New Media

Polo GTI Date Drive

In June, Silver Bullet Productions completed production on Ogilvy's latest new media campaign - Polo GTI Date Drive. As always, it was a great experience being part of the production team on one of Ogilvy's campaigns - where everyone was required to think (and work) outside the box!

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McDonald's™ Breakdance - Breakfast Easy on the Go

Watch professional breakdancer Shelley Christian work her magic at breakfast and stand a chance to WIN breakfast for a year for you and 3 friends. A Viral commercial directed by Wayne de Lange (SBP) for Tribal DDB and The Big Picture Company.

McDonald's™ Freestyle - Breakfast Easy on the Go

Watch top international football freestylist Kamal Ranchod work his magic at breakfast and stand a chance to WIN breakfast for a year for you and 3 friends. A Viral commercial directed by Wayne de Lange for Tribal DDB and The Big Picture Company.

"I Skate because..." - Christi Wiehahn

This video was a little love job we did for Billabong South Africa earlier this year. I absolutely love the location, hope we get to shoot something there again.

Goodbye Citi scores again

Nominations have been rolling in for the "Goodbye Citi" campaign at this years Loerie Awards taking place this weekend. Silver Bullet Productions has received 5 award finalists for this year. The Loeries is the biggest advertising, communications, design and experiential media awards in Africa. The categories include Digital - Viral, Alternative Media and Field Marketing, Live Events, Mixed-Media Campaigns, and Through The Line Communications

Goodbye Citi shortlisted for a Cannes Lions 2010 Award

Silver Bullet Productions, in association with Egg Films and Ogilvy South Africa, was recently shortlisted for a Cannes Lion for their work on the successful  'Goodbye Citi' campaign.

As millions of South Africans will no doubt remember, the day that Volkswagen first announced they were discontinuing the Citi Golf, after nearly 25 years of production, it marked a milestone in our country's history. For more than two decades, the Citi has served as the car of the people, and still remains, to this day, the best selling car in our country's history. It's a South African icon, with an undeniable place in our cultural history. The jingle alone had the nation humming, "Red, yellow, blue", well into the nineties.

Xcel Showdown at Supertubes 2010

Every year Silver Bullet Productions covers this speciality surfing event held in Jeffreys Bay. This year we waited for one day of perfect waves during the month of May. The Silver Bullet Productions crew was responsible for the New Media highlight videos uploaded to various websites and blogs after each and every heat.

Kustom Airstrike 2010 - Durban, South Africa

Kustom is again on its global mission to find surfers that will revolutionize the world of surfing. The Kustom Airstrike is a single-trick surfing contest that started on January 1st 2010, and will span for eight months to drown the most radical surfer with the craziest air, in a grand prize of $50,000.

Surfers qualify for the $50,000 by submitting a video clip of their best aerial maneuver to the Kustom Air Strike website (www.kustomairstrike.com). Filming the surfers as they skillfully attempt their best aerial maneuvers was a daunting and challenging task that Silver Bullet Productions (SBP) signed up for.

Dale Staples clinches Billabong Pro Junior title on Dolphin Coast

With an ever increasing online audience, Billabong is leading the way when it comes to hot off the press updates, utilising online platforms such as Billabong.com, Youtube, Facebook, etc. Silver Bullet Productions has been appointed as the official production facility to cover these events - producing an event highlight clip to be made available immediately after the event.

Billabong Girls Get Out There Summer Tour

Further to the Filming of the 2009 Girls Get Out There Series, Silver Bullet Productions handled the New Media aspect of the series production and entire summer tour. A small, mobile team ensured daily uploads of video edits and photos from all 8 beach activations along the South African coast and also during the production of the series.