Ok, so I felt bad about hijacking this thread a little bit (you encouraged me Afura!!) so I'll comment on the commercial:
- I couldn't understand what everyone was saying. The sound was kind of low and everyone spoke quite quickly. As someone who doesn't hear a British accent everyday I couldn't catch everything because I am not used to that manner of speaking (although I do like the accent).
- This goes back to the point above, but I didn't know that those two guys left the room (I must have missed the line about them leaving to discuss something). Perhaps showing them actually leave the room would prevent this confusion.
- There really wasn't an overall storyline. Yes, it's a 30 second ad, but I think it could have been executed better. Why is the company doing badly? The commercial starts of with that being pointed out, but doesn't give a resolution to it - other than the boss being kind of mentally unstable... What are those two guys going to discuss???
- Anyway, the chair sniffing was just so random (but that's the point of the ad), but I would have accentuated it with having the beginning of the commercial start out as a one on one with the boss and an employee, having beans for lunch, and discussing company business. The employee would then excuse themselves to go to the bathroom, and then the commercial would play out the same way (minus one actor).
- I felt that the third guy was kind of useless. He was a horrible actor, hiding behind the door after not being able to contain his laughter. Obviously you guys aren't actors but that guy just ruined the commercial for me. You were pretty good.. very slimy. Nice!