A shiny red Dodge Journey crossover vehicle emerges from a home’s garage. Friends then climb into the vehicle.
But like the garage and all the surroundings, including the countryside itself, the driver and passengers appear in black and white. And they look like character drawings but are far more expressive than what is normally associated with that medium. We see them all interact with the features of the innovative vehicle, ranging from a refrigerated storage compartment to third row seating to the kids dueling on a gaming monitor, which also screens DVDs.
The Dodge Journey makes its way through the city, which we see both as the crossover vehicle zips along and from an overhead view. A voiceover introduces us to the Dodge Journey, an innovative new vehicle which underscores the slogan, “If you can dream it, do it.”
Turns out the hyper-realistic Dodge Journey is occupied by pen-and-ink textured CG characters traveling through a dimensional illustrated pen-and-ink world. This different, distinctively styled commercial came from the teaming of animation/FX/design studios Charlex in New York, and XYZ Studios, Melbourne, Australia, as well as production house The Ebeling Group in New York–all working in concert with BBDO New York.
Tim Kentley served as director/designer/creative director for XYZ with illustrations by Celeste Potter and character models by Jaime Fernandez.
Mick Ebeling and Dex Deboree executive produced for The Ebeling Group with Sue Lee serving as senior producer.
Heading the Charlex ensemble were CG supervisor Gong Myung Lee, VP/senior producer Steve Chiarello and co-producer Jennifer Scelia. Alex Cheparev was lead modeler, Stephen K Mann the lead character technical director, Antony Tabtong the lead animator and James Fisher the lead lighting technical director.
The BBDO team included chief creative officers David Lubars and Bill Bruce, VP/creative director James Clunie, creative director Michael Folino and senior producer Kevin Wilson.
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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