The Olympic Games is a celebration of strength, spirit, and achievement. As the world watched the opening ceremony of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, Realeyes have tested some of the Olympics commercials that highlight the extraordinary things that athletes accomplish.
Month: October 2019
Emotional engagement: how Nike smashed it in London
The 3 minute video ‘Nothing beats a Londoner’, by Wieden + Kennedy, produced by Riff Raff Films, features London athletes competing over who has the biggest struggle training for their sport.
IRN-BRU, could you swear that it’s a great ad?
It seems that February 2018 in the UK had a good run of successful bullish branding with Irn-Bru’s “Don’t be a can’t” and KFC’s, “FCK”. The latest ad, ‘Parents’ from Scottish drinks giant A.G. Barr has already attracted 9 complaints to the Advertising Standard Authority since airing. Despite the controversy, with an exceptionally high overall EmotionAll® score of 9 out of 10, UK viewers really enjoyed this ad.
Twitter’s ad celebrates women during the Oscars with #HereWeAre
#PressForProgress is the theme for International Women’s Day that falls on March 8th every year – a global reminder of the momentum that’s striving for gender parity. Twitter’s new #HereWeAre campaign features a poem written and performed by Denice Frohman, “I heard a woman becomes herself the first time she speaks without permission”.
Attention seeker: The 6-second ad
In today’s climate of limited attention spans, the fickle finger of fate is inevitably poised, waiting to stab any ‘Skip’ button that gets in the way of the viewing experience. When a YouTube viewer wants to watch a quick clip, even a 15-second ad can feel disproportionate.
Webinar: Why younger audiences are turning to six-second ads
Shorter really can be sweeter in the ad industry. Just ask the host of TV networks and social platforms betting big on these bite-sized, six-second ads right now.
Emotion Tech Pioneer Realeyes Expands AI Team After Raising $16.2M In Growth Funding
Draper Esprit leads investment round in tech company that uses AI and computer vision to help computers read people’s emotions.
New report predicts ‘exponential increase’ of six-second ad format
There’s nothing hotter in the industry right now than six-second ads. But don’t just take our word for it – you can read all about it in Extreme Reach’s Q1 2018 Video Advertising Benchmark Report.
Emotion mirroring – a perfect reflection between audience and video content
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” is a philosophical concept that raises questions regarding observation and perception. Is it the same with expressing emotion – if nobody’s around to see you smile, are you happy?
Viva les émotions
We were invited by ENGIE to join their Lab at Viva Technology 2018 to showcase how our emotion analytics is used to enable brands like ENGIE to understand how people feel as they watch their videos.