Windup Bird

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The Belly Dancers is the third tv commercial Jason and I made for Mytax.co.nz.

The setting for this one is in Monique’s lounge initially and then the action changes to her dance studio, which is just out the back.

During the planning stages for this series of ads, Jason and I would visit the prospective “talent” in their homes. We’d have a chat and a cuppa and look at their old photos. Including photographs in the commercials gives the ads a back story and, I think, makes them more intriguing. I really love the old photo of a bobby talking to Monique, …

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http://youtu.be/S-W2ewnUQvo

The Belly Dancers is the third tv commercial Jason and I made for Mytax.co.nz.

The setting for this one is in Monique’s lounge initially and then the action changes to her dance studio, which is just out the back.

During the planning stages for this series of ads, Jason and I would visit the prospective “talent” in their homes. We’d have a chat and a cuppa and look at their old photos. Including photographs in the commercials gives the ads a back story and, I think, makes them more intriguing. I really love the old photo of a bobby talking to Monique, …

Tags: belly dancers, Bianca Fallon Media Makeup, Digital Productions, Jason Dorday Photographer, Mytax.co.nz, tax refunds, TV ad | Add comment »

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The Ventriloquist is the second in the series of tv ads we made for Mytax.co.nz.

The script and idea is a follow on from the videos we made for them last year, where the announcer (Quentin Bright) is talking directly to the character (Vanessa Scott) at various locations via a laptop. In this case, Quentin is talking from an iPad.  The laptop is on one of the ventriloquist’s knees, the dummy (Johnny) is on the other. This deviates from the videos when Quentin’s voice starts coming out of Johnny’s mouth.

The right dummy was crucial to the ad. We really wanted an …

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The Ventriloquist is the second in the series of tv ads we made for Mytax.co.nz.

The script and idea is a follow on from the videos we made for them last year, where the announcer (Quentin Bright) is talking directly to the character (Vanessa Scott) at various locations via a laptop. In this case, Quentin is talking from an iPad.  The laptop is on one of the ventriloquist’s knees, the dummy (Johnny) is on the other. This deviates from the videos when Quentin’s voice starts coming out of Johnny’s mouth.

The right dummy was crucial to the ad. We really wanted an …

Tags: Jason Dorday Photographer, Mytax.co.nz, Quentin Bright, tax, tax refunds online, tv ads, Vanessa Scott, Ventriloquist, Ventriloquist's dummy | Add comment »

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Windup Bird, together with Jason Dorday Photographer, has created a tv campaign for Mytax.co.nz.

There are three commercials in the series: the first, The Magician, went to-air at the beginning of the new tax year, April 1.

Jason and I aimed for a bit of real life crossover in these ads – we wanted to document what people do. Hence Jon’s name as a subtitle and the use of his photos; he is not a hired actor, he really is a magician. This is a direct link to the radio ads I’ve produced for Mytax.co.nz, where I use the audio of real …

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugz3Kuec0VU[/youtube]

 

Windup Bird, together with Jason Dorday Photographer, has created a tv campaign for Mytax.co.nz.

There are three commercials in the series: the first, The Magician, went to-air at the beginning of the new tax year, April 1.

Jason and I aimed for a bit of real life crossover in these ads – we wanted to document what people do. Hence Jon’s name as a subtitle and the use of his photos; he is not a hired actor, he really is a magician. This is a direct link to the radio ads I’ve produced for Mytax.co.nz, where I use the audio of real …

Tags: advertising, Jason Dorday Photographer, Jon Zealando, magic, Mytax.co.nz, tv | Add comment »

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This video features Eclectic, the range of accessories designed by Tom Dixon, as well as his own branded Tom Dixon range of lighting and furniture.

 

The stools, chairs, light shades and accessories have quite a 60′s feel to the shapes and colours, I think, but re-imagined in a contemporary fashion, so the backing track is evocative of the blues-based  British Invasion music of that decade.  Tom Dixon strikes me as a very British designer, so Jason and I have attempted to reflect that in this video.

 

But let’s watch it and allow Mike Thorburn to tell us all about the genius for design that …

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HY-Oi2n0Gs&feature=relmfu[/youtube]

 

This video features Eclectic, the range of accessories designed by Tom Dixon, as well as his own branded Tom Dixon range of lighting and furniture.

 

The stools, chairs, light shades and accessories have quite a 60′s feel to the shapes and colours, I think, but re-imagined in a contemporary fashion, so the backing track is evocative of the blues-based  British Invasion music of that decade.  Tom Dixon strikes me as a very British designer, so Jason and I have attempted to reflect that in this video.

 

But let’s watch it and allow Mike Thorburn to tell us all about the genius for design that …

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This video Jason and I made is for the 2012 Minotti range at ECC.  It really is fabulous stuff; if you’ve managed to squirrel away a bit in the savings account this year, I suggest you adorn the home with Minotti.

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These are two very nice ranges currently at ECC.

 

Mike Thorburn, the Managing Director, tells you all about them in the video so I don’t have to.

 

Superbly shot and edited by Jason.

 

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