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Batteries not included

Posted: March 17th, 2009 |

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The latest of a series of three spots for Department regulars MickieDee’s goes to air this week. Penned by DDB’s Pete Thompson and Paul Hankinson and designed by DMG, the campaign’s quirky visual style is an eclectic mix of photography, illustration, montage and stop-motion animation.

Look out for a special guest appearance of the battery powered plastic bull (with evil glowing red eyes) which our producer Kiri – ever mindful of a budget blow-out – scored on TradeMe for $2. Most of the heavy lifting on this one was done by Dan, with modest contributions by Linds and DMG side-man Stafford Wilson. Audio by Liquid (as usual), voice by TeRadar, and of course sincere apologies to Auguste Rodin, who must be spinning in his grave, poor man…

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