{"id":355,"date":"2009-12-31T11:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T19:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fourchinnigan.com\/blog\/?p=355"},"modified":"2013-09-08T14:05:45","modified_gmt":"2013-09-08T21:05:45","slug":"2009-catch-up-part-1-of-5-spec-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fourchinnigan.com\/blog\/?p=355","title":{"rendered":"2009 Catch-up Part 1 (of 5): Spec Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>2010 starts tomorrow and I haven&#8217;t finished posting about 2009. The last few months have been a blur of activity and compositing so Live Journal updates have suffered. Fear not, my three readers, a flurry of updates has arrived!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chinnymedia.com\/images\/2009\/specweekend1024\/specweekend001.jpg?w=625\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Steven had an idea that none of us truly appreciated: Get four of us together, pool resources, and help each other shoot four spec commercial spots over one weekend. If you aren&#8217;t familiar with the term, a spec spot is a fake commercial for a real product. It&#8217;s something you do for practice and to add to a reel to show clients. We got together, rented necessary equipment and set out to each direct one spot. Steven directed a Zombie Skittles commercial. I took on Duncan yo-yo. Travis tackled Monster Energy Drink and Shlain composed a Doritos spot for the Annual Superbowl contest.<\/p>\n<p>It was a valuable experience. When not directing our own project, we worked with the crew in various capacities on the other spots. Everything from setting up lights, operating fog machines, building a jib arm, pushing dolly, holding monitors, lugging equipment, to providing food. In the end, we collectively had several dozen high-quality clips to build our spots and we got to work with a great group of people. And Rui did some bad-ass yo-yo tricks.<\/p>\n<p>We are planning similar projects for the future.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chinnymedia.com\/images\/2009\/specweekend1024\/specweekend002.jpg?w=625\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more More Behind-the-Scenes Photos--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chinnymedia.com\/images\/2009\/specweekend1024\/specweekend003.jpg?w=625\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chinnymedia.com\/images\/2009\/specweekend1024\/specweekend004.jpg?w=625\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chinnymedia.com\/images\/2009\/specweekend1024\/specweekend005.jpg?w=625\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chinnymedia.com\/images\/2009\/specweekend1024\/specweekend006.jpg?w=625\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chinnymedia.com\/images\/2009\/specweekend1024\/specweekend007.jpg?w=625\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chinnymedia.com\/images\/2009\/specweekend1024\/specweekend008.jpg?w=625\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2010 starts tomorrow and I haven&#8217;t finished posting about 2009. 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