Macgregor - Nothing gets closer

Holy frig dude. I thought I hit the wrong icon.
GET OUTTA HERE. :) You mean to tell me you did this for Adfest?
You cant be that dedicated.

/Oh wait. Now I recognize the name as being the jack/mac Eighteen Sec thing.
Ahhhh. Well again, I'm floored buy your stuff. Congrats.

// Is this a votable entry?
Sorry, just read first page, I guess audio rights puts it out of judging.
 
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Raptor365 said:
Holy frig dude. I thought I hit the wrong icon.
GET OUTTA HERE. :) You mean to tell me you did this for Adfest?
You cant be that dedicated...
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Obsessions: Mac is obsessed with filmming naked/beautiful women (see Timur's post above) and sportscars. :)

He shoots spec commercials for sportscars all the time, like for fun, so
A) this is something he can do without taking the lens cap off the camera (i.e., in his sleep, this is like difficulty level 1.7 for him)
B) he was probably shooting something like this this month anyway. (see obsessions above)

Basically the dood could film a pile of dookie and it would look like a diamond. Bastard.
 
Macgregor,

I love the fast paced editing. My favorite shot was the second shot of the commercial. The one where it starts looking at the rear of the car and whatever vehicle you were in goes off the track (pitstop area?). That looked incredible.

I love it.
 
awesome - i was just about to vote is as #1 but then it's for "exhibition purposes only" .. dammit
amazing footage - would be awesome to see some behind the scenes shots
 
I know it was tough to make a 30 second version, so great job!

Nice to see the results from the SGpro, in your hands :)
 
macgregor, 18 seconds and similo are the most beautiful movies i've seen shot with digital cameras. hope i'm not missing something too obvious here, but where is the link for "nothing gets closer"?
 
Thanks for boosting my confidence in the XH-A1 even further!
I have the camera and really like it so far. But I was floored when I saw what you did with it.

The adapter seems pretty good for the price. Any more details worth mentioning on your experience working with it?

What mode did you shoot in (f or i) and what shutter speed did you use?


Someone said, the ad looks "close to professional". To hell with that! That thing could run on TV and I´d be stunned! :Drogar-Happy(DBG):
 
I think this is by far the best entry (though it wasn't really meant as an entry), so if I was to judge your work, it'd be based on the standard of what I expect from a professional level ad, not necessarilly what I'd expect from an amateur or independent filmmaker. If my criticisms seem harsh, it's only because you're show immense talent in your previous works.

Personally, I prefer MacGregor's other projects before this (SIMILO, 18 seconds). This is the worst he's submitted -- far from bad, just not just his best. It's still very professional and contains some stunning visuals, but on a professional level, the visuals are substandard -- you expect these type of visuals. I suggest changeing it up a little so that your future projects don't look like any other car commercial.

The narrator was kind of cheesey, and I would have personally changed the tagline.

For an ad, especially a car commercial, you really need to grab someone by the balls to catch their attention -- being unique and different is one way of separating yourself and making an ad effective. I don't think this particular ad was extremely "original"; very professional, but not creative when compared to other commercials I've seen on TV.

To me, this is more of an exercise of MacGregor's technical skills, not necessarilly his artistic skills. It was professional, flashy, nice visuals, but just not great when compared to other professional ads on TV.
 
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