10 NOKIA N SERIES – different people and places
Wasn’t that thrilling but had good quality and must have taken forever to put together as with all other NOKIA adverts (ads). One can tell at first glance at any that NOKIA ad that they are not produced for the Nigerian market alone.
09 ETISALAT – elite world
Clean! That’s the one adjective I can conveniently use to qualify this. Drives home the point and makes the person watching interested.
08 ADAM AND EVE – Jenifer / Sulia
Though not fitting nor real (can a ‘Jenifer” character really afford to shop at Adam and Eve?), it’s the picture quality and the fact that a lot of people still haven’t gotten over the ‘Jenifer’ character played by our very own FUNKE AKINDELE.
07 COWBELL VITARICH – smart boy
Though one is easily put off in the first few seconds of this ad, resisting the urge to make use of the remote control will get you to like it as it continues. Here the boy telling his mother’s friend what each vitamin does to the body makes you want to go get one.
06 QUATAR AIRWAYS – (ALL OF THEM)
Short, simple, nice and tantalizing are adjectives associated with this one. As short as each of them are (there are about six and still counting), the crystal clear message passed is – “come fly QUATAR AIR because you are sure to have an experience you won’t forget in a hurry”
05 CLEAR LINE HEALTH INSURANCE – hospital emergency
Though of a poor quality, it’s the message and the way its being passed across that lands this ad in this curveted position. It’s a hospital scene and an accident victim is rushed in. instead of the usual protocol of police report and the likes, the doctor sees his CLEAR LINE health insurance card and attends to him on time. Good stuff.
04 MCVITIS DIGESTIVE – wheat talk
Quite a brilliant work I must say. Two strands of wheat rejoicing that they are sure to be in MCVITES DIGESTIVE since it now costs just N120 is a nice idea. The Nigerian flavor it has also makes it one of a kind.
03 POWER HORSE – face the storm.
When we watch adverts, we know a lot of the messages are lies but we still watch waiting to see if we still can be made to believe the lie and get entertained at the same time. The only series of ads that has been consistent with making us believe the lies when they are so glaring are POWER HORSE. Imagine, how can someone take an energy drink and feel strong enough to face a violent storm? Still, am sure to buy the product because of the ad
02 PAMPERS – baby dance
The charm of the baby arrests you attention first. Then you get the message which is passed well and the baby’s dancing steps thrills you the more. Well, this is nothing short of a good job.
01 HARP LAGER – our friend’s promotion
The first time I saw this ad, I missed the company of my friends immediately. Just so you have not seen it, this ad will be reviewed next week or you can visit my blog so you can go sit in front of your TV immediately to catch a glimpse of it. This was well done with very good scripting. The actors were au-natural and the idea is original. Ha! I wish I could have HARP LARGA with my close friends. (I so hope my pastor don’t get to read this)
DONT FORGET TO LEAVE OYOUR TOUGHTS BEHIND!
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
the new top ten ads
hello nairalanders, THIS IS OLUSHOLA OF THE ADVERT CRITICS. - THEADVERTCRITICS.BLOGSPOT.COM. thats were we do justice to nigerian ads. i hope you all have been loveing some nigerian tv commercials and hating the rest like i have. well, this is this weeks dose of the top ten nigerian tv commercial running on air currently. 10. ETISALAT - TOUCH AND FOLLOW NICE! 09. CLOSE-UP - BOBBLES PLS, DONT TRY THIS IF YOU TRY THIS IF YOU ARE SURE OF UR BREATH 08. POWER HORSE - STANDING STRAW VERY SIMPLE AD THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. V. NICE! 07. VICKS BLUE - SMELL THEM HMMNNNNNN! ANOTHE LAST LOUGH. 06. ARIEL - EMEKA'S DEBATE I JUST LOVE THE EXCITMENT THAT WOMAN BRINGS TO IT 05. Glo ALL STAR - "WE'VE GOT PEOPLE TALKING" THEY CANT AFFORD NOT TO WITH ALL THOSE STARS. 04. MOUKA FOAM - SWEET DREAMS OFFCOURSE. THAT COULD ANLY BE A DREAM 03. PEAK CHOCO - I WANT TEA NOW, TEA DRINKING IN NIGERIA HAS A THEME 02. etb - NEW BANK FOR A NEW NIGERIA AND IM STILL LOVING THIS ONE. 01. FCMB - MY AFRICAN DREAM LIKE ITS SEQUALS, WE ARE LEFT IN AWE! dont orget to nominate for nextweek's dose. you can do that by replying this blog or sending me a mail at sholadguy@yahoo.com. or better still, check out our official blog - theadvertcritics.blogspot.com. | |||
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
TOP TEN ADS
FEATURE ADVERT
STANBIC IBTC- NO HIDEN CHARGES
A classy restaurant has a sign board outside indicating that there meals go for as low as N5000 only so this guy takes his girl therefore dinner and at the end of the meal, they are served with a N50, 000 bill
STANBIC IBTC- NO HIDEN CHARGES
A classy restaurant has a sign board outside indicating that there meals go for as low as N5000 only so this guy takes his girl therefore dinner and at the end of the meal, they are served with a N50, 000 bill
The guy-shocked opens up that he has only N5000 with him since that’s what the signboard indicates. Then the hidden charges like 5%VAT etc are read to him by the waiter as ha and his girlfriend does the dishes in the kitchen.
MY THOUGHTS
Good thinking and what a lovely way to drive home the point that there are no hidden charges in stanbic ibtc and am curious to know if that’s entirely true so ill get hold on one of their customers and do a report on it so pls watch out.
The ad was handles by stambic ibtc and was shot in Lagos nigeria.
Next weeks piece will feature the usuals and more. We will be comparing an advert to the product to know if the advert na lie abi na true.
TOP 10
10- ETISALAT - home-zone feature
MY THOUGHTS
Good thinking and what a lovely way to drive home the point that there are no hidden charges in stanbic ibtc and am curious to know if that’s entirely true so ill get hold on one of their customers and do a report on it so pls watch out.
The ad was handles by stambic ibtc and was shot in Lagos nigeria.
Next weeks piece will feature the usuals and more. We will be comparing an advert to the product to know if the advert na lie abi na true.
TOP 10
10- ETISALAT - home-zone feature
not exiting but nice!
09- NTA – sing a song for nta
Good rhythm, good stuff.
08- HARPIC –joke silvers version
Thank God they got it right this time
07- GLO allstars- we got people talking
09- NTA – sing a song for nta
Good rhythm, good stuff.
08- HARPIC –joke silvers version
Thank God they got it right this time
07- GLO allstars- we got people talking
star-studded for sure
06- ETISATAL -0809JA 4LIFE
I love the sound track. Thumbs up Barky W
05- GTBANK- the what, where, why and how
What were they no thinking? Where did they shoot it? How did they do it and why not?
04- INTERCONTINENTALBANK - happy customer
happy people - happy ad.
06- ETISATAL -0809JA 4LIFE
I love the sound track. Thumbs up Barky W
05- GTBANK- the what, where, why and how
What were they no thinking? Where did they shoot it? How did they do it and why not?
04- INTERCONTINENTALBANK - happy customer
happy people - happy ad.
03- POWER HORSE -
simple! what more can we say?
02- PEAK CHOCO- I want tea!
This one got me buying peak choco
01- STANBIC IBTC – no hidden charges
Good thinking. Good advert.
To put any6 ad you love in the top ten, comment on this blog, mail me (sholadguy@yahoo.com) , text or call me on 0860172646.
Bye.
02- PEAK CHOCO- I want tea!
This one got me buying peak choco
01- STANBIC IBTC – no hidden charges
Good thinking. Good advert.
To put any6 ad you love in the top ten, comment on this blog, mail me (sholadguy@yahoo.com) , text or call me on 0860172646.
Bye.
FEATURE ADVERT
STANBIC IBTC- NO HIDEN CHARGES
A classy restaurant has a sign board outside indicating that there meals go for as low as N5000 only so this guy takes his girl therefore dinner and at the end of the meal, they are served with a N50, 000 bill
The guy-shocked opens up that he has only N5000 with him since that’s what the signboard indicates. Then the hidden charges like 5%VAT etc are read to him by the waiter as ha and his girlfriend does the dishes in the kitchen.
MY THOUGHTS
Good thinking and what a lovely way to drive home the point that there are no hidden charges in stanbic ibtc and am curious to know if that’s entirely true so ill get hold on one of their customers and do a report on it so pls watch out.
The ad was handles by stambic ibtc and was shot in Lagos nigeria.
Next weeks piece will feature the usuals and more. We will be comparing an advert to the product to know if the advert na lie abi na true.
TOP 10
10- SPRING BANK –face your fears
For the picture quality alone it landed here
09- NTA – sing a song for nta
Good rhythm, good stuff.
08- HARPIC –joke silvers version
Thank God they got it right this time
07- ETISALAT –home zone
I want to try this out first
06- ETISATAL -0809JA 4LIFE
I love the sound track. Thumbs up Barky W
05- GTBANK- the what, where, why and how
What were they no thinking? Where did they shoot it? How did they do it and why not?
04- AMSTELMALTA –Dakore
This one leaves us with more curious questions oh!
03- INTERCONTINENTAL BANK – happy customer
Happy advert and happy viewers
02- PEAK CHOCO- I want tea!
This one got me buying peak choco
01- STANBIC IBTC – no hidden charges
Good thinking. Good advert.
To put any6 ad you love in the top ten, comment on this blog, mail me (sholadguy@yahoo.com) , text or call me on 0860172646.
Bye.
Bitter truth
I hate drugs and I don’t get myself to take them until I have no other choice and the reason for this is because drugs generally don’t taste good so when I begin to feel funny, I first go to sleep hoping that by the time I wake up, I should feel better and if that does not happen, I go to God in prayers but if symptoms persists, I finally take the pill. If I had taken the pill in the first instance, and endure the bitterness, id have saved myself a lot of discomfort.
Drugs are meant to make us feel better health wise and the only price to pay apart from the amount of purchase is the bitterness so once we endure it, we get better. So is the truth.
But does the truth always have to be bitter? Won’t it be nice to have a sweeter version of chloroqeen? You know, our generation will take it that one is been hard on them when they are told the bitter truth. So why not sugar-coat it to make it go down faster!
Did your girlfriend refuse to help you with your laundry because of her nails? To tell her she is not a wife material is the bitter truth. Just tell her she is not domesticated. Did your man refuse to buy you the phone you asked for? Don’t say he is stingy. Say he is disciplined with his cash. To your guy who has lots of carry-overs, don’t think him an olodo. Think of him as been lazy at his books. even if you dare, don’t tell your lecturer he is wicked for giving the whole class a carry over in his course, tell him you know he is doing what’s best for you all.
Times do change and our generation doesn’t want the pill of truth told bitter. They want it sugarcoated. After all, it the same truth only sweetened because patience and prayers affect only things they should.
We all need to tell either ourselves or loved ones the truth every ones in a while and when that becomes imminent, it is better to use the Mary poppings style and wash it down with a spoon full of sugar than to continue to lie to ourselves. After all is said, the truth is biter only when not sugarcoated!
STANBIC IBTC- NO HIDEN CHARGES
A classy restaurant has a sign board outside indicating that there meals go for as low as N5000 only so this guy takes his girl therefore dinner and at the end of the meal, they are served with a N50, 000 bill
The guy-shocked opens up that he has only N5000 with him since that’s what the signboard indicates. Then the hidden charges like 5%VAT etc are read to him by the waiter as ha and his girlfriend does the dishes in the kitchen.
MY THOUGHTS
Good thinking and what a lovely way to drive home the point that there are no hidden charges in stanbic ibtc and am curious to know if that’s entirely true so ill get hold on one of their customers and do a report on it so pls watch out.
The ad was handles by stambic ibtc and was shot in Lagos nigeria.
Next weeks piece will feature the usuals and more. We will be comparing an advert to the product to know if the advert na lie abi na true.
TOP 10
10- SPRING BANK –face your fears
For the picture quality alone it landed here
09- NTA – sing a song for nta
Good rhythm, good stuff.
08- HARPIC –joke silvers version
Thank God they got it right this time
07- ETISALAT –home zone
I want to try this out first
06- ETISATAL -0809JA 4LIFE
I love the sound track. Thumbs up Barky W
05- GTBANK- the what, where, why and how
What were they no thinking? Where did they shoot it? How did they do it and why not?
04- AMSTELMALTA –Dakore
This one leaves us with more curious questions oh!
03- INTERCONTINENTAL BANK – happy customer
Happy advert and happy viewers
02- PEAK CHOCO- I want tea!
This one got me buying peak choco
01- STANBIC IBTC – no hidden charges
Good thinking. Good advert.
To put any6 ad you love in the top ten, comment on this blog, mail me (sholadguy@yahoo.com) , text or call me on 0860172646.
Bye.
Bitter truth
I hate drugs and I don’t get myself to take them until I have no other choice and the reason for this is because drugs generally don’t taste good so when I begin to feel funny, I first go to sleep hoping that by the time I wake up, I should feel better and if that does not happen, I go to God in prayers but if symptoms persists, I finally take the pill. If I had taken the pill in the first instance, and endure the bitterness, id have saved myself a lot of discomfort.
Drugs are meant to make us feel better health wise and the only price to pay apart from the amount of purchase is the bitterness so once we endure it, we get better. So is the truth.
But does the truth always have to be bitter? Won’t it be nice to have a sweeter version of chloroqeen? You know, our generation will take it that one is been hard on them when they are told the bitter truth. So why not sugar-coat it to make it go down faster!
Did your girlfriend refuse to help you with your laundry because of her nails? To tell her she is not a wife material is the bitter truth. Just tell her she is not domesticated. Did your man refuse to buy you the phone you asked for? Don’t say he is stingy. Say he is disciplined with his cash. To your guy who has lots of carry-overs, don’t think him an olodo. Think of him as been lazy at his books. even if you dare, don’t tell your lecturer he is wicked for giving the whole class a carry over in his course, tell him you know he is doing what’s best for you all.
Times do change and our generation doesn’t want the pill of truth told bitter. They want it sugarcoated. After all, it the same truth only sweetened because patience and prayers affect only things they should.
We all need to tell either ourselves or loved ones the truth every ones in a while and when that becomes imminent, it is better to use the Mary poppings style and wash it down with a spoon full of sugar than to continue to lie to ourselves. After all is said, the truth is biter only when not sugarcoated!
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
2009 IN RETROSPECT
THE YEAR 2008 wasnt really an exiting one for for advert lovers like myself and all year we kept waiting for that advert that will linger in our hearts all year long and though some were exiting, we didnt get the feel of the days of "jerry" of MTN. remember that one? well, not withstanding, we saw so mamny ads last year.
In the telecoms sector, new commers like visa phone, zoom, etisalatand zain came on board. and also in the middle of the year, the NCC had to tell some network providers to hold it with adverts untill there servics were better.
some ads like airwick 2 in 1 flopped and others like harpic tiolet cleaner got it right.
last year also had some music star like banky w (etisalat), rooftop mc's (zain's tru talk) and the glo all stars.
The banks didnt do badly at all as intercontinental bank and gtbank led the pack.
some ads did halp round off the year well sha as im still loving the peak choco ad. have you heart the yoruba version on radio? infact, i had to go get me a sachet and i wasnt dissapointed at all.
well, this year our eyes are on them all. as we will be trashing them here so that they will not "pe aja ni obo fun wa oh" (call dog monkey for us oh)
JOIN ME HERE SOON AND MAKE SURE YOU INVITED YOUR FRIENDS OH!
In the telecoms sector, new commers like visa phone, zoom, etisalatand zain came on board. and also in the middle of the year, the NCC had to tell some network providers to hold it with adverts untill there servics were better.
some ads like airwick 2 in 1 flopped and others like harpic tiolet cleaner got it right.
last year also had some music star like banky w (etisalat), rooftop mc's (zain's tru talk) and the glo all stars.
The banks didnt do badly at all as intercontinental bank and gtbank led the pack.
some ads did halp round off the year well sha as im still loving the peak choco ad. have you heart the yoruba version on radio? infact, i had to go get me a sachet and i wasnt dissapointed at all.
well, this year our eyes are on them all. as we will be trashing them here so that they will not "pe aja ni obo fun wa oh" (call dog monkey for us oh)
JOIN ME HERE SOON AND MAKE SURE YOU INVITED YOUR FRIENDS OH!
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