Freeview: 'Tadpoles' (starts at 00:06) - UK
Who'd have thought tadpoles could be so riveting? In a humble pond two little pre-frogs fall for each other, prompting their respective "families" to have a dance-off to The Kinks' You Really Got Me. They have no idea a child is watching them from above, loving the free entertainment.
Agency: Leo Burnett
Director: Ne-O
Foster Farms: 'Human League' (starts at 01:20) - US
What is it with chickens at the moment? Last week, a man holding a German chicken demonstrated the stability of the Mercedes-Benz... now we have a choir of American chickens reproducing an electro-pop classic to stake a claim about the tastiness of Foster Farms birds.
Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners (San Francisco)
Director: Ben Gregor
Sky: 'Come With Us' (starts at 01:43) - New Zealand
This outstanding film from New Zealand finds a superb way of conveying the idea that the advertised broadcaster can provide viewers with a huge variety of content. A number of genres are referenced by the protagonists who describe them directly to camera in a series of rhymes. Poetry and advertising are usually unhappy bedfellows, but not this time.
Agency: DDB Auckland
Director: Nathan Price
Verisure: 'Rabbit Party' (starts at 02:47) - Sweden
In this commercial for a home security system, a mum feels assured when her phone reveals that her son has arrived home safely while she's busy elsewhere. How can she suspect what the little blighter is up to? There's danger at every turn as the youngster decides that it's the perfect moment to hold a bizarre tea party for his pet rabbits. A typically weird and wonderful offering from Scandinavia.
Agency: Forsman & Bodenfors (Stockholm)
Director: Jesper Ericstam
Jean-Paul Gaultier: 'On the Docks' (starts at 03:31) - France
Proof that if you're going to go over the top, you might as well go all the way. Perfume advertising is rarely short of bombast but you'd be hard-pressed to think of a commercial to rival the spectacle created for Jean-Paul Gaultier by British director Johnny Green.
Agency: Ogilvy & Mather (Paris)
Director: Johnny Green
Jason Stone is the editor of David Reviews
