Saturday, January 30, 2010

Apple 1984 Commercial

Since the Superbowl is coming up I though I'd post this classic Superbowl commercial as well as a link to a wikipedia site that gives more
information (click on the title of this entry for the link). It introduced the Macintosh personal computer to the world. I think it's interesting that they still have the same theme to their ads. The theme of "think different" and nonconformity.


Tuesday, January 19, 2010

T Mobile Flash Mob

Last year T-mobile hired about 400 dancers dressed in street clothes and uniforms to do a surprise dance number in the Liverpool Street Station in London. They filmed it and used it as part of a commercial that aired in the UK. These events (called flash mobs) used to be a performance art, but now companies have started using them for publicity. On Youtube you can see other flash mob promotions (such as one for Fox's "Glee".)

Here it is:
And here is a behind the scenes/ making of video: