tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860210524617195522.post987094996561761578..comments2023-03-28T04:20:54.402-07:00Comments on Hugh Todd's blog: How do you choose a director for your TV commercial?Hugh Toddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02056196212609647541noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860210524617195522.post-84193407488562041912011-11-23T01:24:14.961-08:002011-11-23T01:24:14.961-08:00This post came just at the right time. Still going...This post came just at the right time. Still going with the yacht though..Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14490548251643427200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860210524617195522.post-62093986642060445242011-11-22T02:58:30.935-08:002011-11-22T02:58:30.935-08:00Good post.
Tarsem's treatment was a game-chan...Good post.<br /><br />Tarsem's treatment was a game-changer. A three hour pitch that included an extra-ordinary (and - at the time - unseen) level of detail. As the creatives said at the time - if the director includes a swatch of the material he wanted the lead girl's frock to be made of, 'how can we NOT give the guy the job'.<br /><br />Makes me chuckle though, when I hear creatives say 'he did a lousy meeting - but a fantastic treatment'. Enter the shadowy world of the Treatment Writer....!Mister Gashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08664215235537019029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860210524617195522.post-42580974502763513692011-11-21T13:56:59.935-08:002011-11-21T13:56:59.935-08:00Great post, particularly the insight about taking ...Great post, particularly the insight about taking a gamble on a rookie director when it might be your only script of the year that gets made.Hull Dollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10506379926234183832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860210524617195522.post-56526802708008688672011-11-21T11:57:43.004-08:002011-11-21T11:57:43.004-08:00Nice one Mr Todd :)Nice one Mr Todd :)John Sargenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10634577115980177310noreply@blogger.com