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Advertising Agency: CheethamBellJWT, Manchester, UK
Creative Director: Andy Cheetham
Art Director: James Ashworth
Copywriter: Andrew Dobbie
Director: Gemma Burditt
Published: June 2008

23 Comments

thirty6chambers's picture 1472 pencils

a truck would have been faster...

Mezooo's picture 174 pencils

that's one great piece of ad!

i really like the song + the stop motion video which also deliveres the benefit of the product.

awesome work

apseudobeing's picture 539 pencils

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Crisp One's picture 2031 pencils

e'ffing awsome ****

although I'm tired of seeing that video frame rate effect everywhere now, almost as annoying as when Toyota was doing that shakey camera thingy a while back.

monotone's picture 301 pencils

Right, the frame rate effect. It's everywhere these days and it's getting in my nerves too.

I swear I had something cool to put here.

Garlickbread's picture 6 pencils

If you had continued to read on, you'd have noticed that the "frame rate effect" that gets on your nerves isn't an effect at all. This entire ad was shot on Digital SLR and pieced together. Clever Stuff.

Crisp One's picture 2031 pencils

what ever its called, its over done... how about we call it, "That Overdone SLR effect"

Alistair C.'s picture 692 pencils

i like the idea and the execution. the music is very emotional.

it's a pity that the fisherman works so hard to deliver fresh fish and people at tesco keep it frozen for a while :P maybe they should do a joint promotion with the Amigo character... fresh fish and fresh coffee in the morning :))
excuse me, i had to say this.
but i like this ad.

djakuza's picture 521 pencils

does anyone know the song? :)
really nice ad, love that stop motion effect.

durrty's picture 6 pencils

Song is "Dragonfly" by M. Craft.

Garlickbread's picture 6 pencils

In reply to a few of the comments above:

The ad isn't using a video frame rate effect, it was actually shot on Digital SLR as still images. The boat was picked up and moved two feet between every frame. Then edited together at 25 frames per second.

The music is 'Dragonfly' by a band called M.Craft

kgeiger's picture 6642 pencils

Nice classic advert.

PeteRowden's picture 11 pencils

Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear. Is this 'creative' or plain old-fashioned theft?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_v_0C0kfJc&feature=related

Garlickbread's picture 6 pencils

The Director of the advert is Gemma Burditt.
The Director of the music video is the same Gemma Burditt.
You decide if it's 'theft' or not...?

Don Rapper's picture 227 pencils

its very good! the song is excellent, and the direction too.

Bring Out Your Dead's picture 14 pencils

‘Amateurs borrow, professionals steal.’

kergu's picture 6580 pencils

Excellent complementation! nice work.

sparky's picture 458 pencils

love it. really nice direction..

RM's picture 421 pencils

Lovely spot. I've always liked John West commercials. This one almost makes you think that the tuna is handmade - a nice approach. Great stuff guys

Tapper's picture 480 pencils

Its a bit of a blatant steel though, could have moved it along

Strip. Strip. Strip.

annie_us's picture 90 pencils

I like the idea and the execution. the music is very emotional.

Annie_us

AERC's picture 61 pencils

Great production...but not a great idea.

Wordnerd's picture 6617 pencils

Beautiful ad. works for sure

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