Mouth taped shut is a blog that catalogues the making of the Girl with a Dragon Tattoo. Love the photographs.
Can’t wait to watch this. Neil Kellerhouse is the powerhouse behind the posters. I love how these posters don’t look like the typical hollywood movie posters that have giant heads and big glossy type.
Great Ad for Ikea by Tomas Mankovsky. One of the more clever spots I’ve seen in a while. Surprising and fun.
One is hard of hearing, one has cancer, 3 have heart disease. One dream. Love this commercial. I don’t know if it’s because they’re old Chinese guys, and I project my grandfather into them. But this is really well done. The music is a little cheesy, but the shots great.
It’s interesting this commercial would never work in the states. But it works in asia. I call it the Seinfeld effect… everyone is jaded, and too sarcastic. People hid behind sarcasm so they don’t have to feel anything or engage with anything for too long. It might work as a Harley Davidson commercial maybe. They pull at the hearts string a little too much, but the sentiment and execution is superb.
These videos are amazing! The idea is so simple yet the execution is the hardest part. Made me feel like we were apart of the journey. Had to watch the video over again to see all the places they went to. Amazing.
Saw the trailer for “The Girls with the Dragon Tattoo” this weekend while waiting to watch Xmen – First Class. Right when it started I had that oh shit moment. The “oh shit” moments are hard to come by these days. But this was definitely another one of them conjured up by none other than David F-in Fincher.
I love how it’s a tour de force, non-apologetic in your face trailer that’s like nothing else out there right now. Every trailer these days show’s about 80% percent of the movie hoping you come watch the predictable ending. But this trailer is how trailers should be done! Amazing. The cinematography is so elegant and raw, Fincher’s bringing back his dark side again. Can’t wait to see this film just to see how it’s shot. Being a type geek the type treatment is gritty and just as forceful as the editing. The editing! the editing. awesome.
Directed by David Fincher. Staring Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara ( the ex-girlfriend from the beginning of Social Network). The song in the trailer is from Trent Reznor + Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Song is called “Immigration Song“
Going to Paris soon. I thought these spots was appropriate right now in my life, this came out a few months ago. I think the thing that makes these pieces work is the hand held feel to the filming. It feels like anyone can make it. Maybe the feeling is more that anyone can have this experience. Obviously these pieces took planning and hard work to achieve. But part of what I feel like is the accessibility of these pieces. They feel so simple, transparent and very well done.
This piece was filmed by Gustav Johnasson, and designed by Albin Holmqvist
Pretty cool move by the folks at Intel and Venabels Bells, linking up with the Satorialist. I think it’s pretty smart. It’s about tapping into the visual poetry of today. The artists use the computer these days instead of brushes, and the patrons aren’t the Medici family or the church anymore but rather they are big companies like Coke and Intel. I do like the fact they are being authentic, rather than trying to sell us something they are showing us how they are part of the creative process. I think consumers these days turn their brains off the moment we get sold to. The only way to get past that mental barrier is to really be authentic. We can smell an advertisement right away. This basically says to me companies need to position themselves with smart people. Rather than selling to us. They need to show us how they make the creative process better and faster. Also I associate Intel with good taste, good photography, and the creative process now. Empowerment to the creatives. Well done.
I’ve been thinking about service vs art for a while. Being a designer I work with clients. But I also produce projects on my own. I often ask myself how do I get the clients to want what I am producing and not just go with the latest trends. I believe you have to be a leader in whatever it is that you do. Create your own path, create your future clients. You have to produce that product that you truly love and be okay with it if others don’t like it.
I feel like I’ve been unlearning a lot of things I have learned through the school system, and also work. For the past two years I’ve been unlearning some bad habits I have developed along the way. I’ve learned to go with my gut. I’ve learned to say no to clients. I learned where to draw the line of my creative sovereignty. I know what I am and where I must go now.
This video is about influencers and people that follow their own visions. I believe if you are going to be original at all you have to be prepared to be wrong, or else you will not find anything original if you go paths that other people have walked before.
