Touching Commercials (compiled)

[imchaser]

Forget those tear-jerking Thai insurance commercial series. This new Thai commercial have to be the new best and most beautiful commercial ever, like oh my God. Ive watch it for 20 times non stop. If this was to show in an adverisement in a cinema before a movie start, i would've pay the tickets just to see the advertisement. Believe me its that good. See it your self and give your comments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um9KsrH377A...feature=related

[jazz]

This looks more like a movie trailer rather than an advertisement....

But I think it is neatly done :thumb:

[Guest Guest]

ya very touching brought tears to my eyes... but won't pay just to watch ad in cinema... good movie material thou

[manlybigsize]

yup....one of the superb and well done foreign commercial with an important message

Everyone is equal no matter who or what they are....Just close your eyes and believe in yourself....then you can do it...

cheers

[imchaser]

An classic epic battle between the spoilt rich popular piano student vs the deaf poor humble violin student. Though i have to admit, the piano classical number she played is way more difficult and hard to play piece than the violin number. Just because the violin number is the popular Canon in D doesnt make her the winner of the contest. haha. Spoiler.

[Guest Blind]

I find such message intolerable: It is like encouraging people to buy lottery as a way of life just because there is a winner in every lottery.

[silversailorduo]

I'm sorry, but the emotional effect it tried to achieve fell apart when the deaf girl started showing swinging her Pantene hair all over the place. lol

[Guest guest]

So Pantene is associated with the poor and deaf...or that if one is poor and deaf will become rich and famous after washing with pantene shampoo...? or its saying that pantene shampoo is so affordable that even the poor and deaf can afford, and be successful after washing with it...?

I dun get it? help?

[Eragon]

The message is You Can Shine. It is selling the 'spirit' of the brand. Way more creative than your stereotypical TV commercial ideas of mother passing down secret of her beauty to daughter over a cup of tea or boyfriend fall in love with girlfriend's long silky beautiful hair running his finger down slowly or (if you do remember) I'm so gorgeous but I m your high school teacher silly line, on T.V. I think it's cool, it tells a story.

Makes me wana go grab a Pantene now and hopefully tomolow at the club I can miraculously play the sax to woo some cutie at the bar! :smokin:

[kokology]

Such a nice motivation ad... dun look like shampoo ad leh.....

Clap Clap Clap......

Bravo.

[Magenta_Lilies]

whoa... that was an awesome commercial i must say.. made me weep like a baby.. hehe..

you guys should check out the commercials done by Petronas too.. for festivals like hari raya, deepavali and cny.. very heart-tugging and emotional too..

[Guest FattChoy88]

Also an ad.

Vision of perfect world!

Forget those tear-jerking Thai insurance commercial series. This new Thai commercial have to be the new best and most beautiful commercial ever, like oh my God. Ive watch it for 20 times non stop. If this was to show in an adverisement in a cinema before a movie start, i would've pay the tickets just to see the advertisement. Believe me its that good. See it your self and give your comments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um9KsrH377A...feature=related

[taxme7]

This is also a very touching commercial...

Watch it and you will know why ....

:thumb: :thumb:

[jazz]

This is also a very touching commercial...

That's how Insurance are sold by some agents.... Playing on the emotions....

[imchaser]

So Pantene is associated with the poor and deaf...or that if one is poor and deaf will become rich and famous after washing with pantene shampoo...? or its saying that pantene shampoo is so affordable that even the poor and deaf can afford, and be successful after washing with it...?

Think outside the box! A great ad are supposed to be inspirationing and extremely creative. even if u r so direct ppl still wont buy your product because nowadays audience r very hard to be convinced. So they are trying to relate the value and building the brand awareness by presenting such a beautiful story.

whoa... that was an awesome commercial i must say.. made me weep like a baby.. hehe..

you guys should check out the commercials done by Petronas too.. for festivals like hari raya, deepavali and cny.. very heart-tugging and emotional too..

Yeah, Petronas are great and it relates well with us Chinese, Malay and indians. But the recipe is getting a bit old.

This is also a very touching commercial...

Watch it and you will know why ....

:thumb: :thumb:

This Insurance series have been covered before and most agreed its tear-jerking. All together 6 episodes. but i think the Pantene one is the best. haha. from now on im switching to Pantene.

[Guest Taipei Old Bird]

Am currently in taipei for my CNY holiday and saw this TV commercial. It is a real story and it has been shoot into a TVC. Below are the brief description of the story background. Appreciate if anyone can translate to English for those who don't understand Chinese

還記得3年前，台南一位不懂外語的徐媽媽，到委內瑞拉幫移民美國的女兒做月子，結束後自己一個人，拿著一張女兒幫她寫的翻譯小抄，坐了4趟飛機，花了4天，才回到台灣，她的勇敢故事，現在被翻拍成電視廣告，感動的記憶再度被喚起。

廣告旁白：「一個老婦人因為攜帶違禁品，在委內瑞拉機場被拘補了。」

廣告中這位台灣媽媽，一個人無助的穿梭在美國機場，因為不懂外語，遭海關扣留搜查。廣告旁白：「她告訴他，這是一包中藥材，她是來這裡墩雞湯，給女兒補身體的，她女兒剛生產完，她們有好幾年沒見。」

聽不懂海關說的話，差點被當成嫌犯，廣告裡面的真實女主角是她，住在台南的58歲徐鶯瑞，當時她到委內瑞拉，幫移民美國的女兒做月子，回程時，自己一個人，拿著女兒寫給她的小抄，經歷一場冒險旅程，白紙上有一行中文、一行英文翻譯，第三行是西班牙文，從登機、出境到領行李，寫得很詳細。徐鶯瑞(96.05.29)：「我比他們看，他們看就真的帶我去領行李啊！」

徐媽媽靠著這張小抄，加肢體語言，花了4天時間，終於從委內瑞拉平安回到台灣，過程中，她在洛杉磯因為忘了填寫入境表格，遭海關扣留，幸好遇到台灣女記者幫忙解危，她的勇敢故事，被銀行選中，拍成形象廣告。

銀行公關經理張寒青：「她代表是我們一般平凡大眾，她所呈現出來的並不平凡的精神。」

廣告場景，對照當時徐媽媽排隊過海關的照片，幾乎一樣，除了穿著不同，也少了徐媽媽身上背的這個，貼著自己名字的包包；事隔3年多，因為這齣廣告，再次喚起徐媽媽為女兒付出的感人故事。

[Guest guest]

Nice commercial

hmm...the custom officers are also very handsome and attractive...both young and matured ones...

[Guest PictureHouse]

Can any kind ffreinds pls let me know the name of the sountrack that is playing in the backgrd? I cried.

Pls let m eknow the name of the soundtrack

Nice commercial

hmm...the custom officers are also very handsome and attractive...both young and matured ones...

[GachiMuchi]

Minute Commercial Puts Full-Length Hollywood Films to Shame

by Neetzan Zimmerman

It certainly says something about the state of Hollywood today that a three minute ad produced at a fraction of the cost of most movies is more moving and poignant than almost anything the big studios have to offer.

The Thai telecommunications conglomerate True is getting rave reviews worldwide for its latest spot, "Giving," which tells the story of a man unexpectedly rewarded for a lifetime of good deeds he performed without expecting anything in return.

TrueMove too says it "believes in the power of giving without expecting a return."

Which would probably be more meaningful if they were to, say, give away their services and devices for free. Which they are not.

But what the company lacks in commitment to its own philosophy, it more than makes up for in inspirational advertising.

[Guest lulu]

wa ~~~~~~~~~ 感动生命, 我哭得像小孩 ....

Thanks GM for sharing

[Guest milk]

Hey GM,

I have read a similar short story, except it was not painkillers n veggie soup, but a glass of milk

[azimuth]

It's truly a blessing to be able to give. :-)

[rawbird]

I remember hearing a western version of this story

[iamziz]

I would be interested to watch videos of different versions, if any. Always touching the hearts.

[Guest Rong]

Very cliche 

[FoodieHoodie]

Thanks for sharing this video.

Truly inspiring, but I find it somehow ironic that this comes from a Telecom company.

[iamziz]

Thanks for sharing this video.

Truly inspiring, but I find it somehow ironic that this comes from a Telecom company.

 

The Thai telcos and also some insurance companies do send out good messages in their advertisements just like what Petronas in Malaysia does 

 

This is an example of one

 

[zwei]

It's so touching...

[zwei]

The Thai telcos and also some insurance companies do send out good messages in their advertisements just like what Petronas in Malaysia does 

 

This is an example of one

 

Stop making me cry (

[iamziz]

Stop making me cry (

 

Hugs

[Daydreamerz]

I have to admit I'm a sucker for such cliche scenes... *blush*

[superflawless]

[chiang111]

So touching...

[wheeze]

While that's touching, I don't think that happens all that much in real life. EDIT: To clarify, I'm talking about the video in original post.

 

The following is more inspiring to me personally, because such occurrences happen much more regularly, and I've had similar experiences, so I can definitely relate to them.

 

http://youtu.be/7PUbQRXNwNo

 

If anyone can find a higher-quality vid of it, I'd appreciate you posting it. This was about the best I could find.

 

From what I'm able to google, this was a mash-up of a set of commercials originally run by Liberty Mutual Insurance (with different music/voiceover). The mash-up with this music was done by a random individual.

 

People seem to be just spamming this video on their own channels nowadays to gain views. No clue which one is the original video upload, and I'm guessing the copyrighted song might have gotten the original video removed. Annoying. Pay it forward; at least credit the original uploaders (even if it's just the insurance company, which took me a while to figure out too with the lack of information!), no? 

Edited September 16, 2013 by wheeze

[wheeze]

The Thai telcos and also some insurance companies do send out good messages in their advertisements just like what Petronas in Malaysia does 

 

This is an example of one

 

 

This one's my favorite tear-jerker commercial.

 

I've watched it multiple times, and I don't think it's possible to watch this without at least tears forming in your eyes. 

[Bern]

This was posted before.

[wheeze]

 

The following is more inspiring to me personally, because such occurrences happen much more regularly, and I've had similar experiences, so I can definitely relate to them.

 

If anyone can find a higher-quality vid of it, I'd appreciate you posting it. This was about the best I could find.

 

Found a slightly better quality version recently (where you can much more clearly see the "Liberty Mutual Insurance" copyright), and since the one I posted had been removed, here you go

 

 

I find this to be a much less cliche and more realistic version of "Pay It Forward", which is idealistic but unrealistic in my opinion. And because it's more realistic, it's much more inspirational to me.

[jonathan1456]

Life is a great journey if we decide to share it with others using kindness, mercy, concerns and love.

Even a stranger that comes into our life for that brief moment deserves a smile of encouragement or acknowledgement.  

So be more aware of the people around you and less on the mobile that you are so attached to all the time.

Blessings abound if only we are all more giving to each other in our way of living. 

My blessings.

[Guest Huan Ying]

On 11/15/2008 at 8:08 AM, Guest FattChoy88 said:

Also an ad.

 

Vision of perfect world!

Really a tear jerker