December 2008
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Liveblogging from The Edit
Sitting in the editing suite in Soho, looking down at the unfinished plank wood floor, littered with hundreds of printed out stills. Arranged and rearranged. Representing bits of action and discussions that have been going on for the past four months. We step back, if only for an instant, to examine what it all means.
I’m excited about the process in what it has shown me about attention to...
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Apparently, I am the EVERYMAN
So this guy at the shoot yesterday was adamant that he had worked on something with me before. I let him know that really wasn’t possible since this was my first project, but he still didn’t buy it.
‘No no, it was that Pepsi spot with the director who did that one Nirvana film…’ he said.
No, no it wasn’t.
This all leads me back to a larger problem: I am...
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That's a Wrap...
Just about one month after our pre-production meeting in London, we have actually completed shooting. It has been a zig zagging road of securing athlete availability, revising scripts based on that availability and meticulously filming the sequences, crowd elements and endless plates.
We had 10 shooting days on this job. It took us from London, to Manchester, to Emirates Stadium, to Boringham...
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Finally, Some Editing
Johan and I spent the day at The White House in London. It’s an editing powerhouse. I tried to keep my inner American subdued and not make endless Obama references. ‘Will Barack be viewing this cut?’ The house was white, so I guess they have every right to call it that. The fact that they call it ‘The’ White House seems a bit offensive to me. But nonetheless the...
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“I’m Better Than You In General”
– pair of gold shoes on my feet
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The Trouble with Rocking Gold Shoes
When you wear gold shoes, you end up drawing a lot of fire.
I just wanted to put my feelings on the record, so the next time I am asked ‘why are you wearing shoes like that, man??’ I can just redirect said hater to this blog, and save myself the wasted breath.
I wear gold shoes because I’m better than you.
I like being able to put someone in their place just by walking past...
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“Rip City Redux”
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GREG + BRANDON
The Portland Trailblazers are back on the national sports radar and Nike decided they would give them some love with a poster and bumper sticker give away on opening night.
I worked on this mini campaign out of W+K Portland just before I hopped over to the Tokyo office. Unfortunately I ended up missing my first opening night in about six years, and didn’t get a chance to snag a bumper...
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london: day nineteen
wish i saw a chimney sweeper or something. these roofs seem perfect for that.
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london: day eighteen
Today was a travel day. From Manchester back to London. We traveled by train through the English countryside. It was lovely.
I’ve come to the opinion that English people are ramblers by nature. The cabbies give impromptu history lessons. The bobbies take fifteen minutes to explain how to get somewhere that is a block away. And everyone pretty much seems on the verge of wanting to explain...
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production: day fifteen: manchester day two
Manchester really does feel like the middle of America.
Except without the strip malls, and potentially even more KFCs. But there are loads of Kentucky Embassies in central London as well. I don’t get it. Why can’t just a few of those KFCs switch over to Taco Bells?
Back to Manchester.
It was cold. And snowy. And sleety.
We filmed in a bigger stadium than we did in London. It had a...
November 2008
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production: day fourteen: manchester
We’ve arrived in the home of the both the world’s most famous football team (Manchester United) and the world’s most self-proclaimed famous band (Oasis)
Manchester has been described to me countless times in the past two weeks. I have heard it called ‘the Pittsburgh of Great Britain.’ I have not been here enough daylight hours to either confirm or deny that.
I can...