A little something to get you in the Holiday spirit! Late in 2010, I teamed with Sunrise Advertising and the fabulous Tim Hogan (and yes, you have to say “fabulous” when you mention Tim, it’s in his contract) creating several commercials for the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park holiday production of ‘The Christmas Carol”. A true ‘gorilla production’, we ran around town with our small crew shooting Scrooge as he merrily wrecked havoc on holiday cheer. (You can see one of the spots above.) The scenes were simple, quick and numerous, but thanks to many individuals donating their time, equipment, props and locations, we got the job done. As often happens when you have a… shall we say “challenging” budget, we ended up having a great time on the shoot and the client got (in my opinion) a terrific product. A special thanks to Jeff Barklage for giving his time (and Red One camera) to the cause.
Eric Nuelsen at Red Echo cut together an interesting and wildly different alternative spot from our footage. (see below) Another great example of the impact that music, color and editing has on a commercial’s mood.