Monday, January 29, 2007
Playful Darth Vader
This is such a great clip, a brilliant edit of an uneventful scene from Empire Strikes Back.
With just a few repeats and time-reverses, the creator show a surprisingly playful side to Darth Vader we've not seen before. The General knows too well that no matter how his patience is tested he really can't do much about it!
With just a few repeats and time-reverses, the creator show a surprisingly playful side to Darth Vader we've not seen before. The General knows too well that no matter how his patience is tested he really can't do much about it!
Thursday, January 25, 2007
How to make an actor wet himself
Someone posted on Shooting People's daily bulletin asking how you could create the effect of someone wetting themselves on cue. Today they got two quite different responses:
"I did this on a film about 6 months ago and it worked beautifully. Basically it was a 500ml empty soft drinks bottle with a tube attached (the tube in question was from a water filled skipping rope, Toys R Us!. With a hole drilled in the cap and the tube tightly fitted, it was placed on the actors back and taped onto him, under his clothes, pointing down. The other end of the tube ran into his trouser pocket with a small stopper in the end. On cue, he reached in his pocket, pulled out the stopper and the water flowed. Movie magic! For the cost of about £5."
From Ricardo Lacombe
" Whatever happened to method acting? Get the actor to drink lots of water, at least a litre or two, about half an hour before the shoot and let nature take its course. It should be water and not other beverages as it passes through the system much quicker. "
From Chris Patmore
While we appreciate the lengths that actors go to to create a moving, believeable performance, we'd go with the former approach.
"I did this on a film about 6 months ago and it worked beautifully. Basically it was a 500ml empty soft drinks bottle with a tube attached (the tube in question was from a water filled skipping rope, Toys R Us!. With a hole drilled in the cap and the tube tightly fitted, it was placed on the actors back and taped onto him, under his clothes, pointing down. The other end of the tube ran into his trouser pocket with a small stopper in the end. On cue, he reached in his pocket, pulled out the stopper and the water flowed. Movie magic! For the cost of about £5."
From Ricardo Lacombe
" Whatever happened to method acting? Get the actor to drink lots of water, at least a litre or two, about half an hour before the shoot and let nature take its course. It should be water and not other beverages as it passes through the system much quicker. "
From Chris Patmore
While we appreciate the lengths that actors go to to create a moving, believeable performance, we'd go with the former approach.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Fingers are so last year
Our indents for Douwe Egbert's sponsorship of Loose Women are about to begin airing today. Tune in 12.30 on ITV 1!
Friday, January 05, 2007
BBC's pic of best ads of the year
The BBC has published its pick of the best ads of the year, with some interesting analysis.
Loose thumbs
We've been commissioned by Douwe Egberts and their creative agency Strawberry Frog to create a series of idents for ITV's Loose Women. Today was the first shooting day, here are some pics of us on set... or rather under it
Monday, January 01, 2007
Happy Birthday To Us!
Today is Napoleon Creative's first birthday.
Formally started on 1 January 2006, we have gone from strength to strength, with a lot of help from some great clients like Honda and Douwe Egberts.
Let's hope we continue to do as well this year as we did last!
Formally started on 1 January 2006, we have gone from strength to strength, with a lot of help from some great clients like Honda and Douwe Egberts.
Let's hope we continue to do as well this year as we did last!
