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Putting the "EW!" back in Ewing, The New York Times has named Grey Advertising*, New York as the alleged perpetrator of TNT’s “Dallas” campaign, budgeted at an estimated at $300,000. In addition to the billboards, there will be magazine ads, a "robust presence" on social media Web sites and not one but two different kinds of apostrophes in the headline.
*They call it "Grey" advertising because no one under 55 will get the shower reference.
Fox is pulling the Neighborhood Watch poster and trailer from theaters in wake of Florida shooting.
We recently came across Linds Redding, an art director/motion graphics artist who blogs on the tricky business of living and dying.
This is from his post A Short Lesson in Perspective:
The other thing I did, I now discover, was to convince myself that there was nothing else, absolutely nothing, I would rather be doing. That I had found my true calling in life, and that I was unbelievably lucky to be getting paid – most of the time – for something that I was passionate about, and would probably be doing in some form or other anyway...
So was it worth it?
Well of course not. It turns out it was just advertising.
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One of our readers recently sent us in this absurdly long image along with the comment: “This is what I get when I Google “Movie Poster - Images.”
We are inclined to give the same response Henny Youngman got when he told his doctor: “It hurts when I do this.” The doctor said, “Then don't do that.”
Pascal Witaszek’s poster for a nonexistent Walt Disney biopic starring Ryan Gosling has got some folks wishing it was real.
Apparently not all of the creative staff have made the transition into Daylight Savings Time.
The Gallery show is scheduled for March 24th at 7pm 5797 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232
Desi Moore is hosting an art show with all proceeds going directly to artist Akiko Stehrenberger’s mom, who has been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. The show is scheduled for March 24th (location and time TBD). If you are interested in donating some art, please email Desi at:
If you wish to donate in another way, here is the website to do so:
If you’re like us, you were under the impression that The Refinery came up with the winning concept for the Mad Men Season 5 bake-off. However, according to an article in the New York Times:
Matthew Weiner, series creator, said the image is “a nonverbal representation of where my head is at and where the show will be.”
As usual, Mr. Weiner said, he discussed his idea for the image with Linda Schupack, executive vice president for marketing at AMC, part of AMC Networks, who brought it to life in creating the campaign.
The image suggests “Don Draper’s ongoing struggle to define who he is to himself and to those around him,” Ms. Schupack added.
