AdFest 2007

I'm actually glad for this fest. I have been advocating for commercialFest for a long time, or Music Video Fest because they give filmmakers something really solid to come home with for a reel, since those two things supply so much work out there. Hope I have time to take part. I have lots of ideas...but so little time.

Also, to spice things up, I think these should be international commercials. You know how they have those shows about the funniest commercials and all of the ones from Europe have naked women and bodies falling out of caskets and such. That's what I'm talking about.
 
Oh, what, you guys didn't know? Jason Fox is a commercial man. Hehe.

Mark Harris - Yeah it seems as though it's international so it's all good. Not a bad idea to keep it within these limitations for some people, either. Being able to do both is good for the fest!

Also, Music Video fest could be hard. Original music only?
 
Larry R said:
Woah! I remember seeing that commercial on TV. You made that? Sweet (even if it has a talking dog) :)
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Thanks. I was the writer/ACD. Brent Thomas at Green Dot Films was the director. Long ago, he was an art director at Chiat Day and did a little thing you may recall: Apple's 1984 spot. Nice guy, too.
 
well musicvideofest would be hard because not everyone knows a band, or an get a band. I think it would only really be good if it was genuinely a music video fest, meaning music video for a band. So yeah, I think it would have to be original...but let's get through CommercialFest first :)
 
Agreed. AdFest is a classy idea.

Back to my question: How's individual threads and promotions gonna work this time around?
 
after seeing that commercial, i vote we ban jason fox from entering or we might as well just get this thing over with and hand him the damn trophy right now.
 
ugafan said:
after seeing that commercial, i vote we ban jason fox from entering or we might as well just get this thing over with and hand him the damn trophy right now.
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Hah! I wish it were that easy. I just *wrote* the thing. We hired a pro to shoot it. I don't think my budget will quite approach what we spent on that -- two-day shoot and six weeks of fx work. At least I got to hang out in Venice for a bit.
 
Well....I am In! Ideas locked, Music locked, and script being written. I wasn't sure at first but I think this will be a lot of fun. Definitely a Challenge!
 
I just realized something... is judging criteria going to be effected by product originality?

I know one product that's going to appear in at least 25% of the AdFest ideas already.
 
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