some inspiration

I've been looking at existing videos on the web to help with some potential ideas and I've found a few which were particularly good.

Orange - Blackout


This advert by Orange is quite ironic in that it tells the customers to turn off their phones, but the message is that when the blackouts in New York occurred people still managed to get by without power, and have a good time too. It's a very inspiring piece which promotes humans ability to adapt to most circumstances.

Dirk Greenhouse


I quite like the style and insanity of this animation series, however, as was pointed out by the tutors, it has been done a lot, with a faux pas 'superhero' saving loads of money by turning off a dripping tap.

Coalition of the Willing

Coalition Of The Willing from coalitionfilm on Vimeo.

This video was suggested by Giles as it features a collaboration of lots of animators who are advertising the message in the video. I particularly like the style at 2:05, it's very charming and captures a 'vision' of the future really well, with its use of shiny gradients on the elements.