graymachine 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2008 So, during 3am nap breaks between feeding and diaper changing, I've got some time to kill. Last night, I stumbled upon some truly amazing Levi's ads from the 70s. The first one is my favorite, as maybe it is the one that, although it exemplifies the "retro" style that is mimicked so much today, at the same time it's 30 years ahead of its time. Here's some more that jumped out at me. Harvest Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nextexit 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2008 Great stuff, THE STRANGER has some great copy...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jean_Pierre 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2008 Man, those are some cool spots. The stranger makes me think of "History of America".The last one, evolution, is a little too tripped out for me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jan 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2008 Great post. youtube is full of these gems. This one is good too: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaan 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2008 one of my teachers in college worked on that first one and broke it down for us in class, along with bunches of other stuff from abel's. they must have been blowing people's minds back then. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClintVideo 1 Report post Posted March 12, 2008 Been changing a lot of diapers myself lately. Our three month old hadn't pooped in a few days, so my wife suggested I put some Karo syrup in his bottle. Shortly thereafter I had a slimy green explosion come out of him. Despite my best efforts while changing his diaper, he still managed to wriggle free and dip his new socks in it. Sigh. Cf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andyscott 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2008 Loved those. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adam 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2008 ...and they used freaking ken nordine, and you really can't beat that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob M 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2008 Yeah, pretty cool indeed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
graymachine 0 Report post Posted April 7, 2008 From the same company, Robert Abel and Associates: Man and Woman The super tripindiculor "Reknown Clothing" and Uncola Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yuppster 0 Report post Posted April 7, 2008 While we're at.... here's one that Jaan might be able to offer some insight into: http://youtube.com/watch?v=b7w0nQB8Hew There's also some Robert Abel demo reels here, in small / streaming / impossible-to-download Quicktimes. http://design.osu.edu/carlson/history/lesson6.html#raa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silatix 0 Report post Posted April 8, 2008 (edited) heres a good article remembering robert abel.. these vids are great http://digitalcontentproducer.com/mag/vide...ng_robert_abel/ Edited April 8, 2008 by silatix Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Haley 0 Report post Posted April 8, 2008 While we're at.... here's one that Jaan might be able to offer some insight into:http://youtube.com/watch?v=b7w0nQB8Hew that music is by far the best audio i've heard in a long while. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaan 0 Report post Posted April 8, 2008 (edited) While we're at.... here's one that Jaan might be able to offer some insight into:http://youtube.com/watch?v=b7w0nQB8Hew he did break this down for us. this is what i can kinda remember, in combo with what looks obvious now that i'm all old an' shit... meaning i might unintentionally be extrapolating beyond what he actually said, so no one should accept any of this as fact. this will all be obvious anyway... most of it was how they used techniques to marry the animated stuff and live action. like how the first few shots have that optical printer generated blue halation flash, then in the next few pure live action shots, they used blueish flashes of actual light with a lil smoke. take away that element from either or both and you much less successful integration. for the tunnel, they only built one small section... the curved portion where you see the car actually driving in it. the other instances of the tunnel are cgi, and the shots of the driver (front and ots) were achieved via a structure with many rows of blue neon that would move over the car as it sat static. the ots shots use greenscreen of course. i can't remember anything about the helmet reflection, though the landscape reflection is an obvious composite since there's no camera reflection and the helmet never moves at all. every time i see this, i never tire of seeing those dangerous pink tubes rising out of mini-pyramids as a flutter of sparks pluff out. because my brain knows that it's actually physically real and that someone actually got to build something that has absolutely no reason to ever exist outside of a videogame. i hope that's what the new tron movie will be like. but it won't. cgi... yawn. Edited April 8, 2008 by jaan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RaechelParker 0 Report post Posted November 23, 2009 Thanks. very helpful post. I read a few of your other posts and they all helped me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites