May 22, 2009
Hi Everyone - Just a quick update. I know I haven’t been blogging here lately, but it’s not like I have a ton of readers here anyway!
I’ve been busy and so, I haven’t been keeping up with the lately trends that I want to talk about. I’m currently getting ready to ramp up to shoot 12 commercials starting Tuesday May 26. The objective goal without killing myself is to have them all shot, wrapped, edited, mixed, pressed, and really to be sent to the Cannes for judging.
Then I need to start preping for this summer’s 48HFP competition. In addition, I’m in the process of revamping this entire site. Yes, New Concept Studios is planning on becoming a full service ad agency. So watch for the new changes in the Fall. (Or at least around that time.)
That’s about it for now.
Cheers!
Nick
Filed under: Advertising, Film and Television, Tech, News — Nick @ 1:31 am

January 31, 2009
Well it’s that time of the year again, where millions of people are huddled around the televisions and sports bar to catch the new year’s SuperBowl Ads. This year it seems like the big promo is the 3D Glasses. Ironically, it’s being pushed aggressively by some of the big Hollywood film studios.
While the claim is the overall improvement in the technology, Hollywood definitely wants to push in this direction - especially with the animation studios. Personally, I don’t think there can be much improvement in 3D simply because the basics of creating 3D is still the same. I’m pretty sure that the equipment being used, such as the camera, lenses, and computers are far much greater than of the old, I highly believe that it’ll make the whole experience any better.
Ironically there are a few people out there that are still subjected to getting sick or nauseated by just putting on the glasses. I personally am probably one of them, however, it won’t be from the glasses. It’ll more than likely be from the lack of substances in the commercials that we might see in tomorrow’s half-time show.
Here is an example of the new SoBe Ad…
While the animations and CG Graphics are impressive, the commercial itself is totally a cheese ball. If you also notice, they’ve done away with the Red/Blue lenses and are using Amber/Blue. Ironically, I remember a few decades ago, Disney in Orlando had a 3D movie experience with Michael Jackson. While my memory is faded of the story, what was truly memorable was that there were no Red/Blue lenses. In fact, they were Polarized lenses. But the best part about the Disney experience was that it was not only a 3D movie experience but it had sensory immersion. Meaning that when the character were caught in a trembling earth quake, you can feel your seat shake. When there were smoke in the scene, the theater would “puff” out a light smoke. Space battle? Laser lights in the theater… Aww yes, those were the days.
Too bad Hollywood never decided to bring this kind of total immersion to theaters. While it’s not probably cost effective for theaters, it would definitely bring the whole movie watching experience to a different levels, Of course - ticket prices would probably quadruple to $20 per person.
For now, I guess watching free 3D commercials and shows are probably better than nothing. Then again, I’m just really tuning to watch football.
Filed under: Advertising, Tech — Nick @ 9:46 pm

September 17, 2008
My one man production company was recently hired to film the “Behind The Scenes” for Native Films latest commercial shoot for Kentucky Fried Chicken.
As part of revamping their website and refreshing/building new content, this was a great example of showcasing the team’s (Native Films) production skills. This is a great example of a ‘CASE STUDY’ that I’m trying to help them put together. In addition to updating their old website and integrating it with a proprietary content management system that I developed (which is still in BETA testing), it is definitely a great opportunity to utilize everything on the web has to offer to really get my client out there to the world.
Stay tune - as I’m expecting their new site to be launched fully at the end of this month.
Filed under: Film and Television, Tech, News — Nick @ 5:52 pm

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