A man drives his car into a garage and asks for an oil change. The mechanic pops open the hood, revealing a sad, sluggish, seemingly depressed bald man who is the human embodiment of the automobile’s engine.
The mechanic diagnoses the problem quickly, noting that since this is a Flex car, the oil should be Castrol GTX Ecoflex. He goes over to get the special oil which takes the form of a long flowing black wig.
The mechanic then places the wig on the bald man’s head and an immediate change in attitude is evident. The “engine” man is suddenly energetic and happy, playing air guitar, pumping his fist in celebratory fashion. He’s so happy he even sheds a tear which the mechanic wipes from his eye using a rag. The “engine” guy blows his nose after fighting back some joyful crying.
The mechanic then closes the car’s hood, confident that the new supercharged engine is peppy and ready to go.
This offbeat spot was directed by the mono-monickered helmer Lemon at Hungry Man, Brazil, for Ogilvy & Mather, Sao Paulo.
The Ogilvy team included VP creative Anselmo Ramos, creative director/copywriter Fred Saldanha, art director Bob Kincey, writers Hugo Veiga and Megan Farquhar and producers Nana Bitencourt and Rafael Messias.
Alex Mehedff and Renata Dumont exec produced for Hungry Man, with Rodrigo Castelo serving as production manager. The DP was Pablo Derecho. Production designer was Gabriella Valverde.
Hungry Man Brazil’s Fernando Vidor was the editor, Rodrigo Oliveira the postproduction supervisor and Mariana Sixel the post coordinator.
Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance
Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.
The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.
"This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."
The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."
And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.
Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.
Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.
Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."
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