Exciting News!

For us that is. You're probably not that fussed one way or the other are you?

Anyway, after nearly 17 years at WCRS we're moving on to pastures new. McGarry Bowen to be precise (or McGarrybowen as they like to be known - can't let those pesky spaces get in the way now can we?)

We start on 7th April and can't wait to get stuck into some new briefs and work with some lovely new people.

You can read all about it here.

Woof!

We've done 3 new TV ads for Churchill, featuring Dawn French.

It's a continuation of the campaign we've been working on for the last couple of years.

In these spots Dawn and Churchill have a dance in their garage, make a scene at a cafe, and enjoy some chips by the seaside. All in the name of car insurance.

They were directed by Dominic Brigstocke through Tomboy, produced (agency side) by Lizzie Mabbut with sound by Nick Angel and post production by the lovely people at Glassworks.

You can see them by clicking on Dawn's Face above, the portfolio to your right, or if that's too far away just click here.

Exciting Times!

2011 is only 25 days old and already the advertising world is left shuddering by the news that we've only gone and done some actual, real-life, appearing-in-magazines-and-all-that-sort-of-shit advertising.

As I write Jane is in a darkened studio in Acton, watching as a top-notch photographer moves a light a tiny amount to the left, stands back, thinks for a bit, then moves the light back to where it was in the first place.

THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ADVERTISING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's a campaign for BMW announcing their sponsorship of the 2012 Olympic Games. Many cars are being shot, as are athletes and then (using the magic of computers) these two seemingly opposite entities will be merged, melded and formed to make one seamless piece of visual communication. Or some adverts as you and I might call them. Watch this space and we'll post them as we complete them.

And that's not all - we've also done a campaign for BMW flogging cars in the wake of the VAT rise. A very exciting brief as you can imagine, but the resultant print ads we devised look pretty nice and work quite well.

If that wasn't enough (I feel Brenda in the photo above may have a stroke if she reads this) we're hopefully going to get some pitch work we did last year made real in the next 8 weeks. 

It really is, as Shakespeare might haves said, "all go" at the moment.

Time for a sit down I think.

Beema Baby

Rubbish pun, but hey - look at some of the other crap I've written down the years. What else were you expecting?

Anyway, quick update:

1. We helped retain the BMW account for Engine and WCRS. Which is nice.
2. We've moved to a window seat in the department so now the beauty of the sky can really torment us whenever we have to work late on a rubbish 24X4 ad for one of our less exciting clients.
3. We're working on more Radox.
4. And Jane is to become an auntie in October. Hence the headline of the blog. (See what I did there? Always on the ball).

Stay tuned for more excitement in the coming weeks, when hopefully we'll finally get our online portfolio up to date and ship-shape, and maybe get around to sending this blog to all and sundry.

Back to Work

After two weeks of DIY and flat admin' in preparation for selling up and moving further into the wilderness of Essex, I return to work to news of a load of redundancies at WCRS, moral as low as an old dog's balls, and a Kerrygold brief to support Leek Town FC.

I've got that joy, joy, joy, joy, joy, down in my heart... down in my heart... down in my heart!

Everyone!

Football, Isn't it?

(Photo by Julian Jermain)

14 days to the start of the season and you can almost smell the meat pies. On Tuesday we're off to Millwall's ground to shoot Terry Venables, Harry Redknapp and Ian Wright for The Sun's football coverage. TV and print ads will be made and perhaps a game of football cliche bingo might take place.