Jojopops Blog

Loyalty Law

jojopops — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:33:19 +0000

Here is the brand new TV commercial I have produced with ABF Pictures for Loyalty Law. The ad sees the unfortunate ‘Accident Alan’ trip on a loose paving stone, crash his bike and car then have a workplace accident involving a falling bookcase and a badly fitted light. The aim was to take a different angle on personal injury adverts and use a bit of humor to lighten up an otherwise serious subject matter. The ad was produced in just over 3 weeks and involves 3 main characters: Accident Alan, Lauren Order and a physiotherapist with no name*. It is scheduled to air in the UK shortly so keep your eyes peeled!!

*True at time of posting but subject to change, actually I came up with the last 2 names just now…..hmm

AT-AT – Man’s best friend

jojopops — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:42:04 +0000

Stumbed across this yesterday – really nice concept and the bringing together two of many a childs wishes – a dog and an AT-AT. I’d settle just for the AT-AT.

Virgin Bingo – Daily Double

jojopops — Wed, 26 May 2010 18:48:20 +0000

Massive apologies for complete lameness in lack of recent posts, i’ve been spectacularly busy of late. The fruits of which though, I can now share with you lovely people.

Ricardo the Jalapeno from Virgin Bingo is back from his latest commercial shoot and i’ve got RSI from keyframing his eyebrows. You will be happy to see he’s now sporting some more clothes and has his own backing singers and pianist – The Spicy Soul Sisters. I must say though, with much regret, that the Jalapeno Horns aren’t in this production due to excessive nasal hair in the trombone mouthpieces. Check it out for yourselves – ladies and gentlemen: Ricardo the Jalapeno!! (Vimeo Link)

Half past midnight…

jojopops — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:24:34 +0000

We were asleep…

You know that time before sleep where your brain isn’t quite letting you drop off because you’re still processing all of the things that happened the day before. It’s annoying sometimes, and other times it’s magical. Tonight is one of the latter. Noah just provided a musical interlude to my musings by strumming his arm (I can only presume) along the bars of his crib. It sounded like he was playing it clumsily like a xylophone. It woke me and Lucy up at the same time. An attention grabbing moment followed by laughter and then back to quiet, and then snoring, a bit more quiet before a bit of a move and he’s asleep again. But I’m not.

And that’s why I’m writing. I don’t mind being woken up, not like that. He must have been dreaming, it was so much nicer than having him cry. Now I need to do what Lucy has and get back to sleep.

We were talking a few moments ago about how Noah has changed in the 3 months. Yesterday he smiled at himself in the mirror and sucked his thumb for the first time, he is constantly trying to talk too – amazing.

Virgin Bingo – Deal or No Deal

jojopops — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:57:13 +0000

Ricardo the Jalapeno strikes again in another spot for Virgin Bingo and Deal or no deal – currently airing on Channel 4 in the UK during the ad breaks around Deal or No Deal.

Noah

jojopops — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:28:22 +0000

Our little boy – born 3 weeks ago. Noah is by a mile the best thing to happen to me and Lucy and we love him to bits (despite his continual efforts to get us wet).

The Third and the Seventh – Making of

jojopops — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:25:02 +0000

Amazing lighting/rendering here with a selection of shots by Alex Roman simulating in CG architecture from the POV of a camera.

Breathtaking stuff, really, really nice and incredibly inspirational.

Upular by Pogo

jojopops — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:15:12 +0000

You might remember the Alice in Wonderland clip I blogged about a little while back – well Pogo has been at it again with Pixar’s Up and here are the results.

Happy new year and all the best for 2010!

Apples anyone?

jojopops — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:23:18 +0000

Ingenious and well executed viral by the Mill. We’d all better stop resting on our laurels and get that thinking cap out of the cupboard and back on our head to compete with the likes of this spot. The Mill using 3 iphones, some clever maths and hours of rendering to create apples, in the big apple. Makes my Betfred poker chips look like tron.

And here’s how they did it.

Muppets Bohemian Rhapsody

jojopops — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:17:25 +0000

Mamma?