Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Several months back, I acquired a 16mm film reel containing 14 McDonaldland commercials from eBay, and had it scanned in high resolution by the incredible folks at the Colorlab. The original film is red tinted, but I was able to color correct them all in After Effects.
Unfortunately, almost all of these commercials are incomplete: cut off at the end, usually when they show up to McDonald's, which is really a shame. Still, the quality looks incredible, and way clearer than I've ever seen McDonaldland look before! I'll be trickling these onto the channel in the coming months, hope you all enjoy!
This one, 'Black Spot', is one of the few complete commercials from the reel. The end is abrupt because it was intended to cut to various ads featuring the current promotion at McDonald's. You can find other versions of this ad online that show what some of those promo spots looked like.
Several months back, I acquired a 16mm film reel containing 14 McDonaldland commercials from eBay, and had it scanned in high resolution by the incredible folks at the Colorlab. The original film is red tinted, but I was able to color correct them all in After Effects.
Unfortunately, almost all of these commercials are incomplete: cut off at the end, usually when they show up to McDonald's, which is really a shame. Still, the quality looks incredible, and way clearer than I've ever seen McDonaldland look before! I'll be trickling these onto the channel in the coming months, hope you all enjoy!
This one, 'Black Spot', is one of the few complete commercials from the reel. The end is abrupt because it was intended to cut to various ads featuring the current promotion at McDonald's. You can find other versions of this ad online that show what some of those promo spots looked like.
