Advertising - 2010: Tippex YouTube Sensation

I was casually checking my Friday email's last week and regularly scroll through FHM's Weekly email. Most of the time the links are average, but every now and then, there is a gem. It's been a while since an advertising campaign has caught my eye like this, but when I saw "NSFW. A hunter shoots a bear!" I was intrigued to say the least. On the whole, if videos make it on YouTube, then they are bound to be funny, rather than gory, so another reason to click.



Watch the advertisement below and see just how shocking this video is!



Well, I bet you weren't expecting that! I can tell you I wasn't. On a Cross-Platform Group Project at Bournemouth University, a group of friends and I developed a very similar concept called iDunno.co.uk, for children, and not too dissimilar to Microsoft's Miss Dewey. Miss Dewey has been discontinued, but was a very intelligent website with thousands of responses. Tippex have done a phenomenal job in integrating this concept with YouTube, and in my opinion is the first of its kind. iDunno.co.uk was a safe interactive search engine for children and hopefully will be developed further in the future.

Anyway, back to Tippex... The advertisement was developed by Buzzman in France and you have the ability to rewrite the story however you see fit (hence the Tippex link...obviously). How many different videos can you find? I'll put up the one's I've found, so just add away!

1. Shoots
2. Erases
3. F***s (come on, I bet you put that in first)
4. Punches
5. Photographs
6. Rides
7. Marries
8. Dances
9. Teases
10. Farts
11. Feeds
12. Eats
13. Finds
14. Sings
15. Couch
16. Football

I think that's enough. Find some for yourselves and let me know if you find anything new! I know there was a film camera one but I can't find it anymore!

Enjoy!

James

Viral: Did You Know?

This is a brilliant viral which essentially puts us out of a job. Whilst this sounds like a destructive and depressing concept, the combination of Fat Boy Slim's "Right here, Right Now" along with sharply animated graphics, give this informative viral an edge over other informative shorts. Enjoy.

Viral - 2008: What If Corporations Invented The Stop Sign?

The video below is a fantastic scenario as described by the synopsis, of an environment that any designer/advertiser will have encountered at one point in their career.

Website's Synopsis: Stop signs are one of the many things we take for granted. It's hard to believe that there was a time before the stop sign existed, and that someone had to invent it. The Process is a fun short about how things would have turned out if it were designed by committee. (www.todaysbigthing.com)

Can you just imagine being in a similar situation with your campaign?

Viral - 2007: Jeon Ju Slalom Competition

The videos below were produced in 2007, so not exactly the newest of virals to share with the world, however the Jeon Ju Slalom Competition is a freestyle competition where individuals can dance in between cones to music whilst wearing rollerblades... sound interesting enough? wait until you watch the videos. Some people have just got too much talent.

1st Place - Xu Xinyu



2nd Place - Sin Eun Yeong



3rd Place - Kim Kyeong Mi



What I would pay to watch these talented skaters play Ice-hockey, weaving in and out of players! Don't think they'd take the physical aspect of the sport though. It may be unfair to say this but no matter just how difficult you know this talent is, and the fact that most of you could barely skate in a straight line let alone inbetween cones, you can't help but comment on how 2nd and 3rd place don't compare to 1st place! Don't lie... at one point within the videos you all pointed out that "they hit a cone and lost balance...rubbish!" Enjoy.