Adman | Love Story Told Through Fake Ads

An ingenious boy-meets-girl love story, told entirely through fake advertisements. Featured on Short of the Week: WRITER/DIRECTOR: Ben Callner PRODUCER: Adam Callner DP: Doug Chamberlain PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Christian Stone EDITORS: Ben Callner, Joe Kell, Alex Pirrone, Ben Suenaga CAST: Ted Cannon, Jocelin Donahue, Judy Kain, Dar Dixon, Jarrod Crawford, Tim Karasawa, Josh Covitt, Erick Chavarria, Bill O’Neill, Sam Carson, Niko Posey, David Aaron, Paul Vinson, Michele Lainevool, Adam Nemet, Harrison Polo REMIX the film via individual spots at the official website! “It’s a rather ingenious approach, and while the hit-rate isn’t perfect, creativity abounds—it’s astonishing how good some of the spots are, as well as how familiar—its clear how many of the tactics and techniques of the medium Callner has absorbed and re-appropriated. Yet within the jokes there is a tension. Advertising is designed to provoke feelings, and to be relatable