Sticky orange fingers the inspiration for commercial that has racked up 2m views on YouTube
An Australian film-maker will be a keen spectator at the Us Super Bowl – but it will be the half-time break rather than the sport that will keep him on tenterhooks. It could make him Us$1 million (A$1.1 million) richer.
Thomas Noakes's entry into the Doritos Crash the SuperBowl competition to make a commercial for the chip brand has put him firmly in the running for the cash prize, and has racked up nearly two million views on YouTube.
Noakes will not know until the chosen ad airs midway through the gridiron showpiece on February 2 whether he has won.
He has come up with a unique, if slightly off-putting, take on the Doritos side-effect: sticky orange fingers.
"It's silly, really. We just thought of a machine that cleans fingers," Noakes told Guardian Australia.
"Like magical machines,...
An Australian film-maker will be a keen spectator at the Us Super Bowl – but it will be the half-time break rather than the sport that will keep him on tenterhooks. It could make him Us$1 million (A$1.1 million) richer.
Thomas Noakes's entry into the Doritos Crash the SuperBowl competition to make a commercial for the chip brand has put him firmly in the running for the cash prize, and has racked up nearly two million views on YouTube.
Noakes will not know until the chosen ad airs midway through the gridiron showpiece on February 2 whether he has won.
He has come up with a unique, if slightly off-putting, take on the Doritos side-effect: sticky orange fingers.
"It's silly, really. We just thought of a machine that cleans fingers," Noakes told Guardian Australia.
"Like magical machines,...
- 1/9/2014
- by Helen Davidson
- The Guardian - Film News
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