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'''Aardman Animations''' have been making many advertisements ever since their Enterprise Computers ad back in 1984, spanning many well-known brands such as Dairylea, LEGO, Chewits, Chevron, Walkers and so on. Some of their campaign work has even been featured on LMW before ([http://lostmediawiki.com/Aardman_Animations_-_Cuprinol_commercials_(found_Stop-Motion_TV_ads;_1988-late_1990s) Cuprinol], [http://lostmediawiki.com/Lurpak_commercials_(partially_lost_British_adverts;_1990s) Lurpak]) as well as [http://lostmediawiki.com/Wallace_and_Gromit_Sumitomo_Life_Ad_(partially_found_Japanese_commercial;_1990s) a commercial] starring their famous duo Wallace & Gromit. But there is even more of their advert work that remains lost online. | '''Aardman Animations''' have been making many advertisements ever since their Enterprise Computers ad back in 1984, spanning many well-known brands such as Dairylea, LEGO, Chewits, Chevron, Walkers and so on. Some of their campaign work has even been featured on LMW before ([http://lostmediawiki.com/Aardman_Animations_-_Cuprinol_commercials_(found_Stop-Motion_TV_ads;_1988-late_1990s) Cuprinol], [http://lostmediawiki.com/Lurpak_commercials_(partially_lost_British_adverts;_1990s) Lurpak]) as well as [http://lostmediawiki.com/Wallace_and_Gromit_Sumitomo_Life_Ad_(partially_found_Japanese_commercial;_1990s) a commercial] starring their famous duo Wallace & Gromit. But there is even more of their advert work that remains lost online. | ||
==Lost Adverts== | ==Known Lost Adverts== | ||
-'''Kimberly-Clark advert'''<ref>''Aardman: An Epic Journey: Taken One Frame at a Time'' (2018), pg. 76</ref> (involved a boardroom of executives contributing their ideas for cleaning products in similar vox-pop to Aardman's other work; one of their first) | |||
-'''Unknown advert containing "a fruit-and-vegetable man for a healthy-eating campaign" <ref>''Creating 3-D Animation'' (2004), pg. 59</ref>''' | -'''Unknown advert containing "a fruit-and-vegetable man for a healthy-eating campaign" <ref>''Creating 3-D Animation'' (2004), pg. 59</ref>''' | ||
-''' | -'''2 FOUND:''' '''2/4 Savlon adverts''' <ref>http://www.unitedagents.co.uk/tristan-oliver</ref> (Assumed to be 1992) | ||
-'''Unknown Creature Comforts Dishwash Electric ad(?)''' ( | -'''Unknown Creature Comforts Dishwash Electric ad(?)''' (Not seen within either ''Aardman Classics'' and ''Creature Comforts'' DVDs that have all other Heat Electric adverts, is a Creature Comforts ad with Panda parents and a kid saying "that was disastrous". It is unknown why this isn't within the DVD collections of ads, assuming it even definitively is an advert; 1993-1995?) | ||
-'''The UK Office of Energy Conservation advert''' <ref>http://www.tdgasek.com/CV_T_Gasek_2016.pdf</ref> (1993-1995?) | -'''The UK Office of Energy Conservation advert''' <ref>http://www.tdgasek.com/CV_T_Gasek_2016.pdf</ref> (might be the ones involving a family of Dinosaurs; 1993-1995?) | ||
-'''Honey Bunches of Oats advert''' <ref>http://www.tdgasek.com/CV_T_Gasek_2016.pdf</ref> (1993-1995?) | -'''Honey Bunches of Oats advert''' <ref>http://www.tdgasek.com/CV_T_Gasek_2016.pdf</ref> (1993-1995?) | ||
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-[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPVcPmphdEU '''FOUND?:'''] '''Bonduelle 'Salat Snak'''' <ref>http://www.unitedagents.co.uk/tristan-oliver</ref> (Assumed to be 1995-1997) | -[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPVcPmphdEU '''FOUND?:'''] '''Bonduelle 'Salat Snak'''' <ref>http://www.unitedagents.co.uk/tristan-oliver</ref> (Assumed to be 1995-1997) | ||
-'''1/22 Channel 4 stings''' <ref>http://www.telepathy.co.uk/aardman/news/archive/archive02.html</ref> (21 | -'''1/22 Channel 4 stings''' <ref>http://www.telepathy.co.uk/aardman/news/archive/archive02.html</ref> (The video contains only 21 stings, while the article states 22. Perhaps this is a mistake; 1996) | ||
-[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTuoDI0aDyk&index=63 '''FOUND:'''] '''Miniwheats advert''' <ref>http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:dd1sj7EffukJ:www.awn.com/mag/issue4.02/4.02pages/4.02commercials.php3+&cd=31&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk</ref> (1999 or so) | -[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTuoDI0aDyk&index=63 '''FOUND:'''] '''Miniwheats advert''' <ref>http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:dd1sj7EffukJ:www.awn.com/mag/issue4.02/4.02pages/4.02commercials.php3+&cd=31&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk</ref> (1999 or so) | ||
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-[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek2L80uHFms '''FOUND:'''] '''Advert(s) for Hamburger Helper''' <ref>''Creating 3-D Animation'' (2004) Filmography</ref> | -[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek2L80uHFms '''FOUND:'''] '''Advert(s) for Hamburger Helper''' <ref>''Creating 3-D Animation'' (2004) Filmography</ref> | ||
-'''Advert(s) for Asthma Awareness''' <ref>''Creating 3-D Animation'' (2004) Filmography</ref> | -[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZMaGnBLoiI '''FOUND:'''] '''Advert(s) for Asthma Awareness''' <ref>''Creating 3-D Animation'' (2004) Filmography</ref> | ||
-'''Advert(s) for American Express Travel''' <ref>''Creating 3-D Animation'' (2004) Filmography</ref> | -'''Advert(s) for American Express Travel''' <ref>''Creating 3-D Animation'' (2004) Filmography</ref> | ||
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-'''Pedigree advert''' | -'''Pedigree advert''' | ||
- | -'''16 Nytol sponsorship idents''' <ref>https://www.marketingweek.com/2010/03/30/nytol-to-sponsor-sky-gold-and-watch-channels/</ref> (2010) | ||
==Media== | |||
- A silent clip from a Prize Guys ad can be seen here at the 2:16 mark: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hst9ancp2soz3wx/A_Matt_Sanders_Showreel.m4v?dl=0 | |||
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|description3 =Excerpt of unknown Dishwash Electric ad (0:26 - 0:29) and mute excerpt of a Britania Building Society ad (0:45 - 0:49) | |description3 =Excerpt of unknown Dishwash Electric ad (0:26 - 0:29) and mute excerpt of a Britania Building Society ad (0:45 - 0:49) | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px> | <gallery mode=packed heights=175px> | ||
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File:Cow+Sheep+Dog+Sheet.jpg|Images of the Pedigree advert models. | File:Cow+Sheep+Dog+Sheet.jpg|Images of the Pedigree advert models. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Trivia== | |||
- There seemed to be five privated uploads at the end of a now-defunct Aardman's commercials playlist<ref>https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSkSd-az78Fe_SSeT5OWjpD3FCF8lrZT9</ref> for whatever reason. | |||
- Storyboarding and design were made for an advertisement for John Smith's lager, but they never got the gig.<ref>''Aardman: An Epic Journey: Taken One Frame at a Time'' (2018), pg. 74</ref> Perhaps they were among perished documents within the infamous Aardman warehouse fire. | |||
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} |
Revision as of 02:02, 14 July 2019
Aardman Animations have been making many advertisements ever since their Enterprise Computers ad back in 1984, spanning many well-known brands such as Dairylea, LEGO, Chewits, Chevron, Walkers and so on. Some of their campaign work has even been featured on LMW before (Cuprinol, Lurpak) as well as a commercial starring their famous duo Wallace & Gromit. But there is even more of their advert work that remains lost online.
Known Lost Adverts
-Kimberly-Clark advert[1] (involved a boardroom of executives contributing their ideas for cleaning products in similar vox-pop to Aardman's other work; one of their first)
-Unknown advert containing "a fruit-and-vegetable man for a healthy-eating campaign" [2]
-2 FOUND: 2/4 Savlon adverts [3] (Assumed to be 1992)
-Unknown Creature Comforts Dishwash Electric ad(?) (Not seen within either Aardman Classics and Creature Comforts DVDs that have all other Heat Electric adverts, is a Creature Comforts ad with Panda parents and a kid saying "that was disastrous". It is unknown why this isn't within the DVD collections of ads, assuming it even definitively is an advert; 1993-1995?)
-The UK Office of Energy Conservation advert [4] (might be the ones involving a family of Dinosaurs; 1993-1995?)
-Honey Bunches of Oats advert [5] (1993-1995?)
-1 FOUND: 2/3 Britania Building Society adverts [6] (Assumed to be 1994-1997)
-C.O.I 'Vouchers' [7] (Assumed to be 1994 or 1995)
-FOUND: Weetos unknown promotion for space toys [8] (1994/1995[9])
-3 St. Ivel 'Prize Guys' Adverts [10] (Assumed to be 1995-1997)
-FOUND?: Bonduelle 'Salat Snak' [11] (Assumed to be 1995-1997)
-1/22 Channel 4 stings [12] (The video contains only 21 stings, while the article states 22. Perhaps this is a mistake; 1996)
-FOUND: Miniwheats advert [13] (1999 or so)
-Meule D'Or advert [14] (2000 or earlier)
-Advert(s) for Scottish Health Education Group [15]
-Advert(s) for Mat Co. [16]
-Advert(s) for Little Caesars [17]
-Advert(s) for Lifesavers [18]
-FOUND: Advert(s) for Hamburger Helper [19]
-FOUND: Advert(s) for Asthma Awareness [20]
-Advert(s) for American Express Travel [21]
-Purina advert [22] (2006 or earlier)
-Pedigree advert
-16 Nytol sponsorship idents [23] (2010)
Media
- A silent clip from a Prize Guys ad can be seen here at the 2:16 mark: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hst9ancp2soz3wx/A_Matt_Sanders_Showreel.m4v?dl=0
Gallery
Trivia
- There seemed to be five privated uploads at the end of a now-defunct Aardman's commercials playlist[24] for whatever reason.
- Storyboarding and design were made for an advertisement for John Smith's lager, but they never got the gig.[25] Perhaps they were among perished documents within the infamous Aardman warehouse fire.
Reference
- ↑ Aardman: An Epic Journey: Taken One Frame at a Time (2018), pg. 76
- ↑ Creating 3-D Animation (2004), pg. 59
- ↑ http://www.unitedagents.co.uk/tristan-oliver
- ↑ http://www.tdgasek.com/CV_T_Gasek_2016.pdf
- ↑ http://www.tdgasek.com/CV_T_Gasek_2016.pdf
- ↑ http://www.unitedagents.co.uk/tristan-oliver
- ↑ http://www.unitedagents.co.uk/tristan-oliver
- ↑ http://www.gyford.com/phil/models/aardman/weetosfigures.html
- ↑ https://twitter.com/philgyford/status/865983311746936833
- ↑ http://www.unitedagents.co.uk/tristan-oliver
- ↑ http://www.unitedagents.co.uk/tristan-oliver
- ↑ http://www.telepathy.co.uk/aardman/news/archive/archive02.html
- ↑ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:dd1sj7EffukJ:www.awn.com/mag/issue4.02/4.02pages/4.02commercials.php3+&cd=31&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk
- ↑ http://www.telepathy.co.uk/aardman/culture/allabout.html
- ↑ Creating 3-D Animation (2004) Filmography
- ↑ Creating 3-D Animation (2004) Filmography
- ↑ Creating 3-D Animation (2004) Filmography
- ↑ Creating 3-D Animation (2004) Filmography
- ↑ Creating 3-D Animation (2004) Filmography
- ↑ Creating 3-D Animation (2004) Filmography
- ↑ Creating 3-D Animation (2004) Filmography
- ↑ Who's Who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film and Television's Award-Winning and Legendary Animators (2006?), pg. 213
- ↑ https://www.marketingweek.com/2010/03/30/nytol-to-sponsor-sky-gold-and-watch-channels/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSkSd-az78Fe_SSeT5OWjpD3FCF8lrZT9
- ↑ Aardman: An Epic Journey: Taken One Frame at a Time (2018), pg. 74