Panasonic SD card camcorders are given a plug by a cattle farmer recovering from alien abduction, in a television commercial developed in Australia. The TV ad is part of Panasonic’s promotion of built-in genius, linked with coverage of the Beijing Olympic Games. The video camera is presented as being ‘so small, they fit into your life’.
The farmer, played by Gary Baxter, gives us the lowdown on his alien abduction. “Last night I was abducted by aliens. They beamed me up onboard their space craft and conducted all sorts of weird experiments on me before returning me home. Then they took two of my cows and flew away. You wanna see the video?”
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Credits
The Panasonic Aliens campaign was developed at The Campaign Palace, Sydney, by copywriter Mick Hunter, art director Ian Morton, agency producer Kaija Wall, team leader Melissa Gill, account director Josie Oppedisano and account manager Lisa Lovick.
Filming was shot at Mt Carmel Retreat by director Paul Middleditch via Plaza Films with director of photography Steve Arnold and producer Peter Masterton.
Editor was Peter Whitmore, at The Editors. Post production was done at The LaB, Bean Colour, and Sound Reservoir.