MTV has a rich tradition of showing creative short bumpers that brand the channel with an edgy tone of voice. To give this some more awareness MTV asked several Amsterdam (production) agencies to give their interpretation of ‘Oooh! MTV’. Most times it was translated into ‘a tribute to MTV’. As from today the results are shown on a dedicated website and on the music channel itself. Most creative shops really made the effort. We were especially impressed by the ones made by …,Staat (embedded) and PostPanic (I’m everything all of the time).
Archive for November, 2008
MTV Shorts
Friday, November 28th, 2008Sid Lee opens ’boutique’ in Amsterdam
Monday, November 24th, 2008
Montreal based agency, Sid Lee, last week opened its new Amsterdam office in the creative neighborhood ‘de Pijp’. You could call it a hotshop, but the Canadian agency of the year prefers to call it a ‘gallery-boutique-atelier’. No wonder; besides selling advertising that goes beyond the 30 second spot, the Amsterdam office is also home to a gallery, a café and a shop selling designer products from different parts of Canada. Harm Sas (ex Usual Suspects) is creative director and Niels van de Walle (previously working as digital director at Nike) managing partner. Sid Lee – in Canada known for its fully integrated work – this summer won the global Adidas Originals account. Its first campaign for Originals (‘83 original ways to successfully waste your time’) specifically promoted the clothing line designed together with Diesel.
Man hungry…ding dong…pizza
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008This commercial about ‘Great achievements by men’ for Domino’s was made by S-W-H. With its American voice-over, masculine message and catchy pay-off, you wouldn’t guess it’s from Amsterdam. Earlier work by S-W-H was also inspired by Domino’s’ American roots. Take for example this ‘we are the world’ spoof with the great pay-off: “We pizza promise you that!”. Even though most people obviously associate pizza with Italy, it’s interesting to see how the market of Pizza delivery services is dominated by American flavoured advertising. Beginning of this year Selmore created a ‘genuine’ mafia scene for another player in the category; New York Pizza. The only thing Dutch about it, is the advertiser itself and the fact that you can hear someone curse on national television. In fact, the word ‘fuckin’ was for many a reason to complain with the Dutch Advertising Code (NRC). Fortunately the committee was equipped with a good sense of humor. Instead of a ban, we would like to see it win a lion in Cannes next year.
Shoptalk: Boomerang starts agency
Friday, November 14th, 2008
Our previous post was about MTV Networks offering its clients advertising services. This week Boomerang announced that it too starts its own agency. Until now Boomerang was especially known for very succesfully spreading freecards (see picture) in bars, cinema’s and universities. The name of the new Amsterdam agency will be ‘Bureau 1835′ – because Boomerang’s target group is normally 18-35 years old. And as if that’s not enough, Boomerang is more ambitious still. Next week it will launch ‘Amsterdam Create’ a network for young creatives. With this initiative Boomerang connects advertisers and (freelance) creatives online, thus embracing the long tail and smartly using the great benefits of crowd sourcing.
MTV sucks Chupa Chups
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008This commercial for Chupa Chups Magics was made by MTV Networks. We like animation, but we’re especially fond of the pun; ‘waiting sucks’. A tag line that matches the target group, has mileage and lots of potential to further exploit. And that is exactly what’s being done on this dedicated website. Here you can design your own (branded) t-shirt with […] Sucks. Strangely enough though, the Chupa Chups Magics are not shown on the site… In any case, interesting about this ad is that the middle man – the advertising agency – was cut out. So apart from broadcasting, MTV Networks – owner of brands like MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central – offers its media clients an extra service – which should save quite some money. A smart move that only makes sense when you realize that MTV Networks likes to employ a mingled, creative crowd and has more strategic knowledge of its many specific target groups than the average advertising agency.
Bigger gum, less hair
Saturday, November 8th, 2008Created by UbachsWisbrun/JWT.

