The Experiences of Temple Advertising Students
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City is one of the biggest events of the year on America’s fashion agenda. The biggest, best, and most luxurious brands will be strutting their styles down the runway starting February 13th, and all eyes will be on the newest trends, even if most…
I came across the Glamour magazine and saw that Rachel McAdams was on the cover. But besides that, I realized there was so much copy on the cover I can barely decide what to read first. So I decided to investigate magazine covers. I looked through series of magazine covers…
As students in the creative industry, we are always challenged with our Photoshop skills by making things look just right. We learn that we need to make sure when we use the Creative Suite programs, we need to try our best. In this example, we can see that it was…
Three things are certain in this world: death, taxes, and the photoshopping of print ads. Guidelines on just how far companies are allowed to go with their airbrushing are slowly setting in, but what can be said for publishing images with ACTUAL fake bodies in combination with real human heads?…
Sean Pecknold is an all around talented man in the world of video, animation, illustration, art direction, photography etc. He pretty much gets his hands on any part his creative visual processes. “Grandchildren is the work and studio of Sean Pecknold and friends. I make visuals, films, pictures, and…
The main objective of fashion ads, despite their general lack of a campaign-able storyline and body copy, is to make the consumer want to be that woman or man in the ad; covet what they have and become who they are. High-end designer Diane Von Furstenberg’s Spring 2012 ads take that…
This past week I completed my first week of my second internship at Maiden Media. Three words: I Love It! It’s a small shop tucked away in the chic-ness of Olde City but once you step inside you quickly realize there is nothing small about Maiden Media. A creative agency that…
I started my first day at LevLane, an advertising and PR agency by City Hall, about 3 weeks ago. After my first day, I told everyone how much I loved it, that I couldn’t wait to go back. This love and excitement, I thought, would probably fade over time as the…
So this Sunday is THE day when we get to see the Super Bowl XLVI. When the Super Bowl comes near we know the best advertisements of the year will be making it’s appearance. If you look at Adweek, you can see the previews for some of the commercials that…
California film maker Jesse Rossen was inspired to create this funny-yet-tragically-true Photoshop parody, titled “Adobé Fotoshop” after seeing an overly dramatic and quite obviously re-touched wrinkle remover infomercial late one night. Rossen, through creative direction and sarcasm, describes Photoshop as a “beauty industry secret”, and something that “after just one application…
Design Love Fest is one of those blogs I check daily, and have found that the designer Bri Emery can be found pretty much EVERYWHERE in the blog world. She is somehow connected to most of my favorite blogs, which you will probably hear about most of them right here…
I can’t say it much better than they do: “Neighborhood Film Company (NFCo) is a professional production company that uses the process of filmmaking to fight cycles of poverty. By partnering with Project H.O.M.E. (PH) – a non-profit committed to ending homelessness in Philadelphia – NFCo equips residents recovering from homelessness and addiction with the…
