I wrote about the Orange’s intention to storm the market with its new advertising campaign called “I am” which will feature some celebrities and ordinary people few days back. The company has released its first commercial which although doesn’t have anything fancy but truly gives justice to the name of campaign. The campaign is said to be the company’s most expensive marketing initiative ever. We will see more of related stuff in the coming days.

Agency: Fallon, London
Agency Producer: Tracy Stokes
Director: Noam Murro
Production Company: Biscuit @ Independent
Producer: Jay Veal
Executive Producer: Richard Packer
Director of Photography: Toby Irwin
Editor: Russell Icke
VFX: Framestore
Audio Post: Grand Central

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JC Penny’s latest ad which shows a teenage boy and a gal practicing putting their clothes on quickly in anticipation of making out in basement has been removed from youtube because the ad was never authorized by the company. The ad was created by one former employee of JC Penny’s ad agency Saatchi and Saatchi through a third party called Epoch Films without any knowledge or consent of the advertiser. It was never broadcasted on TV but it reached Youtube and also managed to win a Film Bronze at Cannes Lions 2008. Truly, today’s the day to get away with it because every day matters.

You can still watch the video here and here.

Kingston has launched its first ever TV commercial to market its pen drives. The ad has got a funky look with all the music and dance and party but it seriously lacks in any direction whatsoever. The advertisers are mindlessly targeting the youth with the same tricks of gaana-bajaana and Bollywood like dances. They desperately need to differentiate themselves if they are serious about their investments in advertising. Many Indian brands are already doing the same stuff with little or no success. By the way, I was expecting something related with technology and stuff or anything which I could discuss with my mates who are into technology. This is one disappointing attempt but we can understand that Kingston has a very good image in the Indian computer hardware and peripherals market and it just wants to capitalize on that by going for more visibility. I have not seen the commercial on TV yet but it is available on youtube.

The first ever winners of Design Lions will be announced in few hours from now while HBO voyeur campaign the Grand Prix in the Outdoor Lions on Wednesday at Cannes Lions 2008. This particular campaign focused to excite the voyeur in you. The guys behind this campaign (BBDO New York) shot a video of 8 families/homes in one single frame and chronicled the life and death and all the stuff in between. You can see its website to get better idea while i am embedding the youtube video below here.