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If you ask certain people on our team, they will tell you that I am a pretty harsh critic. I have one nice thing to say for every three negatives. It’s interesting because even the work that I produce here at work doesn’t live up to my unrealistic quality bar.
Advertising is an even more tricky subject for me because I have such a narrow-minded view of what I want to be sold, and how it should be presented to me. I want to be entertained by ads, I don’t want to be given information in a dull, humorless manner. I want to be able to relate to the people or situation that I’m watching, I don’t want to feel forced, or fake.
I am happy to point to some Xbox 360 ads that after watching I said, “That was pretty decent. It was funny, informative, and I could relate.” I remember [...]
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In case you have a few thousand dollars burning a hole in your pocket, you might be interested in a live auction happening tomorrow where you can pick up a Screen-used Brute gun from the Halo 3 “Enemy Weapon” short film.
I’m not entirely sure why these guys have it, I’ll have to ask the folks on the advertising team if they know anything about it.
Starting bid: $3,500, plus 20% buyer’s premium. Sale starts at 11AM PDT Mar 28. I wonder if that includes shipping…
From Ebay Live Auctions
Screen-used Brute gun from the Halo 3 “Two Soldiers Reminisce” television commercial
This full-size Halo gun is a weapon belonging to the race referred to as the Brutes. Built from fiberglass, resin and styrene plastic. Comes with a steel wall mount bracket. Measures 28 in. long.
Profiles in History is pleased to present another unprecedented collection of original screen-used visual effects creatures and puppets [...]
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