowman’. I recently discovered them after reading the book ‘Animation Now!‘ by Anima Mundi/ Ed. Julius Wiedemann, which is very good for getting creative inspiration from. I’ve always loved their films and it’s good to know the people who make them, although their latest venture into animated feature film with the 2001 Christmas Carol wasn’t much to shout about. I hope to see more from them soon.
See the work at illuminatedfilms.com

The Family

Just thought i’d share with you a programme I watched recently. Its about the Hughes family, being recorded 24/7 for 100 days/nights and then shown in hour long episodes on wednesdays at 9pm on Channel 4. Sounds boring, but it was strangly addictive.

Twenty-one small, remotely operated cameras were installed throughout the house. There were certain times that the family could have the cameras off in their bedrooms and there were no cameras or microphones in the bathrooms. The director Jonathan Smith wanted to try and stay clear of the whole being watched idea of Big Brother.
“Our aim was to assemble and present true stories that came out of our observations of this family’s life, not to provide Big Brother style hour-by-hour accounts of what happened while we watched them. This involved painstaking effort, carefully compressing timelines, intercutting and interweaving narratives and endlessly debating the most telling shots to use.”

Listen to this interview with members of the family from BBC Radio 1 on the 29th oct 08.

You can catch up on the episodes at channel4.com/video/the-family/catchup
More information including the ‘making of film’ and family interviews HERE