Duncan Macleod on the Gold Coast

Latest TV Ads and Music Videos

Friday, March 3rd, 2006

At Duncan’s TV Adland this last wee while:

Berlitz Coastguard
A young German coastguard trainee struggles with the English language.

Pepsi Samba Asereko Single
Eden, composer with Song Zu, has released the music for Pepsi Samba on CD

Reflex Prison
The inside information on the music behind the Reflex ad.

Where the Bloody Hell Are You?
The expensive in-your-face promotion of Tourism Australia

Coca Cola Ice Dance
Coca Cola’s feel good sponsorship of the Winter Olympics

Heineken Past Experience
Amazing VFX as a beer drinker travels back through time

Tourism Victoria Hide and Seek
Run Rabbit Run through the Yarra Valley

Carlton MID Bloke Bots
Shot in Cleveland QLD and Sydney NSW

Tooheys For the Love of Beer
An effects driven stunt filmed in Melbourne

Michael Hill Jeweller 14
A touching essay in film on the piercing of teenage years

And at Duncan’s TV Music Videos I posted a review of the Sigur Ros ‘Glosoli’ music video featuring children running over the edge of a cliff to fly towards the sun.

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Apple Intel Advertisement Linked with Postal Service

Friday, January 20th, 2006

I’ve just posted a couple of stories connected with the launch of Apple’s new Intel-chip-driven MacPro computer.

Apple Intel Factory

At Duncan’s TV Adland I’ve written up the story of the TV advertisement featuring the music of Moby, “God Moving Over the Face of the Water”, and a concept straight from Postal Service music video, “Such Great Heights”.

The blogosphere in Mac circles has been buzzing with the thought that once again Apple has used a copied concept for its marketing. As it turns out Josh & Xander, the directors of the Postal Service video are also the directors for the new Apple ad.

Postal Service Such Great Heights

Having seen the music video I thought it was worth writing up at Duncan’s TV Music Videos. The video was shot in a wafer fabrication plant - a factory where data is imprinted into silicon chips and disks.

And linked up with the two stories is the launch of Apple iLife 06 for Mac, and the MacBook Pro.

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Duncans TV Music Videos

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

Duncan’s TV Music Videos blog started in December. I’ve been posting about once a week.

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First post was on the Bono/Alicia Keys collaboration, “Don’t Give Up, Africa“. Since then the following have been added:

Coldplay Speed of Sound
A fantastic light show

Green Day: Boulevard of Broken Dreams
The story of Jesus of Suburbia making his solitary way into the city.

Bright Eyes: At the Bottom of Everything
Passengers on a crashing plane come to terms with life and death in different ways.

Sarah McLachlan: World on Fire
A challenge to the priorities of the music industry, taking the cost of making a music video and donating it to charity projects around the world.

Eminem: When I’m Gone
Marshall Mathers raps about his realisation that his preoccupation with performing was destroying his family relationships. Could this be his swansong?

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