Bouncing Balls
Okay. You know that Sony advert? The one filmed in San Francisco. The one with all the bouncing balls going down a hill? Oh come on, you must know it. The “Colour like no other” advert for the Bravia LCD? Oh for God’s sake! THIS advert! Oh yes, that one!
I never realised it was such a big thing. Sure it’s pretty and it’s got a very mellow acoustic soundtrack by someone I have no idea who it is but it’s obviously pervaded the public consciousness quite comprehensibly and already become a significant part of pop culture.
What do you mean “what do you mean?”?
Take a look at this: it’s a machinma video made with Battlefront 2. Recognise the influence?
And then there’s this advert (WMV video before you ask). Not only is this becoming the Next Big Thing ™ but it’s also destroying the lives of the residents of Swansea North.
This advert is the commercial equivalent of Happy Slapping.

Genius. Absolute genius. The resident’s association website is just perfect.
Comment by pixeldiva — June 8, 2006 @ 12:11 am
I love Tango’s marketing promotions and am a sucker for their stuff. My Gotan is still around somewhere and I’m one of the only people I know who got the lemon Tango “Sayings of Jim” booklet which I stumbled on the other day. The news on the residents association site is fantastic - very amusing.
Comment by Tom — June 8, 2006 @ 10:23 am
just so you know the song was heartbeats by Jose Gonzalez
Comment by danno — June 23, 2006 @ 9:47 am