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Corbis: Foam city

Search inspiration.

Advertising Agency: MSTF Partners, Lisbon, Portugal
Creative Directors: Lourenço Thomaz, Suzana Sequeira
Art Director: Lourenço Thomaz
Copywriter: Suzana Sequeira

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Enlighten me.

They all make reference to famous ads

I find it clever, i like it

this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG7z0VAxBEc

ok, the 5 of them by order:
Sony cybershot, Axe chocolate man, Honda CHoir, Sony bravia LCD, Cadbury's Gorilla
smart thinking

jsantanaxp's picture

haha cybershot camouflaged.
but campaign simple and directed to the target.

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http://comunique9.blogspot.com

I like it because is clean, very creative concept

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http://fcoutino.blogspot.com

do i miss the point or is this just a very boring ad?

jochen's picture

the target audience will get it...

but just referring to something good doesn't make this ad good.

- www.lifetheuniverseandadvertising.com -

i think we are the target audience. that said, if they're trying to reach people who make ads all day, then this work isn't that good. i also don't like 'search inspiration' especially with half of it bold. are they trying to get me to bum around their stock photos in the hopes i shake something loose? if that's it, then it's a nice concept, but i don't think it quite comes through here. besides, that's what the 'uploaded this minute' page on flickr is for. you get some landscape, a plate of food, some amateur porn, and lots of vacation pics.

I'm with john doe. They are all boring as hell... There are much better angles.

The target will get it but are they gonna find it smart? Or just plain lazy? I know I did.
And are they trying to say something buy choosing 3 fallon ads out of 5? And the set of pictures chosen are a bit off. They seem like the ones I'd choose to describe them after seeing the ads, not the ones that would get me inspired before making them...

...or am I missing the point??

Favete's picture

You're probably right, besides these are tv ads... inspired by a...photobank?
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Change it, change it now coz they will tomorrow.

Favete's picture

You find inspiration in a photobank to create... tv ads... hmmmf it's nice tho.
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Change it, change it now coz they will tomorrow.

So the idea here is that you find these images in their image bank and you come up with great TV ads.

That's a nice thought but totally wrong.

To find these images you have to type in a keyword. I can't find a keyword that connects these 4 images that will then inspire me to create the Sony Cybershot ad.
That means I have to type in different keywords for each image. That way I already know what I'm after.
In other words, I got my inspiration elsewhere and I am just looking for images to put on my mood-board to accompany the storyboard.

I think that the real target for image banks is not ATL advertising agencies but BTL & PR-agencies, publishing houses that do magazines, etc.

someone loves fallon a bit too much me think

I think it misses the mark by quite a bit. I don't want to search anything referencing work that's already been done. Especially when illustrated with boring pictures.

If you're targeting creatives show me a platypus, Saturn, a football and a carton of milk and talk about being able to inspire creativity.

- Commenting in all caps with poor spelling and grammar is so done before -

Good idea, but I agree with Toro : Image banks are not made for inspiration.
Why do they all communicate on this ?

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javo_rc's picture

You´re wrong my friend. In the last years, the image banks started to sell themselves like inspirators. Because, some creatives use it for inspiration.
Look at this:
http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/corbis_motion_taxi
http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/latinstock_argentina_corbis_centa...

Te equivocas amigo. En los últimos años, los bancos de imagenes se venden a si mismos como inspiratores. Porque alguno creativos lo usan para eso.
Mira esto:
http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/corbis_motion_taxi
http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/latinstock_argentina_corbis_centa...

http://javoramirez.wordpress.com/

Peraphs you’re right Javo, some creatives do. Anyway, I don’t think that’s the good way, to find things like Cadbury or Sony bravia. Thanks for your answer.

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javo_rc's picture

Simple and clear...for the target!

Simple y claro...para el grupo objetivo!

http://javoramirez.wordpress.com/

Dude we apparently are pay to have new ideas, not look in some bodys pictures and put a line on it. i think we are the target and this add sucks, the concept its wrong.

El que sabe, sabe arte. El que no, es redactor.

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