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All Saints – Never Ever

by Mark on July 3, 2004

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All Saints Never Ever

All Saints – Never Ever

The first music video at TSUNAMI by fashion photographer Sean Ellis. It won the Brit Award for best video in 1998 – not bad for a first-timer. The band became massive following the success of ‘Never Ever’ and the video had a lot to do with it. The styling and look is all Sean’s – his signature work for fashion magazines such as Arena Hommes Plus and VOGUE is outstanding – and he got it onto 35mm film with the help of Oscar-winning director of photography, Freddie Francis and a top live special effects team.

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Blur – Music is my RADAR

by Mark on July 3, 2004

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Blur - Music is my RADAR

Blur – Music is my RADAR
The first music video by Don Cameron at TSUNAMI. Perfect recreation of the sixties TV studio vibe. Great choreography by Blanca Li and of course, then there’s the track. Setting things in the studio ‘interview pit’ makes the vibe. Just cool. Label: FOOD at EMI.

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Moloko – Indigo

by Mark July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Moloko – IndigoA fabulous video for Moloko by Don Cameron at TSUNAMI. Again, Don produces a highly atmospheric and stylish piece melding abstract imagery with traditional interiors – the haunt of an obsessive. Roisin looks wonderful. Label, ECHO Records.

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National Power and PowerGen – Star Trek

by Mark July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Power privatisation – Star TrekMore work from CDP for Thatcher-boom privatisation, this time for National Power & Powergen. This again is top-drawer creative from that great agency. Apart from just gaining the audience’s attention it seeks to entertain – always the first principle of CDP’s work. With a cast like this though, how could it [...]

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Sci Fi Channel

by Mark July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Sci-Fi Channel intersticesTSUNAMI’s Central St. Martin’s graduate Don Cameron directed a set of 10″ programme interstices (seen here as one sequence) for Sci-Fi Channel. Using fashion, interior design and ultra-modern architectural settings, Don evoked a strange urban vibe heightened by abstract mood music from Matthew Herbert. Much of the film’s visual appeal comes from Don’s [...]

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Uth

by Mark July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

UthA stunning first outing at TSUNAMI for Central St. Martin’s graduate Don Cameron. Conceived as part of a catwalk fashion show for the launch of UTH fashion brand in London Fashion Week and shot on 35mm film, this is high-style gloss with a darker edge. Featuring stunning interior styling, bondage and sexual jealousy, the film [...]

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Water Privatisation – Handel

by Mark July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Water privatisation – HandelCollett Dickenson & Pearce at its best – classic British advertising humour for Water Privatisation from the height of the Thatcher boom featuring Handel’s Water Music.

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Red Snapper

by Mark July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Red SnapperMulti award winning music video for WARP Records. The director Richard Anthony produced a stunning result on a very low budget for this ground-breaking record label. It was our first award at TSUNAMI Films.

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Cinzano – Tiger’s Head

by Mark July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Cinzano – Tiger’s headThis is CDP again in fine form with the last in the series of Cinzano spots featuring Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins. Written and directed by Terry Lovelock – famous for “reaches the parts other beers cannot reach” for Heineken – it won Gold at Cannes, London and New York festivals. These [...]

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Barclaycard – Acropolis Now

by Mark July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Barclaycard – Acropolis NowCDP needed someone very special to present a campaign for Barclaycard VISA. Alan Whicker, the greatly respected journalist primarily famous for his series ‘Whicker’s World’ was chosen. He had previously turned down many offers of commercials but agreed to surrender his advertising virginity because this campaign was perfectly appropriate for him. Creative [...]

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Shredded Wheat – Jaws

by Mark July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Shredded Wheat – HotelThe first spot for the long-running Shredded Wheat campaign: “bet you can’t eat three”. Neil Godfrey and Tony Brignull were the creative team and Peter Levelle directed. The star of the piece is, of course, Richard Kiel or Jaws from the James Bond films. He couldn’t eat three!

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Shredded Wheat – Botham

by Mark July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Shredded Wheat – Botham“Bet you can’t eat three” – another line from CDP that has entered common usage. Botham, here in his first appearance for Shredded Wheat is the mystery ‘hard man’ in the hotel room. He is still in the campaign today, 20 years later. That must say something for the product claims. Copywriter [...]

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Olympus – Snapshot

by Mark July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Olympus cameras – SnapshotDelivering a masterclass in direction and humour, Barry Myers recreated all the atmosphere of a film premiere at The Odeon Leicester Square with hundreds of extras, a great cast and crackling dialogue. George Cole once again misreads everything and everyone. The photographer he mistakes for Bailey coined a phrase which has since [...]

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Olympus – Exhibition

by Mark July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Olympus cameras – SnapshotOne of a long-running and extremely funny CDP campaign for Olympus, this was George Cole’s second outing for the brand. Playing it just like his character in Minder, George hit it off perfectly with David Bailey who, as usual, gets the putdown at the end. Great work came from having very sporting [...]

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Metropolitan Police – If

by admin July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Metropolitan Police – IfA terrific film for Metropolitan Police Recruitment. CDP had already done a considerable amount of highly effective and award-winning press and poster work for its client the COI. This spot – one of three – was a real breakthrough at the time (mid 80′s) dealing as it did with issues such as [...]

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Land Rover – Dam Rover

by admin July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Land Rover – Dam RoverA stunning first film in a campaign for Land Rover. This epic spot was directed by David Garfath and is credited with bringing much needed success to an iconic British brand. With backing by the London Symphony Orchestra playing Eric Coates famous ‘Dam Busters’ theme, the Land Rover really did winch [...]

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Kestrel – Outback

by admin July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Kestrel – OutbackTerry Lovelock wrote and David Ashwell directed this very funny spot with voiceover by Leslie Phillips. Kestrel was a new brand and Terry (“reaches the parts other beers cannot reach”) Lovelock felt nothing could beat the authenticity of shooting on location in the lager centre of the world – Australia. Actually it was [...]

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Historic Royal Palaces – Dudley

by admin July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Historic Royal Palaces – DudleyThis dramatic and highly atmospheric spot for The Tower of London was a very early example of Tony Kaye’s great ability as a director. Originally planned to be one day in a studio plus a night shoot at the Tower, it ended up stretching over nearly three days. Tony’s relentless pursuit [...]

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Radio Rentals – Love Scene

by admin July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Radio Rentals – Love SceneThe first one in a highly successful campaign for Radio Rentals, ‘Love Scene’ lovingly based on Wuthering Heights was directed by Barry Myers. The spots ran for five years and transformed the third of three competitors into the first. Agency CDP.

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Hamlet – The Wall

by admin July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Hamlet – The WallAnother famous Hamlet commercial from CDP and directed by Graham Rose. The sheer range of settings allowed by the unchanging but flexible campaign strategy allowed for consistently entertaining executions from the legendary CDP creative department. No one can ever say ‘well it was easy doing these spots’. Filling the football stadium with [...]

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Hamlet – Pink Shiny Dome

by admin July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Hamlet – Pink Shiny DomeWhat with ‘Photobooth’ and now this one, people will think CDP had a thing with baldies. This spot was another award winner in arguably the most successful and certainly the longest running campaign the agency produced. Directed by Graham Rose, the music is seemingly played ‘live’ by the Jazz trio in [...]

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Hamlet – Photobooth

by admin July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Hamlet – PhotoboothUndoubtably one of the most famous commercials ever made (voted ‘Ad Of The Century’ by a special jury at Cannes in 1997 sponsored by Leo Burnett and rated 8th best of all time by CH4 in 2000) the Hamlet ‘Photobooth’ ad won more gold awards for CDP than almost any other. Written by [...]

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Colman’s – Jarvis

by admin July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Colman’s – JarvisA wonderful recreation of 1920′s bright young thing snobbery by creative team Mike Everett and Paul Smith and directormeister Paul Weiland for quintessentially British brand Colman’s Mustard. Agency CDP.

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