Cool Ads on a Budget

Posted by on Aug 31st, 2010 in random | 8 comments
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Cool Ads on a Budget

I some­times feel very sorry for the ad agen­cies. With the cur­rent plethora of absolutely stu­pid, non­sen­si­cal and I-​will-​castrate-​myself-​if-​I-​watch-​this ads, I dunno if it’s the fault of clients or agen­cies, or TV chan­nels that air them or all three combined.

In any case, some do slip through and become awe­some, and in par­tic­u­lar ones made by our lovely friends in Egypt. It seems that low-​budget and viral ads are doing a very good job in this region, though I am sur­prised how many of the ads here are given a bud­get in the first place (the Always ads are just hor­ren­dous). Oth­ers do an OK job, like the guys over at Atlantis (who would have thought a very expen­sive place would do a low bud­get ad?) but it still works well given its mes­sage (you might wanna check it out if you are not in the UAE for a nice giveaway).

Here’s a list of a few ads which I think are cool given their bud­get. If you know of more do share!

From this region:

These are some ads done out­side the region. I par­tic­u­larly like the Cha­troulette medium as a trailer for the Last Exor­cist… quite cre­ative I might say and works very well!

I sometimes feel very sorry for the ad agencies. With the current plethora of absolutely stupid, nonsensical and I-will-castrate-myself-if-I-watch-this ads, I dunno if it’s the fault of clients or agencies, or TV channels that air them or all three combined.

In any case, some do slip through and become awesome, and in particular ones made by our lovely friends in Egypt. It seems that low-budget and viral ads are doing a very good job in this region, though I am surprised how many of the ads here are given a budget in the first place (the Always ads are just horrendous). Others do an OK job, like the guys over at Atlantis (who would have thought a very expensive place would do a low budget ad?) but it still works well given its message (you might wanna check it out if you are not in the UAE for a nice giveaway).

Here’s a list of a few ads which I think are cool given their budget. If you know of more do share!

From this region:

These are some ads done outside the region. I particularly like the Chatroulette medium as a trailer for the Last Exorcist… quite creative I might say and works very well!


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      Man, your new picture tells me that I saw you real life before! Did you go to AUS or something?

    • Anonymous

      Yes I was in AUS!

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    • Abufares

      Looking Good KJ.
      Is that a “morning after” look on your face???
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    • Noura

      My favorite ad comes from India, it is really funny:
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7AyC8DEMCQ

      and by the way, you look pretty young in the picture..!! The name tag is so cute :)

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      HAHA! I guess
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      LOOOOOOOOOL that ad
      was HILARIOUS! How the heck did you find it!

      The photo was just a few months back actually!

    • http://bohemiantranscendence.com/ Claudie

      Having been a huuuuuuge fan of HP (though not as much anymore) and an anti-Mac person, I have to like the last ad :)
      But here are two ads I really like. Tthe first one is really really funny and its end _so_ French:
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWcc2hCwsWM
      The second one I’d classify as “beautiful”. No idea about their budgets though.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZGV8pkkA1A

    • http://twitter.com/Rula_A Rula A.

      The first one is definitely my favorite ,,
      The second; I didn’t get it,,
      The third; was too frightening for me,,
      The last one; was okay but didn’t beat the first one :)

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