Sunday, February 22, 2015

Comcast Xfinity Emily’s Oz Ad

Wow, what a breathtakingly beautiful and fun ad! A blind girl describes what The Wizard of Oz looks like to her, and we see it all gorgeously realized in amazingly detailed CGI animation. How cute, heartwarming, and specific to the product/service can you get? It’s a winner!

(For me, ads should be about the product or service being advertised, such that the ad works completely in service to informing us about and attracting us to the product or service. This ad does this in spades! Many ads do not: just a snappy, vapid slogan and some visuals, or some obtuse generic claim or tangential emotional thing; that’s not good advertising to me when we forget the product instantly after the ad is over. People who see this ad will remember it and what it was advertising, and that’s what makes it all-around great. No really, this knocks it out of the park! Heartwarming, informational, memorable: what a great job!)

Here’s the spot (You may have to scroll down a few inches to play the video of the ad: sorry):