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Rob
10-22-2007, 5:34 PM
Last Fall I made two TV commercials for Orange Mobile (it's a cell phone company). They aired on a few channels in the UK.

Well, today I came across them on youtube, and wanted to share them with my non-British buddies who never got to see them on TV.

So here you go: yawn (http://youtube.com/watch?v=mR3eG7qn2hI) and sfx (http://youtube.com/watch?v=NDtKax3nqgE). I did all the animation, sound effects, and voices. It was the definition of a one man production (and it probably shows).

The whole ad campaign was a blast. We still get emails from people claiming Orange "ripped us off", even though we created everything.

I hope everyone enjoys them. Don't forget to check out Kris and Chase's new short (http://www.explosm.net/movies/141/)!
Jynx
10-22-2007, 5:37 PM
Wow...thats your actual animation made in flash? Aired on tv?

Awesome! Great job Rob.
Did it pay good?
Rob
10-22-2007, 5:43 PM
Yes.
Raxo
10-22-2007, 5:46 PM
They were funny.

Why didn't the other writers make some or help out?
Rob
10-22-2007, 5:48 PM
Why didn't the other writers make some or help out?

We had a few sessions and came up with a couple dozen ideas, but they ended up picking one of mine (yawn) and one that our client in London thought up (sfx).

It was all four of us for the writing portion.
BAN ME PLEASE
10-22-2007, 5:53 PM
Must have taken weeks to think up of that kind of material.
Beefynick
10-22-2007, 5:53 PM
Those are great. I think they would have lost something if they did not have that one man production crew feel.
NVM
10-22-2007, 6:17 PM
I actually laughed out loud for both videos.
Whatever happened to your deal with Orange?
I assume they just went for a different marketing campaign...

Also while I was looking at the videos, I came across this (http://explosm.blogspot.com/search/label/Mortes?updated-max=2007-09-18T00%3A25%3A00-03%3A00&max-results=20).
Could be of some help to the translation thing, I guess.
Derelict
10-22-2007, 6:34 PM
Jesus, those are hilarious. I like the drawing thing you did with them, that's pretty clever. I'm kind of sad they didn't air here in Canada. That would have been cool being able to say I know the guy who made a commercial.
SODA
10-22-2007, 7:18 PM
Those were awesome, very professional. :D
Dodger
10-22-2007, 7:36 PM
Haha awesome.
I kinda feel inspired to start working on my animation skills.
HallnOatesLuver
10-22-2007, 8:14 PM
R.R.A.H=Rob Rules All Hell
Jio
10-22-2007, 8:29 PM
I hate you. Or not.
Great job :)
rebeccalynn
10-22-2007, 11:00 PM
wow, those are two truly amazing shorts. congratulations! for real, im quite amazed.
calisk8er1080
10-23-2007, 12:50 AM
that explains it.
i was living in england when pirates 3 came out, and while i was watching the slide show that's on before every movie i saw your characters and all i could think was "what the hell?".

haha, i was so tempted to write you about it and be like "dude, sue them"
Rambowjo
10-23-2007, 1:54 AM
Wow, that's awesome! Would've loved to see them, while on TV. I'm in Denmark though :o
Spiffy13
10-23-2007, 3:27 AM
Hahaha, those were kick ass. You should do more commercials :clap:
Medius
10-23-2007, 4:35 AM
very nice.

Orange is my provider but they never show such commercials oO
hzac
10-23-2007, 5:44 AM
Just imagine if those ads were for NAMBLA. Rob would have of all of you young boys signing up without even know it.
Tyler_Legrand
10-23-2007, 5:56 AM
They made me laugh.

For the rough hand coloured look, did you redraw frames manually, or did you use some other kind of tool?
Mirrorman
10-23-2007, 6:55 AM
Those were awesome. Simple, but so awesome.
Rob
10-23-2007, 7:31 AM
They made me laugh.

For the rough hand coloured look, did you redraw frames manually, or did you use some other kind of tool?

It's pseudo-FBF. At first, the bodies and heads are nested tweened graphics consisting of only an outline. Then I go in and draw a looping "rough paint" cycle under both outlines (which tweens with the head/body). Then I duplicated the outline animations four times and skewed/resized them throughout the animation to make the lines look like they had varying thickness, even though they were shape tweens.

It looks like it took longer than it did. I was on a tight schedule. It's pretty much a C&H short with more layers, more attention to detail, and jittery fills.
Jio
10-23-2007, 8:10 AM
Hmm I never tought about this... Cool technic :)
I'll try it when I have 500+ comics, become famous and learn how to animate, heh.
I_Smell
10-23-2007, 9:25 AM
Woah, that was some excellent amination. I actually lol'd at the fat guy's face in the second one.

I never saw these on TV =/

one that our client in London thought up (sfx).
It was pretty authentic.

I did all the animation, sound effects, and voices.
I'm sure I could hear your woman's voice in the movie...
Matterialize
10-23-2007, 12:10 PM
Yes.

How much did you make?
Rainbird
10-23-2007, 12:15 PM
Very nicely done Rob! :lol:
Rob
10-23-2007, 1:20 PM
I'm sure I could hear your woman's voice in the movie...

Thanks, I guess.
John Travolta
10-23-2007, 2:33 PM
Those were great, have you tried to get them Americanized yet?

How much did you make?

A gazillion dollars.
AidanC
10-23-2007, 3:30 PM
Haha those made my day.
Killer Carebear
10-23-2007, 5:53 PM
Those were quite funny. Nice comment Oberlin :lol:.
IronMuffinMan
10-23-2007, 5:56 PM
Lol, I remember seeing these and thinking...hold on aren't these explosm characters? What are they doing in an orange advert?
EvilPaperclip
10-24-2007, 5:02 AM
omg when did these air on TV, because i remember seeing sfx and i couldnt quite place where i saw that style of drawing before and now i know :D Brilliant by the way, Orange should get you back to do more
Derelict
10-24-2007, 10:52 AM
I'm sure I could hear your woman's voice in the movie...

Well, Rob's chick voice is pretty classic. I always chuckle when I hear a short with him impersonating a woman.
wibble
10-25-2007, 3:23 AM
Now that would explain it, I know whenever I go into my local cinema I always think "They look like they've been ripped off of C&H" because they have an Orange Wednesdays sign in the lobby. Thats pretty damn awesome!
Locarno
10-25-2007, 7:29 AM
Holy shit, I remember this - I can't believe that was you guys!

amazing!


jason (from scotland)
robertybob
10-25-2007, 4:58 PM
they've still got two posters with C&H characters advertising Orange Wednesdays at my local cinema - always wondered whether they had got Rob to do them or not lol
EvilPaperclip
10-25-2007, 6:18 PM
have you done a recent web animation for Orange? cos i remember seeing one maybe a week ago and it looked like C&H. Not sure though
The Therion
10-27-2007, 2:54 AM
Nice ads. I liked "sfx" a bit more.

(peanut butter flash funny too )

Best wishes for more !
Lobster
11-19-2007, 1:20 PM
This just in on Facebook:

http://willhirsch.co.uk/stuff/wednesdays120x600.swf

Not as funny as the videos I have to say, nevertheless shocked and and little excited to see C&H on Facebook like that...
Lobster
11-28-2007, 12:12 PM
Another sighting, same gag, different aspect ratio. Just in case anyone wanted to see them (it's pot luck whether you get an explosm ad or a different one)

http://www.willhirsch.co.uk/stuff/wednesdays728x90.swf
Roy1983
02-10-2008, 5:09 AM
Last Fall I made two TV commercials for Orange Mobile (it's a cell phone company). They aired on a few channels in the UK.

Well, today I came across them on youtube, and wanted to share them with my non-British buddies who never got to see them on TV.

So here you go: yawn (http://youtube.com/watch?v=mR3eG7qn2hI) and sfx (http://youtube.com/watch?v=NDtKax3nqgE). I did all the animation, sound effects, and voices. It was the definition of a one man production (and it probably shows).

The whole ad campaign was a blast. We still get emails from people claiming Orange "ripped us off", even though we created everything.

I hope everyone enjoys them. Don't forget to check out Kris and Chase's new short (http://www.explosm.net/movies/141/)!

As a regular visitor to this site i remember seeing this thread a while ago, and i just want to point out that its all a load of bull. These never aired in the UK, in fact they have nothing to do with Orange. The images Orange use for their adverts come from a data bank that was created by their design team, and nothing to do with this site or any of its creators. The clips on youtube are not even orange adverts, as Oranges design Team who deal with their cinema promotions have never used 'The Futures Bright' slogan on their cinema adverts.There are several other flaws in the clips which prove it not Orange, but i wont bore you with all of the details. And before i get slated for dissing one of the wonderful people who you all love who run this forum, i know this as my other half is a marketing exec at Orange HQ in the UK, and i got her to check it out, after i saw one of their adverts that looks like C&H.

Sorry
Matt
02-10-2008, 11:13 AM
Those two adverts were run in conjunction with a print and online campaign. You can see the special section Orange made for the "Orange Wednesdays" campaign here: http://orangewednesdays.orange.co.uk/

This wasn't handled by Orange's design team. We were hired through an ad firm working for Orange to handle the campaign. Rob made those ads. We handled the whole campaign.

Sorry
Krabby
02-10-2008, 1:13 PM
Those two adverts were run in conjunction with a print and online campaign. You can see the special section Orange made for the "Orange Wednesdays" campaign here: http://orangewednesdays.orange.co.uk/

This wasn't handled by Orange's design team. We were hired through an ad firm working for Orange to handle the campaign. Rob made those ads. We handled the whole campaign.

Sorry

I chuckled.

Loved both clips, too.
Rob
02-10-2008, 5:51 PM
Those two adverts were run in conjunction with a print and online campaign. You can see the special section Orange made for the "Orange Wednesdays" campaign here: http://orangewednesdays.orange.co.uk/


wtf that is totally fake u guyz hacked the orange website and put explosm content up there (trust me my gf works for orange)
Dave
02-10-2008, 6:06 PM
wtf u mean those adverts I saw on MSN Messenger that we have the .fla (Flash editting) files for (because we made them) weren't rly by us?!

I guess I wuz dreamin
innerearth
02-10-2008, 7:07 PM
Who is "Roy1983"? Can I punch him in the kidney?
Urser
02-10-2008, 10:20 PM
Your 'other half' is a moron.
Lag
02-10-2008, 11:21 PM
Your 'other half' is a moron.
Must have been the bottom half!



We still doing butt puns, right?
Rob
02-11-2008, 12:45 AM
Only the unfunny people.
Hunnter
02-11-2008, 2:37 PM
I never saw these on TV... i wish i did, it would have been better than the usual crappy ads that show. "BUY ONE OF THESE, GET ANOTHER FREE!"
Relaps
02-11-2008, 4:21 PM
I see them in my dreams when I sleep.



I haven't slept since October.
I_Smell
02-11-2008, 7:26 PM
I never saw these on TV... i wish i did, it would have been better than the usual crappy ads that show. "BUY ONE OF THESE, GET ANOTHER FREE!"

RIGHT NOW AT SAFESTYLE UK FOR EVERY WINDOW AND DOOR THAT YOU BUY I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER ONE ABSOLUTELY. FREE. TRUST ME. IT'S FREE FITTIN.