on the subject of well-made commercials, i found this 90 second commercial for halo 3. they created a giant diorama of a battle scene and then filmed it. it's pretty intense how much detail went into it. i also enjoy the use of shallow depth of field to focus on one point and blur the rest, giving it a better sense of a single moment. after i watched it, i found a behind the scenes video, however, it's told from the point of view whereas the battle had already taken place and they're making the diorama as a commemorative in a museum. that in itself is pretty creative.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
believe.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
leave nothing.
i'm not a big nike guy at all, but i really like this new commercial they have for this nfl season. the continuity through the different scenes as shawne merriman and steven jackson progress down the field is pretty amazing, even when their uniforms change. and the ending is just plain hardcore.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
it's been a long time coming.
i finally get to take my car in to have it fixed!
i'll once again be able to use my driver's side door!
i don't have to pay a dime!
hooray!
but on the downside, i'll be car-less for a while.
Monday, September 03, 2007
labor-less weekend.
the at&t guy came in friday morning, so we now have cable and internet through at&t u-verse. it's a pretty cool deal. we got two cable boxes, one of them with dv-r capabilites in which we can record up to four shows at once. we can also set up the box through the internet to record shows by signing into our account. and if we missed a show, we can find out if someone we know that has u-verse caught it and they can send it from their box to ours. but here's the kicker that had us sold: free installation. unfortunately our cable outlet in the living room is pretty old and needs to be rewired, but our landlord doesn't want to spend the money to get it fixed. that makes our cable and internet cut out sometimes and it's especially annoying when it goes out in the middle of a show.
anyway, it's labor day weekend and i've done a bunch of nothing. friday i worked at the pool for a few afternoon hours then came home and played with the u-verse for the rest of the evening then turned in early, as seems to be the trend with my sleeping habits lately.
saturday was a bit more exciting because college football was back! i worked for time and a half at the pool, came home and ate some grilled ribs, went to the tcu-baylor game, and then to the roustabouts show at the aardvark. after that everyone came back to our house since we're right around the corner from the aardvark. i just sat on the couch and waited for them all to get bored and leave because i was ready to sleep.
sunday involved nothing beyond getting milkshakes from sonic, watching the discovery channel, the science channel, and a fantasy football draft.
however today, it's probably nose to the grindstone time. what mostly needs to get done is a need to pick up the house from saturday. and i really should work on my graphics projects, but we'll see if that happens.