Murderer strips dead girl to wear her jeans in short film for Billycock
Aussie denim label Billycock has launched a short film in which a girl removes a pair of jeans from a person she has murdered to wear them herself.
The film ends with the slogan, ‘Denim worth dying for’.
Jai Films, the production company behind the film, confirmed that TV networks had been approached, but they had declined to run the film because of its strong content. The film is intended for cinema and the internet.
The video was directed by Jared Beekhuyzen. Jai Films created the film from concept to completion; no ad agency was involved.
Billycock plans to run an ad suitable for TV in the new year.
Why would TV networks run a branded content short film reglardless of it’s content?
What a strange phonecall that would’ve been.
Ah…..that’s the best thing ever
Since it’s all from the Killer’s perspective, shouldn’t the tagline be “Denim Worth Killing For”?
Since it’s all from the Killer’s perspective, shouldn’t the tagline be “Denim Worth Killing For”?
Very nicely shot and a nice conept to boot
Predictable and transparent. “Let’s make a video that’s sooooo controversial the networks refuse to show it, then watch it go viral.” Nicely shot though.”
Really!!…that’s just irresponsible!
Now there’s an idea – get Tropfest to have a branded content section.
Serious this time.
I have never seen so may visual cliches in a pair of size 8 jeans. Predictable, boring and obviously designed gain public and media notoriety. I just hope this blog doesn’t achieve that outcome.
Great video. I do not think there was any intention to gain media notoriety.
Simple / effective, great concept. Well done to all involved.
What’s the message here….? Only low life desparates, who can’t afford to pay for a so-so pair of jeans, will commit a serious crime to steal them from a dead person. That’s about as dumb as they get!!
Jack
Denim worth dying for makes sense to me….. Jeans so good it’s worth dying just to wear them!
Sorry – but that tagline makes no sense.
Fails various reality tests which would have made it so much better. eg Girl carries body bag – which has nothing in it – even a size 8 super model weighs more than that. Victim had no signs of cause of death. Some bruising or blood would have helped. End scene of multiple bodies a nice touch but surely they would have been in shallow graves at early stage of decomposition. Just sayin’.
Overall though I like. PS nice choice of car.
Morbid, perverse stroking of their own egos ….or worse
Extremely irresponsible. Can’t believe its allowed
We need more ads like this… Genius!
“Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
Nothing original here, sexing up murder, death meh, was hitting the seek bar by 0.40, Jeans look OK on the girl tho.
Whoever is above. You clearly do not know what you are talking about.
Do you really think that Billycock could afford to afford to run a 2.18 minute spot on TV even if stations had that unusual media length? Billycock? More like poppycock.
Weird. Great photography, but the tag line makes no sense at all, as noted above. The Tropfest idea (also above) is a good one- it’s the only place I could see this wroking (and then only if the tagline is changed). In my (admittedly limited) experience however, commecials are 15, 30 or 60 seconds long, not 3 minutes. They’re hoping for adjectives in the press like “edgy” “gritty” and “brave”. Genius? Haw haw. I reiterate though- photography was lovely to look at. The concept though- that made me feel very very ill.
made you feel ill? continue liking your conventional formulae of commercial work. The tagline makes complete sense. Think outside the box there John. Might take you a while but you will get there.
Gee, thanks anonymous. I will continue liking what I like, and thinking any way I like. But thanks, I was low on vitamin douche, and you’ve topped it up.
Its alright John. You take care now.
Nothing is more obvious than a bunch of agency people defending their own work on a blog. Learn from it guys and move on.
Both gross and inaccurate. Women are so not the ones who go around killing! The probability in real life is very low, so why do we have to keep watching TV, movies and ads that depict women as killers.
I hope this ad is reported to the Advertising Standards Board.
S are you saying that if this was a male doing the killing then it would be accurate and therefore OK in your books? I hope you get reported to the Life Standards Board. That’s one of the best looking butts I’ve seen in a while and I would be totally OK with her taking my jeans off, dead or alive.
I saw this Ad Billycock it’s totally taken me into your story. Thank you’re JAI film for that fabulous and breath taking advertisement, those pants were great as want to buy them. I hope we’ll see more of you’re guys to make even more greater ADS to enjoy.
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