Website to view television commercials for inspiration?

[Clint Fleckenstein]

Sorry if this gets posted twice…there seems to be a problem with my browser’s cookies.
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Lotta demo reels and some spots here, including a streaming feed: https://xplsv.tv/

If you got the cash, this is AWESOME: https://www.stashmedia.tv

I can pick thru my bookmarks some more later…

[Scott Whitehead]

Thanks for all the great links guys! Chris is right…its great to have instant access to a huge library. You can lose a lot of time on a project hunting for resources and inspiration (at least I have found that true in my experience). To have all of those commercials at your fingertips is a great time-saver.

Scott

[Chuckwagon524]

Try http://www.toolofna.com- They do very funny and very gorgeous work. Best in the country I’ve seen. Everyone has seen there spots. Like the HP campaign.
http://www.ericalba.org/links
http://www.videobred.com
http://www.youtube.com
http://www.adcritic.com

Most are free to view demo reels.

[Andrei Firtich]

Try “The Stash” https://www.stashmedia.tv/ It costs 200$ for student yearly subscription, 215$ for regular subscription. (I don’t think there is a difference) You get a magazine and a DVD a month. I haven’t read the magazine, but the DVD is kickass, it shows top commercials or short films which cameout that month and also little nuggets on how they were made, very cool. I am about to sign up when I get my next check.

[Spooky]

And just to toss my $.02 onto the pile. If you’re looking for inspiration (and who of us hasn’t) – looking at film title sequences is a great place. I’ll rent DVD’s and if I like the titles, rip it to a small Quicktime movie and keep in in an inspiration folder. I also teach so these come in handy when talking about a particualr sequence or effect.

Another creat source is all the demo reels from motion houses out there. There even a couple sites I believe that have lists of links to motion houses with good reels. Many innovative spots can be found on these reels.