What’s up Rock Nation, today we welcome back Nate Norell and Dylan Bradshaw! Nate and Dylan teamed up to co-direct a commercial for the Doritos Super Bowl ad competition and they made TOP 3! If they win, not only does their ad play at the Super Bowl, but they win $1 million!
Voting is super easy! All you have to do is select their ad "Abduction" and enter your email. You can vote everyday, and every vote counts!
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Trailer
0:31 - Intro
1:12 - One Handed Crack
2:18 - The Doritos Commercial Explained
3:14 - “Abducted” Commercial
3:44 - How to vote
4:42 - Commercial Breakdown: Computer screen VFX
5:33 - How they landed on the alien abduction concept
6:00 - Opening Shot lighting breakdown
7:07 - Computer Screen VFX breakdown
7:23 - Pre-production process
8:17 - Bringing your vision to life as a director
8:59 - How VFX changes a production
9:51 - How they pulled off the ragdoll scene
11:47 - The challenge of storytelling in only 30 seconds
12:32 - The importance of working with a team
13:50 - Shooting schedule
14:55 - Another VFX shot breakdown
17:07 - Making the submission deadline by ONE HOUR
19:47 - The power of making spec work
23:23 - What they learned from co-directing
28:42 - Gear used to shoot the commercial
29:25 - The ending punch line breakdown
32:57 - Rule of 3 in comedy
35:16 - Their marketing strategy
36:40 - The strategy behind viral content
40:05 - What winning will mean for their careers
42:37 - Going all in and betting on yourself
46:44 - What they will do with the $1,000,000 if they win
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