Ebay . Sister Wendy…

Ebay . Sister Wendy…
Here's a fun little spec commercial I directed recently. This one was born on the back of Ebay.Museum (see 07.18.06 posting). Originally I was planning on peppering the Ebay.Museum spot with all sorts of quotes about art. This was meant to offset the ridiculousness of the bad art hanging in the museum. After cutting the spot I realized the museum commercial was stronger without the V.O. and abandoned the idea of voice overs.

However, when I was researching for quotes I came across this great little clip of the BBC's Sister Wendy. Press "play" below to see my commercial…

She is in fact talking about Hans Holbein's painting of King Henry the VII, but when I came across this segment I couldn't resist. I thought this commercial was pretty funny, as did everyone else who saw it (a friend of mine pretty much choked to death on his beer while watching it)

So far I've taken a bit of flack from some industry insiders telling me that it's not really a "director's" piece. However I think it can show what you can do with a little creativity and a limited budget.

Re: Great game, but what happened to the music/sound and story? They leave a bit to be desired…
The story was fine for what it was, at least Link didn't just collect 3 thingies get the sword and awaken a few more dudes liek he did in the past few games.

The music did it for me, I thought it was fine

Voice overs would have been a nice touch, but as long as Link doesn't talk.