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Volkswagen Commercial - 'Last Tango In Compton'

DDB UK and Volkswagen unveil their stunning new commercial 'Last Tango in Compton' to re-establish the award-winning Polo in the minds of consumers. First launched 35 years ago, the Polo has long been known for its reliability, safety and toughness. Although the new model still retains these values, it now also has the looks to match. Or as the end line tells it 'Tough. Beautiful. Polo' The visually arresting ad, shot by award winning director Jonathan Glazer (of Guinness Surfer, Sony Paint and Levis Odyssey) from Academy Films, features a couple performing a sensual, beautiful tango dance to a tough pounding hip-hop track in an extraordinary dance sequence. Tough and beautiful all in one. In an all black industrial set stripped of clutter the attention is focused as the dancers mesmerize in a close embrace, cheek to cheek, chests together, their legs intertwined, in a long beautiful conversation of love and passion. Overhead the pounding rhythms ...

Adobe Acrobat Info

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Dear Readers, I am going to inform you of some basic information about the notorious Adobe Acrobat. Firstly it is a program that allows you to view PDF's (Portable Document Format), you can manipulate, create, view, print and manage the files.  PDF's are widely available, are an easy format where it is more difficult to edit files and can be password or JavaScript encripted.  For example, if you have a word document you wish to forward however you do not want the person to have the facility to edit it just view the piece of document.  The writer can format the word document into a PDF.  

Advertise Yourself!

It's a difficult time for everyone people and now with the coalition government spending cuts there's more of a worry.  People are stressing over their jobs and graduates are finding it difficult to enter the career ladder.  However, its not impossible so do not dispare.  So you've gotten past applying and are now in the foot of the door for an interview, the best tip is to sell or in this case advertise all your good qualities.  Here are a few pointer tips on advertising yourself: Be positive!  Have a positive attitude and when interviewing be positive about your experiences and education and how they have helped you gained skills. Simle and be friendly - always important as they are trying to see if you would fit within the company. Make your you prepare your answers for the interview.  Practise in front of a mirror. Advertise yourself be knowning your top qualities. Give examples of your top qualities.  Advertise yourself by dressing smartly....

What really provokes you?

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The image on the left provokes me as it psychologically makes smokers think when throwing away their cigarettes in the bin that their lungs could be so congested with nicotin.   This image genuinely triggers the nocition to stop you smoking.   It also cleverly puts a pint of beer next to the cigarettes bin, the conscience sees these to things as bad habits although some people find it pleasurable in their lifes.   As a non-smoker it makes me want to stay even further away from tobacco.   It also makes me feel gloomy for those which do smoke and wish this piece of creative advertising can trigger them to quit smoking.    

What would you invent?

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I would invent an instant travel machine, where you can use a remote control or keypad to type in the destination you wish to travel to and then a walk through door to take you to the place.  This is ideal to use in times of emergency or instead of taking a flight you have the luxury of entering in the machine to take you to the place.  It will also reduce CO2 emisions.    The name for this invention would be: Travel Jump.  A slogan for this invention would be: “the world at your fingertips”. The target audience would be young people in their 20s up to 50s and of upper class.  Within this age range people are most into technology, additionally more able to travel with money and their health.  A strategy to put this in place would be to promote this in a technology department store, by demonstrating how it works.  Another way is to create a website and intract with the users using their webcams and recreate...

MTV Against the FIFA World Cup

Jajajaja  me partó de risa, que bueno está este anuncio!!  Con el acento mexicano lo mata, super bueno =) Lo que faltaba ahora que todo el mundo es va entretener viviendo los partidos le hacen gracia con el humor que la gente abandona el canal MTV. Es tu decisión abandoras la MTV esta temporadora de fútbol.  A quien vais a apoyar en la mundial dejarme saber.

Essential Design Programs

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Starting to design? Or thinking of experimenting with design tools? Look no further, here I will give you some basic information to design programs. Although you can edit your photographs with basic programs like Microsoft Picture Manager, for example editing the colours, cropping, compressing and brightening and contrasting. A more sophisticated package for a more advanced editing you can use the Adobe Creative Suite. The programs in this suite are: - Acrobat - After Effects - Contribute - Dreamweaver - Encore - Fireworks - Flash - Illustrator - InCopy - InDesign - OnLocation - Photoshop - Premiere Pro - Soundbooth Later on I will go into more depth for the essential ones.