VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

todd ellis · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 2:52 pm Post subject:

wow ... just ... wow.

quite the journey, greg.
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Yoda117 · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 3:10 pm Post subject:

I'm preferring to think of it as punishment for some past wrong.

Though what sin I must have committed to incur this particular malady escapes me.
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Mike Sommer · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 7:01 pm Post subject:

Like my old man used to say, "keep it simple but not simple minded".

Go with "Voice Actor"
Drop Professional
Lose the thinking balloons and the puddle.
The colors are drab

Here is a little something we've been kickin' around the office for the next demo reel cover.

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bobsouer · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 8:12 pm Post subject:

Mike,

Now that is a striking image. Wow.
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Mike Sommer · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:08 pm Post subject:

Thanks Bob

Took an afternoon to put that together, a little bit of this and that and healthy dose of photoshop. It's more or less my little homage to Yazoo or Yaz (depending on what side of the pond you're on) since they are finely touring again.

We're just pulling together the campaign for it, bringing everything into one cohesive package- web, cards, postcards the whole nine! I got he boys workin' day and nigh... oh, excuse me!

(gets up and walks over to sleeping worker)

Mike: WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU??!!!

Worker: I'm tired

Mike: You're Tired? Tired of WHAT??!!! Get back to work!
(walks back over to the computer)

Anyway, every-thing's coming along fine.

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melissa eX · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:24 pm Post subject:

Yoda117 · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:40 pm Post subject:

Melissa, I swear that they find me.

Even your recommended person turned out to be a dead end (because she's booked from now to eternity). Like I said before, all the good ones are taken. On the upside, I finally got a hold of the graphic artist who did my business card (which I love). He's taking on the job and will hopefully have something in the next week or so. Seriously, it's not about the $, it's trying to find a good one who's free in the next 6 months.

Kind of reminds me of my love life when I was in my 20s, but that's another story.

Mike, I feel the same way about the image, but I'll do you one better... I have no intention of ever using it for my brand. It's not who I am, nor who I want my clients & prospective clients to think I am.

As for your imagery, I like it but I have two overriding thoughts when I see it:

1) you're a woman (which I don't think is the case)
2) you're about to mount a tactical assault upon my workplace

just saying...
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Mike Sommer · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 11:32 pm Post subject:

Thanks Greg for your comments I appreciate and consider all .

Actually that was a male mannequin we used, and the head gear is a virtual reality video screen unit with a credit card scanner tacked to the front and a camera. Understand it's not the total identity, what you see here is just background cover art for the CD, there is much more involved with the back and insides that have all kinds of eye candy. This is just an attention grabber.

I got tired of seeing close ups of mouths and microphones and lord knows what all. I said none of that, so we approached it like an 80's album cover.

I figured, ya got to take risks.
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Deirdre · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 5:51 am Post subject:

todd ellis · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 6:41 am Post subject:

i thought androgyny was the theme ...

i also thought: how can he/she see the script taped to the VR device ...
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Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 11:09 am Post subject:

And what kind of a phone patch uses a number pad?
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Yoda117 · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 12:14 pm Post subject:

Well Jeff, it is an AT&T keypad IIRC (they used the weirdest clips to fasten things).

BTW: Mike, where do you think those headsets containing the VR HW originated from...? Back in the late 80s, funding wasn't that good for these technologies from the private sectors. Wink

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Mike Sommer · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 1:20 pm Post subject:

Yoda117 · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 2:30 pm Post subject: