Creatives Good. Clients Bad. Yes?

We've all heard the old adage: that advertising would be a great business to be in if it wasn't for the clients.

The little film below attempts to bring to life the constant frustations that creatives suffer at the hands of clients. You know, how clients always want the logo bigger, how they're never happy, how they like to interfere with the creative work etc.

You might expect us to be on the side of the creative person in this film. But we're not. And the reason for that is not once does that poor, beleagured Art Director challenge the client about any of their ludicrous decisions. He just sits there, like a dimwit, doing exactly what he's told to do. At no point does he flex his creative muscles or demonstrate his knowledge and expertise - the things that the client hired him for in the first place. So, as far as we're concerned, he gets what he deserves. Which is, presumably, not the response the filmmakers were hoping for.

Saying that though, the film is still pretty funny and well worth a watch: