After a rough couple of weeks of news headlines for President Obama, here’s a bright spot: the “Obama Boy” video has arrived.
The track is a follow-up to the ubiquitous “Obama Girl” vid of the 2008 election (though with different creators). The tune is the same, but the lyrics have been updated to a post-”Obama Marriage Equality Statement” world: “I put down my Prop 8 sign/now I’m going to make you mine,” and “You support me unlike the right/You’re my rainbow-colored knight.”
EW talked with writer/director John Duarte, 29, and Obama Boy himself, Justin Brown, 28, to...
The track is a follow-up to the ubiquitous “Obama Girl” vid of the 2008 election (though with different creators). The tune is the same, but the lyrics have been updated to a post-”Obama Marriage Equality Statement” world: “I put down my Prop 8 sign/now I’m going to make you mine,” and “You support me unlike the right/You’re my rainbow-colored knight.”
EW talked with writer/director John Duarte, 29, and Obama Boy himself, Justin Brown, 28, to...
- 6/14/2012
- by Erin Strecker
- EW.com - PopWatch
The finalists vying to represent Australia in the Young Lions competition at Cannes next month have been revealed.
Australia will be represented in the categories of film, marketer, media, print and digital.
The next stage in the competition will see the shortlisted finalists in marketing, media, print and digital compete in a 24-hour brief, with finalists from the film category completing a 48-hour brief, all following the Cannes competition format.
News Limited is Cannes’ local representative. Director of sales Tony Kendall said: “Every entrant is a credit to the agencies they work for.”
Judge Mat Baxter, CEO of Um, said: ”Anyone watching the finalists’ presentations would be enormously confident that the future of our industry is in great hands.”
The winners will be announced on May 17.
Finalists:
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Brett Colliver and Paul Theobald, Clemenger Bbdo Melbourne Serge Bodulovic, Bondi Advertising and Simon Gibson, Clemenger Bbdo Sydney Jack Nunn and Will Brown,...
Australia will be represented in the categories of film, marketer, media, print and digital.
The next stage in the competition will see the shortlisted finalists in marketing, media, print and digital compete in a 24-hour brief, with finalists from the film category completing a 48-hour brief, all following the Cannes competition format.
News Limited is Cannes’ local representative. Director of sales Tony Kendall said: “Every entrant is a credit to the agencies they work for.”
Judge Mat Baxter, CEO of Um, said: ”Anyone watching the finalists’ presentations would be enormously confident that the future of our industry is in great hands.”
The winners will be announced on May 17.
Finalists:
Brett Colliver and Paul Theobald, Clemenger Bbdo Melbourne Serge Bodulovic, Bondi Advertising and Simon Gibson, Clemenger Bbdo Sydney Jack Nunn and Will Brown,...
- 5/4/2012
- by mumbrella
- Encore Magazine
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