Movies and research - Jemina

I started looking for inspiration from iconic movie scenes. I tried to come up with ad ideas for each of them to get a flow going. I came up with a few good ideas for a few of them and a lot of bad ones which helped me get the brainstorming going.


Some brainstorming ideas:

The scene from Dark Knight where the Joker blows up the hospital. I thought about editing it so when he struggles with the detonation the hospital never blows up. Then have an ad for an electrician/technical support with a copy of something like "Thank god he didn't use our services"

I thought about a online dating ad that took an iconic romantic moment from a movie and edited it to be a bit creepy. After that promising that online dating gets better results.  It could also be a twist on the tragic endings of stories like Romeo and Julia, so you could actually find your love and live. 

The Lion King scene where Simba is born could be used as an event planning ad. "When you need something legendary" implying that the events they organize are so extra they become a legend.

Lord of the rings Uber ad where the line "one does not simply walk to Mordor" but we skip two movies entirely when they just uber it there. "No need for a trilogy, uber."

Looking at the iconic scenes reminded me of a lot of more scenes in different movies and series. Movies and videos online have almost everything so it will be interesting to see what we come up with working as a pair with Lydia. 



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