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John Lewis | The Long Wait

Simple story, great execution, warm feels.

John Lewis - The Long Wait from Blink on Vimeo.

Geico's Unskippable Ads

Geico's new "Unskippable" ad campaign defies the Youtube 5 second skip...but the extended cuts are pretty funny too.

TrueMove - Giving

This short film about giving is pretty moving, and it is what I see being possible when creating films to illustrate a value or a culture.  I think this type of work should be one source of inspiration as we continue to move forward with 'culture movement' type films.

Coca-Cola SLURP!

If we ever feel like up-ing our on-site documentary game.

Apple Happy Holidays

I beat Jackie to the punch. Apple does it again. They took something we see all the time...the kids that are on their phones the whole time. Enjoy.

Epic Split

JCVD has not had it easy. This is pretty common knowledge... Jackie Jean Claude Van Damme is a karate guy who was big on the early 90s starring in a movie called blood sport, and other movies of similar ilk. So when I saw this spot this was my thought process.

Time 1: "Wow, that was really funny and that music timing hit perfectly, damn those trucks are going backwards"

Time 2: "This is strangely poetic and JCVD has been through a lot, I feel for him, this is ridiculous and awesome"

Time 3: "There is something so powerful about a single shot. We never do this, and should"

Commercial - BGSU Class Project

This is a video I made for my Video II class. We had to make a 30-60 second commercial advertising a product. Thank you to Josh and Big Dave for their early critiques. Please leave your feedback below!!




Equipment I used:

• c100
• 105mm lens
• 50 mm lens for the CU of the product
• Tripod in all shots
• New HD monitor
• Boom for VO narration and on-screen audio

Things I liked/worked:

• Freedom of content (within reason)
• I shot a total of 3 hours over 2 days. Preproduction took about 12-15 hours. Being able to walk on set, set up your equipment, and know exactly what you're shooting is so much better than being unsure with a bunch of people standing around. It's my most efficient shoot yet.
• I used existing light and no reflector. This made filming easy and quick.
• Our actor was cooperative.
• We shot to be 1 minute, but it extended to about 1:15. I cut the fat, and just bad performances. In the future I will overshoot, or add more scenes, in order to have something extra just in case my guess is wrong in the other direction.

Things I didn't like/didn't work:

• Since I wasn't working with real talent, I had to stop telling the actor to repeat the scene, because it just was never going to happen. Luckily I had more footage than I needed, so really bad scenes could be cut.
• Even though I planned a lot, there were still some production aspects put to chance. Such as the girlfriend. When it was time to film that scene, we pulled the first decent looking girl we saw on location.
• WB was off on some shots.
• My role was DP and my class partner was Director. I had to pull Directing duty when my partner wasn't sure of a scene's message, or had to hold the boom. I wish we had more people helping behind the camera so we could concentrate on our own roles.

Zachary Quinto vs. Leonard Nimoy: "The Challenge"

Funny and Incredible Machines

These are just Japanese and hilarious and awesome.

I like this because it uses things that are Panera-centric instead of just random objects. Think about Hampton possibilities. Maybe some waffles flying up? Do they do waffles? Well you get the point.


Here is the making of, which is more about the storytelling than the making of which is kinda cool.

No Tricks

Johnnie Walker - Walk

Where to start? The writing? The epic tracking shot? Very awesome piece.

Johnnie Walker : Walk from George Nimeh on Vimeo.

Child of the 90s - Internet Explorer

Ever get that feeling like millions of little tiny sales people are pulling at your heart strings? Yeah, me too.

D&D DOINGS TV Spot

Bleu De Chanel

Retro Commercial of the Week - Wilkins Coffee

In response to Chris' post. Jim Henson is also responsible for a series of commercials for Wilkins Coffee. It's hilarious because some of these are pretty dark.

Retro Commercial of the Week - Linit Fabric Finish