Tuesday, November 13, 2007
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Clever ad! Amusing picture with almost the same car of same brand facing the advertised one.
Amazing how the bus almost disappears behind the poster.
And, oh!, the irony of all those cars and the empty bicycle stopping area.
Almost surreal with the car ad using the wheels of the bus. The eye goes there without hesitation and for a while one wonders whether that is it. But there is the three-way face-off between three modes of transport to then ponder on.
Does the ad impinge on the passenger's ability to see out of the window I wonder? Peering through there don't seem to be many passengers and with the absence of cycles it would appear that the car is king. But the ad could be the sign of car manufacturers getting desperate - with so many cars there, why should an ad be needed?
This is a delightful and fun image and it took me a moment to realize that this was on a bus. The lines in the foreground take you right to the 'car'.
The bus does seem transparent, I think it might be the 'squareness' which puts it into the building.
On the TV last week they showed the back of a bus painted with some policemen. The exhaust pipe of the bus was in an embarrassing position for one of the policemen!
'Roomy' and 'Twingo' are not two words that go together in my mind.
It was only after repeated viewings that I noticed how much the sense of scale in this image is disrupted by those giant bikes painted in the crosswalk.
Two Renaults in the shot is an added bonus - though the curves on the car upfront are much more pleasing on the eye. The advert is very well thought out and works well. Given all the motoring at work in the shot I find the solitary pedestrian stage left very entertaining.
Extremely entertaining image, indeed. I've never seen buses here "disappear" this way, perhaps because they are differently shaped and not so high. The two real cars look like toys.
I love the way the bus driver seems to be sitting on the front of the car. Beyond the obvious, there are many interesting things to see.
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Amazing how the bus almost disappears behind the poster.
And, oh!, the irony of all those cars and the empty bicycle stopping area.
Does the ad impinge on the passenger's ability to see out of the window I wonder? Peering through there don't seem to be many passengers and with the absence of cycles it would appear that the car is king. But the ad could be the sign of car manufacturers getting desperate - with so many cars there, why should an ad be needed?
On the TV last week they showed the back of a bus painted with some policemen. The exhaust pipe of the bus was in an embarrassing position for one of the policemen!
It was only after repeated viewings that I noticed how much the sense of scale in this image is disrupted by those giant bikes painted in the crosswalk.
I love the way the bus driver seems to be sitting on the front of the car. Beyond the obvious, there are many interesting things to see.