APPLE URGED TO INVESTIGATE ADDICTIVE DEVICES
By Dorothy Thomson. If you have a child, a grand child, nephew or niece, any where from 5 to 25 years of age, then it read more …Continue reading APPLE URGED TO INVESTIGATE ADDICTIVE DEVICES
Category: Between takes
SORRY FOR SPAMMING: Social (media) etiquette
By Steve May, Copywriter and Director at ROCKATANSKY. I just want to say to all of my connections on LinkedIn, sorry for spamming. Seriously, I read more …Continue reading SORRY FOR SPAMMING: Social (media) etiquette
THE BITCOIN BUBBLE
By Dorothy Thompson. In 2009, when Bitcoin was first created, nobody could have predicted how it would change the world. Bitcoin is a digital currency. read more …Continue reading THE BITCOIN BUBBLE
WHAT IS NEWS TODAY?
By Dorothy Thompson. It is one of my all time favourite headlines, “Headless Body in Topless Bar”, wow… I wish I had written this one. read more …Continue reading WHAT IS NEWS TODAY?
WHAT IS IT TO BE AUSTRALIAN?
(Main image: AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS ON THE KOKODA TRAIL- PNG, WWII “THE TRUE ESSENCE OF AUSSIE MATESHIP” – Photographer: Damien Parer -July 1943 Private Wally Johnson.) read more …Continue reading WHAT IS IT TO BE AUSTRALIAN?
WELCOME BACK TO CROSSING THE LINE 2018 & THE YEAR OF THE POOCH.
歡迎回到“穿越大海”和 2018 年的“POOCH”。 Huānyíng huí dào “chuānyuè dàhǎi” hé 2018 nián de “POOCH”. By Marcus Honesta. As 2018 is upon us, and in the Chinese read more …Continue reading WELCOME BACK TO CROSSING THE LINE 2018 & THE YEAR OF THE POOCH.
Why I’m washed up, a phony, and a hack
By Alex Wadelton, Consulting Creative Director and Writer. I’ve worked in advertising as a creative for over twenty years. Throughout that time, I’ve bluffed my read more …Continue reading Why I’m washed up, a phony, and a hack
2017’s “It’s a Wrap”
From the Publisher of CTL. So yet another year grinds to an end, we at Crossing The Line wish to thank you our readers and read more …Continue reading 2017’s “It’s a Wrap”
THE END OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA ERA CAN’T COME SOON ENOUGH!
By Dorothy Thompson. Given my recent piece on CTL “IS THIS A CASE FOR JUSTICE, OR SIMPLE BLOODY REVENGE”, and the case I made against read more …Continue reading THE END OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA ERA CAN’T COME SOON ENOUGH!
IS THIS A CASE FOR JUSTICE, OR SIMPLE BLOODY REVENGE?
By Dorothy Thompson. As the recent slew of explosive unproved accusations against well known Media Personalities and Entertainment Celebrities of accused sexual intimidation or inappropriate read more …Continue reading IS THIS A CASE FOR JUSTICE, OR SIMPLE BLOODY REVENGE?
A FAIR DINKUM HOLIDAY: Marketing Australia
By Libby Gandhi. In 1984 Paul Hogan offered to ‘slip an extra shrimp on the Barbie’ for Tourism Australia and charmed the world. Australia rocketed read more …Continue reading A FAIR DINKUM HOLIDAY: Marketing Australia
MERRY CHRISTMAS! From all at Crossing The Line
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
YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS SHIT UP
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
MISSED HIM BY THAT MUCH AND OTHER MISDEMEANOURS (Part 2)
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)
Droga5 and the Fine Art of Advertising
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
WHO KNOWS WHERE THE MONEY GOES?
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?
SCARED STRAIGHT: Out of Advertising
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
WHAT HAS LURED THE BEAN COUNTERS TO AD LAND? Part 3
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
STRATEGIES ARE LIKE ASSHOLES. EVERYBODY HAS ONE
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
WATCH: The sound of Blade Runner 2049
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
THE CUSTOMER IS KING: Why After Sales Service & Customer Satisfaction Is So Important.
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.
Blade Runner: 2049 – a review
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
WHAT HAS LURED THE BEAN COUNTERS TO AD LAND? (PART 2)
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)
This is Gold: Straight to TV
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
This is Gold: The monster problem in Hollywood
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
Motorsport’s deaf and dumb direction
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
This is Gold: Hellboy’s whitewashing drama
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
CTL CONVERSATIONS – DIRECTING – PART 2: With Damien Toogood and Hamish Rothwell
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
This is Gold: HBO is leaking
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
This is Gold: The Emoji Movie
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