Just Shoot Spec

One of the first times my wife and I hung out, we went to see Avatar. About an hour into the movie I leaned over and whispered "this is AWFUL". To my delight, she was equally bored. I couldn't tell if she was enjoying it because the mandatory 3D glasses put up a poker face of sorts. Aside from the 3D nonsense, I can't hang with extended CGI sequences. There was that forsaken half hour of Peter Jackson's King Kong that was like a cut scene from a PS2 game (sans skip button). At a certain point my brain loses the ability to suspend disbelief. What was I talking about again? Oh yeah, practical effects!

I was asked to create a spec ad for a giveaway, and I felt the mono color scheme alone wasn't quite hitting hard enough. There are easier ways to create smoke/vapor than using dry ice, but sometimes one must make do with what's available.