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Mzzl View Member Profile	Nov 26 2008, 12:13 AM Post #1
Advanced Member Group: Member Received 6 Thanks Posts: 43 Joined: 27-August 08 Member No.: 48,841	Hey ppl, A couple of friends and me made a little movie for a dutch KitKat commercial contest.. (I did the editting, color correction and special effects) And now it got rejected because its too gruesome... (?!?!) Please have a look and tell me what you think: http://vimeo.com/2306192

lut View Member Profile	Nov 26 2008, 07:34 AM Post #2
Crystal Clear Champion! Castle of Cards Champion! I'mnot aging , just improving in value Group: VIP Received 52 Thanks Posts: 1,345 Joined: 10-January 07 From: belgium Member No.: 27,730	amazing and i like it , i always liked the way ppl from the land of water made commercials always good fun and this one would win for me ..............very very nice and common ppl see more gruesome stuff then this

torrenter View Member Profile	Nov 26 2008, 08:31 AM Post #3
Radioactive Group: sVIP Received 43 Thanks Posts: 4,373 Joined: 23-March 04 From: Tenerife, Canary Islands Member No.: 625	Technically beautiful But would give some kids nightmares (the rotating saw is too memorable)

yourmercifulgod View Member Profile	Nov 26 2008, 09:48 PM Post #4
Beach Squirter Champion! Island Mini-Golf Champion! Apple Shooter Champion! Beach Party Slots Champion! Tribal Olympics Champion! Bash The Haggis Champion! Yourmercifulgod™ Group: Global Moderator Received 146 Thanks Posts: 6,702 Joined: 22-March 04 From: Faroe Islands Member No.: 204	I liked it! A lot!

Siris10 View Member Profile	Nov 28 2008, 10:56 PM Post #5
Livin in gods country Group: Moderator Received 83 Thanks Posts: 3,836 Joined: 21-November 04 From: Wales Member No.: 619	really good mate...not really the kind of advertising KitKat is used to but im very impressed

Mzzl View Member Profile	Nov 29 2008, 03:31 PM Post #6
Advanced Member Group: Member Received 6 Thanks Posts: 43 Joined: 27-August 08 Member No.: 48,841	Thanks for the positive reactions ppl! It's allways hard to keep an objective view on a project after working on it for days and "pixel-fking" all the details... And allthough we didnt go for splatter and kept it all pretty suggestive, I can see now that it still might be a bit too much for the little 'uns. We are still trying to reach one of the moderators from KitKat to find out exactly why they rejected it, (we just got a standard layout happy kitkat reply mail with one sentence added: "your entry just got rejected") but we'll probably do a re-edit and rework of the sound (less screaming) and try again... Glad to hear real people like it though! (and not just our friends) This post has been edited by Mzzl**: Nov 29 2008, 03:34 PM

Jeremy221 View Member Profile	Nov 30 2008, 08:41 AM Post #7
Advanced Member Group: Moderator Received 57 Thanks Posts: 4,302 Joined: 22-December 04 Member No.: 45	Good video but I would comment that it felt like it was going in two directions. From an American advertising perspective it felt like it had the style of horror/torture movie for the first bit but then shifted drastically to the cheesy candy bar style. I understand that this shift was part of your design but there needed to be some queues that hint to the viewer that this is in fact something different. Here in the States there was a commercial for a new cell phone by Sprint that also used the horror theme but the advertisers added queues for the viewers to indicate the difference. Sprint Halloween Instinct Phone Ad *There is another video that does the integration better. I wasn't able to find it on before I posted this. My memory of the commercial, much like the one above, felt a lot like an American horror movie trailer but they changed the color pallet and added a certain level of comedy. Not that your piece or audience are or should be the same. Nice work so far.

madmanc View Member Profile	Dec 13 2008, 10:20 AM Post #8
Tanks Champion! Crazy English Man Group: VIP Received 31 Thanks Posts: 76 Joined: 22-February 08 Member No.: 41,645	Nice work...made me feel like a Kitcat...lot better than normal boring ads

Mzzl View Member Profile	Dec 22 2008, 04:44 PM Post #9
Advanced Member Group: Member Received 6 Thanks Posts: 43 Joined: 27-August 08 Member No.: 48,841	Hey people! First off, thanks for all the (positive) feedback! Now we did a bit of re-editting and they accepted it Please visit the site and have a look. (and maybe vote for us? ) http://www.haveabreak.nl/viewmovie.aspx?SA...03-5a7c853e896c I'll also upload a Highres version to Vimeo soon... Thanks again, mK

MichaelKVegfruit View Member Profile	Dec 24 2008, 02:09 AM Post #10
Member of good standing Group: Global Moderator Received 21 Thanks Posts: 4,825 Joined: 13-August 03 Member No.: 18,345	QUOTE (and maybe vote for us? rolleyes.gif ) It's cool: what's the link to vote for it? I don't read dutch, and don't want to click the "ban this cr*p" button by mistake.

biebel View Member Profile	Dec 28 2008, 04:04 PM Post #11
Asteroid Avalanche Champion! 3D Pool Champion! Donkey Kong Champion! 3D Racing - Track 3 Champion! City Racers Champion! Binball Wizard Champion! Beer Addict Champion! Sim Taxi Champion! Wandering Weirdo Group: sVIP Received 37 Thanks Posts: 2,019 Joined: 24-January 04 From: Belgium Member No.: 225	The star icon with "waardeer film" (rate movie) on it is the one. Very nice indeed, but the comment on the site is correct, it should be "have a break have a KitKat"

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