I worked on a commercial last week for Avis, and we spent half of our day at a heavenly spot, Lookout Point, on Long Island. More pretty Photos on Flickr here. The weather was glorious and a fine time was had by all under such lovely circumstances. The product was Avis Rent a car and we ended the day at their spot at JFK Airport.
I was tipped off by a member of an internet group to which I belong that the Hovis bakery company in the UK was about to premiere an epic commercial celebrating their 122nd year in business. It starts out with a boy buying a loaf of bread for his mother in 1886 at the local shop in what looks like a working-class neighborhood, and running home to his mum in 2008 through over 100 years of English history. It's 122 seconds long, or a second for every year (clever), and as commercials go, is more like a feature film in planning, organization and budget..it reportedly cost 15 million pounds (that's $27 MILLION dollars!) Having worked almost exclusively in commercials since 2005, I have never done anything on this scale in that genre, and don't imagine that many others have either, with so many background actors - the uniforms alone are a huge challenge. Happily, costume rental options in the UK are plentiful and the quality is superb...as you will see.
The boy is especially winning, and certainly earned every pound of his fee by all of the running he did. I liked his costume changes - subtle but nicely done.
I'm a NYC native, a kid who always drew, loved music, performing, and theatre and fortunately had parents who encouraged my artistic sensibilities. I've been a costume designer in all areas of performance except ballet, and have always been *crafty* , opening my shop on Etsy, which now
is a huge presence in my life.
I would love to get back into illustration, wherever that will lead.
