Check it beotch! A generation in 1:36.
Updated July 8, 2011
Here’s a video I wrote promoting a Barkley-sponsored conference on The Ones They Call The Millennials. Weird that we have labels for generations. Weird that I feel like a Millennial even though I’m ten years older than the top end of the age bracket.
Motion graphics, music and general cool factor by the multi-faceted and talented but not from the outback, Paul Hogan. Behold, a woefully inadequate but nevertheless interesting snapshot of a generation:
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Thanks, boys.
Updated June 27, 2011
A documentary project in which I played a role as Writer (I interviewed the guy) just got recognized by Communication Arts Magazine. I did two smart things:
1. I said yes to the project.
2. I let a talented shooter and editor do their thing w/out messing with it.
Here it is:
Whispering Danny from Austin Walsh on Vimeo.
In a business where most of the players focus on the business of self-promotion, I'll take the CA mention. And while CA may be sort of a relic at this point (a big, thick magazine with slick paper pages of screen shots from digital videos?) but that’s actually what makes it sweet for me. CA taught me how to write. Back when it was full of insanely smart and painstakingly art directed print ads from Fallon and Weiden and Neil French and Mark Fenske.
So thanks Austin Walsh (shooter), Dustin Schirer (cutter) and Glen Scott (Art Director). Nice to be in CA again. Like they tell the parents at Cub Scouts. Boys love to be recognized.
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Empty Picture Frame
Updated Tuesday, Mar. 1, 2011
You get a phone call. There’s something for you at the front desk. You push up out of your ergonomic chair and go see what it is.
A picture frame. Gilded. Empty. With a note.
Our task was simple on this pro bono assignment: get the people from ArtsKC into meetings with decision makers at local companies. This was one of our ideas. Another involved a hard hat and a shuttlecock. But that's another story. Much credit due to Art Director Carolyn Cawley and Writer Quinn Katherman.
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The Helzberg / Geico Project
Updated Friday, Dec. 17, 2010
I guess Mars aligned with Jupiter. Or Helzberg Diamonds' CEO aligned with Geico's. Regardless, we did something I've never heard of before: product placement in a :30 commercial. Is it a hideous Frankenstein? Will the Gods punish us for incest? Nah. I think it really works. A funny commercial that stays "in campaign" but makes you look twice. Or at least once. And does a great job of promoting both companies in the process.
Why did this happen? Berkshire Hathaway owns both companies and somewhere along the line, Warren Buffet approved of this idea. Hence, everybody got cracking. Amazing how decisive leadership encourages collaboration. And great to see a recent mention in CNNMoney.com.
Script written by me and my team, Matt Bowne, Glen Scott, Kyle Anthony. ECD'd by the great and wise Steve Basset at Martin. We shot with Chris Smith, director of American Movie.
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The Library Trucks
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
I saw this truck on the road the other day. It’s one of 4 Johnson County Library delivery trucks my AD partner, Glen Scott and I re-skinned for a marketing campaign. The library had no media budget, but they did have a fleet of trucks.
So we brought the trucks to life, as extensions of famous stories. Inside humor connects big with people who love books, but maybe forgot how cool the library is. Client loved it. Ended up on NPR’s blog of the nation and got merit at The One Show. All for around $10k. Badass design work done by Mister Travis Kramer (to see the other trucks click here.
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