By Dorothy Thompson. In what now appears to be a more commercial, cynical, and secular world, we at CTL thought it might be timely to read more …Continue reading MERRY CHRISTMAS! From all at Crossing The Line
As Told To Marcus Honesta. In “Part Three” of my sit down with one of the Advertising Agencies more famous, retired Creative Directors I asked read more …Continue reading YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS SHIT UP
As Told To Marcus Honesta. In “Part Two” of my sit down with one of the Advertising Agencies more famous, retired Creative Directors I asked read more …Continue reading MISSED HIM BY THAT MUCH AND OTHER MISDEMEANOURS (Part 2)
By Libby Gandhi, Writer and Art Historian. The Fine Art market soared to nosebleed territory last week with the sale of Da Vinci’s transcendental Salvator read more …Continue reading Droga5 and the Fine Art of Advertising
As Told To Marcus Honesta. I recently sat done with one of the Advertising Agencies more famous, retired Creative Directors to ask him to share read more …Continue reading WHO KNOWS WHERE THE MONEY GOES?
By Alexander McMahon. Do you remember your first day in the advertising industry? How you were full of hope, expectation, and a burning dream to read more …Continue reading SCARED STRAIGHT: Out of Advertising
By Dorothy Thompson. “HOW DO YOU VALUE A BRAND”? What is a brand really worth? There are many different reasons why companies buy and sell read more …Continue reading WHAT HAS LURED THE BEAN COUNTERS TO AD LAND? Part 3
By Phil Watson, ECD Momentum Worldwide. Or so Clint Eastwood’s character might have said if he were a vigilante CEO looking at what everyone from read more …Continue reading STRATEGIES ARE LIKE ASSHOLES. EVERYBODY HAS ONE
By Alex McMahon. Regular readers will know about my passionate anticipation for Blade Runner 2049. Thankfully, it did not disappoint. Director Denis Villeneuve has delivered read more …Continue reading WATCH: The sound of Blade Runner 2049
By Marcus Honesta. They say Customers are the assets of every business, but how often do you find that once you’ve bought the product from read more …Continue reading THE CUSTOMER IS KING: Why After Sales Service & Customer Satisfaction Is So Important.
By Carl Wyant. The return to the screen of what many regard as the all time, quintessential dystopian futurist film, 35 years after the original, read more …Continue reading Blade Runner: 2049 – a review
By Dorothy Thompson. In a move that was as predictable as it was obvious, McCann Erickson’s Melbourne’s senior leadership team have been poached by Deloitte read more …Continue reading WHAT HAS LURED THE BEAN COUNTERS TO AD LAND? (PART 2)
Illustrations by Harry Gold. “It has just been announced that ‘Underworld’ – the Vampire movie franchise that kept Kate Beckinsale a household-ish name and tried read more …Continue reading This is Gold: Straight to TV
Illustrations by Harry Gold. “Hollywood’s current allergy to originality has led to a spike in sequels to films from decades past, wherein the studios insist read more …Continue reading This is Gold: The monster problem in Hollywood
By Steve May, Copywriter and Director at ROCKATANSKY Live sport is about atmosphere. Atmosphere is sound. While I understand the need for pushing technological boundaries, read more …Continue reading Motorsport’s deaf and dumb direction
Illustrations by Harry Gold. This week’s cartoon is about the whole Ed Skrein/Hellboy/White-washing kerfuffle, and how the people complaining that casting a white guy in read more …Continue reading This is Gold: Hellboy’s whitewashing drama
How do you interview Damien Toogood and Hamish Rothwell together? Both men have built up an enviable portfolio of some of the most memorable commercials read more …Continue reading CTL CONVERSATIONS – DIRECTING – PART 2: With Damien Toogood and Hamish Rothwell
Illustrations by Harry Gold. Sheeeeeesh…HBO has been having quite the time of it lately. Not only does someone in India leak a sneaky episode of read more …Continue reading This is Gold: HBO is leaking
Illustrations by Harry Gold. Not content with attempting to destroy the English language – in fact, sorry – attempting to destroy any language – the read more …Continue reading This is Gold: The Emoji Movie
By Marcus Honesta. On 29 August 1882 Australia defeated England in a cricket match played at Kennington Oval, London. There was a great deal of read more …Continue reading CRICKET’S MARKETING NIGHTMARE: The Ashes…RIP?
By Andrew Lau, Copywriter. Demystifying the “dark-art” of SEO just a little more. In part 1 of my SEO for Beginners series, I covered a read more …Continue reading SEO for Beginners Part 2 – More On-Page Elements
In the second part of CTL Conversations Cinematography edition, Sean Ryan and Tristan Milani discuss the discipline and differences when working in the world of read more …Continue reading CTL Conversations: Cinematography, Part 2 – Working in Commercials
In February 2017 cinematographer Sean Ryan (right), who recently won Gold at the ACS Awards, met industry veteran Tristan Milani (left), who as well as read more …Continue reading CTL CONVERSATIONS: Cinematography – Part 1 – with Tristan Milani and Sean Ryan
With the Games of the XXXI Olympiad Opening Ceremony this Saturday, CTL thought this might be an appropriate time to introduce you to “a new read more …Continue reading Leni Riferstahl: A life in film