Nike’s Dream Crazier Ad Teaches Us to Strive for More
Nike, the absolute god of all sports apparel has unveiled its follow-up, a 90-second ad narrated by Serena Williams set to air during last Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony on ABC. The spot, from Wieden + Kennedy in Portland, not only champions the accomplishments of female athletes but serves as a call to action, telling viewers to “Dream Crazier.” My favorite part was the fact that they included an athlete with a disability, a fellow U of I alumni, Tatyana McFadden. Let’s be honest, Nike has a long history of highlighting the accomplishments of extraordinary athletes both male and female. In this amazing spot, they focus on the emotional outbursts of female…
New Captain Marvel Posters are a Hit
Today being two-days after the long Presidents Day weekend, I thought why not discuss the new Captain Marvel posters I found on the Graphic Design Forum before the movie is released in theatres next month. I can already sense that this movie is going to be one of those that people wait in line for hours to go see.The posters were designed by Marvel Studios for each of the main characters in the movie—even the cat. The Story The story is set in the 1990s, Marvel Studios’ “Captain Marvel” is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe that follows the journey of Carol…
Conspiracy Behind ‘Elevator’ Super Bowl Ad
Every year a week after the Super Bowl there seems to be some controversy with a commercial that turns into an advertising industry conspiracy theory. This year is no exception. We are all familiar with the Hyundai commercial created by Innocean where Jason Bateman, the star of Netflix original show “Ozarks” plays the operator of an elevator from hell, taking unfortunate passengers to all sorts of awful places like jury duty and a vegan dinner party before they saw the white light in the form of Hyundai’s Shopper Assurance service. See the ad below, it was featured in Inside That Ad’s 2019 Super Bowl Central. Three days ago, I discovered from AgencySpy that…
Microsoft Shines a Light on Disability with For the Win Super Bowl Commercial
Hello World, I was extremely disappointed with the final result of the Super Bowl game this past Sunday. As you probably have already figured out I was rooting for the Los Angeles Rams, who came up short this year. The game was so boring that one of the commentators actually called it the Snooze Bowl. On the other hand, the commercials did not disappoint. Microsoft’s ad titled: “For the Win” I believe really pulled at America’s heartstrings this year. The Campaign The “For the Win” campaign began during the holiday season and was extended to Super Bowl Sunday. The tech giant’s ad focused on gamers. Specifically, its efforts to help children with disabilities game.…
2019 Inside That Ad’s Super Bowl Central
The Super Bowl Sunday isn’t just a day for watching football and eating snacks. Viewers also love to sit in front of their televisions and watch flashy commercials that companies spend millions of dollars to make. Well, before today’s big game I thought I would share with you some of the commercials that will be airing during today’s game. I have to be honest with you, the fact that some of these ads have already appeared on the wonderful, wild Internet is somewhat of a let down for me. Why do you ask? Because you lose some of the excitement of seeing a wonderful ad for the first time, live during the big…
Pepsi Trolling Coke Before the Super Bowl
Pepsi is trolling Coke because they are on Coke’s home turf while they are the main sponsor for the NFL in Coke’s home city. Pepsi is demonstrating its cleverness via 350 ads on billboards, recycling bins and even the walls of train stations.
Should Inside That Ad Start a YouTube Channel?
I’ve been thinking about how I could possibly start an Inside That Ad (ITA) YouTube channel. Do you guys think that’s even possible?
Gillette Commercial & Me Too
Hello World, A few days ago I saw a Gillette commercial that I thought was about bullying at first glance. And it was, but the topic that the commercial really focused on was the #me too movement that we all must be conscious of in a time sexual harassment and bullying is more out in the open. But grabbed my attention is that they incorporated the within the ‘The Best a Man Can Get’ campaign which has turned 30 this year. “The Best a Man Can Get” during Super Bowl XXIII in 1989 with a BBDO campaign promoting its Atra razor line. Now we live in a different kind of…
BocciaMan Store Logo
Hello World, The first blog post of 2019 will be for showing off the new logo I had designed for the new custom t-shirt design business I started in early December of 2018. It’s still not really off the ground yet but I’m really trying. The business (BocciaMan’s Store) has already made more then this blog ever did so I see it as a good thing. I worked with a designer and this is the final concept that I liked and approved. The first design I was presented with showed the figure in the image above wearing a cap and had multiple colors. In the second and final draft, the…
Inside That Ad is Back on Wednesday’s in 2019
ITA will be back to posting regularly in 2019. This time though I’m going to “try” to stick to a strict weekly schedule. It will most likely be Wednesday at 8 PM PST. Look for the first official post of 2019 on Wednesday, January 8th. I stopped posting for a few reasons: The blog didn’t seem like it was getting traffic or had an audience at all. It still may not have an audience. I lost the “.COM” domain name for this site. I am not able to post daily which is why I am trying out a weekly schedule. This blog was born in 2009, so 10 years ago…
