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Golfers Rejoice As Nike Launches Brilliant New App [Video]

Niall Harbison — Mon, 28 May 2012 10:39:22 +0000

Golf is one of the hardest sports in the world to master and people who play it spend billions every year buying the best equipment to help improve their game. Nike are tapping in to that market with a new app that will help players improve their game thanks to a huge set of features. An impressive looking app that will no doubt also increase Nike’s sales of traditional products.

John Malkovich Latest Actor To Appear In Apple Siri Advert

Lauren Fisher — Sun, 27 May 2012 14:28:42 +0000

Apple have started to change their advertising strategy in recent months moving away from focusing totally on the product and instead starting to recruit celebrities and actors to push the iPhone. The latest ad shows famous actor John Malkovich planning his night out and having a little launch with Siri.

The World’s First Car Race Completely In Reverse [Video]

Niall Harbison — Sun, 27 May 2012 09:30:09 +0000

To launch their new rear facing cameras on their cars Kia came up with the unique concept of having the world’s first car race using only the reverse gear. It was a serious challenge for the drivers but it helped raise awareness of the new feature on the car.

The Best Wedding Proposal Ever [Video]

Lauren Fisher — Sat, 26 May 2012 15:10:39 +0000

We’ve seen wedding proposals come in all shapes and sizes here on the blog but we have a new contender for the best one ever today with a unique video that was all set to dub step. Anybody wanting to top the best wedding proposal in the world ever is going to have to seriously up their game after this little number.

NBA Rookie Of The Year Kyrie Irving Dresses As Old Man, And Schools Everyone [Video]

Niall Harbison — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:20:57 +0000

Pepsi have just released this video which shows NBA Rookie of the year Kyrie Irving dressing up as an old man and heading down to the local basketball court. At first the players think he is just an old man but when he starts pulling out some insane tricks the crowd starts going wild. A brilliant piece of video that will surely get tens of millions of views.

Getty Images Produce Breathtaking Stop-Motion Video Using 873 Images

Lauren Fisher — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:36:51 +0000

We’ve seen stop-motion videos in the past, but this has to be one of the best example of the style that we’ve seen in a while. Getty Images trawled through its vast image archive to bring this commercial, ‘From Love To Bingo’, a video where 873 images are shown in little over a minute. The brilliant thing about this video is that it manages to be absolutely captivating, telling a story about love and life, all without a line of dialogue. Marketing at its best!

The Best Social Media Case Study Parody You’ll Ever See

Lauren Fisher — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:17:57 +0000

We’re regularly feature case studies that provide the state of social media or provide information about a particular site, but this social media focused video is a welcome relief from the numerous figures and stats out there.

Created by ThePoke.co.uk and @madeupstats, the video lampoons the numerous videos and stats out there to great effect, including gems like the fact that lining up every MySpace user one by one would create a line that would almost stretch the whole way around Facebook’s head office. Brilliant!

The Most Beautiful 5k Run Ever [Video]

Niall Harbison — Wed, 23 May 2012 09:56:34 +0000

Running is normally a pain in the ass and hard work, but the organizers of the Color Me Rad 5k run have come up with a new concept that makes the whole experience fun. It is part exercise and part music festival with all the family invited along and the organizers spraying everybody with all sorts of vivid colors. Exercising has never been this much fun and it makes for a stunningly beautiful video as well. We want to try this now!

David Beckham Plays Beethoven On Samsung Galaxy Note

Lauren Fisher — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:22:41 +0000

Samsung has had some brilliant marketing campaigns of late and the latest is this smart little video featuring global icon David Beckham. He is seen playing football on a series of drums with the Samsung Galaxy Note as the focal point. It looks and sounds impressive, but there is, without any doubt, a bit of creative editing going on here.

The World’s First Ropeless Bungee Jump [Video]

Niall Harbison — Tue, 22 May 2012 10:43:43 +0000

When you are trying to get a key message across about a product, you need to find something that people can relate to. Turns out the makers of the world’s first wireless iron have done just that with this video. To celebrate the launch of the Tefal Wireless iron (we want one so bad!), they carried out the world’s first bungee jump without a rope. There is, of course, a good but of editing involved in this video, but it gets the key selling point of the product across perfectly.

Stunning New Nike Football Advert – My Time Is Now [Video]

Niall Harbison — Tue, 22 May 2012 07:44:23 +0000

With a big international football tournament approaching, you can always expect a blockbuster of an advert from Nike and they haven’t let us down with their new spot for Euro 2012. It features a match between Holland and France which gets interrupted by a gang of some of the world’s best players. Superb production!

Katy Perry Launches Facebook Timeline Inspired Music Video

Niall Harbison — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:19:48 +0000

It’s been a big week for Facebook in terms of publicity and it has been handed another bit of coverage thanks to superstar Katy Perry who has used the new Timeline design for her new video. It tells her story by using some of the best known features on the site and is a smart way for her to gather even more publicity for herself.

Whiskies Campaign Treats “Cat Boredom” [Video]

Niall Harbison — Mon, 21 May 2012 08:16:31 +0000

Does your cat suffer from the horrible affliction known as “Cat Boredom”? Whiskies really hopes it does because this new campaign video shows how they can treat it right now. This is, of course, a marketing campaign and the video is bound to get shared thousands of times due to the fact that it features cats!

Ray Bans Launch App To Help City Hipsters Find Sunshine

Niall Harbison — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:56:25 +0000

Finding sunshine in a big city can be a very tricky occupation with large buildings obscuring it at different times of the day. Luckily, Ray Bans has come to the aid of hipsters all over the world with a brilliant new app that helps you find sun spots in your local city.

Women’s Rowing Team Youtube By Storm With Funk Foot Dance [Video]

Niall Harbison — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:01:21 +0000

You may remember the Harvard Basketball team who took Youtube by storm a couple of weeks ago with their song in the back of a van. Well the inevitable has happened and a bunch of copy cats have come along but this video featuring a women’s rowing team is the best of the bunch with their unique “foot dance”. The time and effort that most go in to making these videos is something else!