Free Poster Films

New Site/New Blog/New Everything

2009-06-13T07:55:00.000-07:00

This blog will be going away very soon and will be integrated into our new site! Our old, super crappy website is finally getting changed over to a real site. It's going to be amazing. There will be content that you can only find there. Promos and commercials that we've never put on youtube or facebook....AND...even test footage, deleted scenes, sketches...all kinds of stuff. I actually went back to the old masters of Tony vs. Paul and found some cool deleted scenes and the original intro when it was called "Paul vs. Tony" So...keep a look out for that in the next few weeks.

Also, if you need to find us anywhere else for the time being, please do so by going here:

Free Poster Films Site
FPF Facebook Page
FPF MySpace Page

We'll have a twitter soon. I know, I know...we've gotta succumb.

-Paul

The Final Proximus Commercial (with all the user generated photos!)

2009-05-05T08:10:00.000-07:00

Well, after months of work the Proximus commercial is finished. Remember a few posts ago, I talked about "phase 3"....? Well...it is finally completed. You never thought it would happen, did you? Well, it did. Here it is:

900 youngsters registered on www.generationmovieproject.be and sent in about 2000 pictures. 472 pictures were selected for the new tv-spot for Proximus Generation. In total, 235 Belgian youngsters play a role in this commercial.

Directed by: Tony & Paul
Edited by: Paul
Rotoscoping/Animation by: Six Point Harness Creative Agency: FAMOUS
Production Company: Kachew! and IDFX

Two older (GoGurt) commercials that we did.

2009-05-05T07:33:00.001-07:00

I never posted these. I dunno why....But anyway, here are two commercials that we did sometime last year. Yes, we are aware that skateboarding on top of someone has been done before (in our films and in a popular ad campaign). We were asked to do this...so we did. Blah blah blah...

And here is the Shoe Carnival Commercial!

2009-04-03T10:25:00.001-07:00

See! I told you I would post it today. You didn't believe me, did you? Oh wait, no one is reading this. Anyway, this is the director's cut. It is pretty different than the one on the air. Enjoy.

Directed by: Tony & Paul
Edited by: Paul
Creative Agency: 22 Squared
Production Company: Kachew!

Here is the McDonald's Commercial!

2009-04-02T23:26:00.000-07:00

Holy shit, I actually got an HD copy of this and put it online. I never thought I'd see the day, but here it is.

104 unique outfits.
No green screens (except for the TV in the background).
All real sets.
An awesome actor that could hold the pose so fucking well.

I've just finished the directors cut for the Shoe Carnival spot as well, so I'm gonna post that tomorrow! For now, here is the McDonald's commercial we directed.

Gabe Dixon T-Shirts!

2009-03-13T10:08:00.000-07:00

OK, so this is some random, but cool news! The Gabe Dixon Band made T-Shirts out of our music video idea. Here I am wearing one!

You can order them from The Gabe Dixon Website

Neat!

Shoe Carnival commercial is done. It looks great. I can't wait to share it.

That's all for now.

-Paul & Tony

The Proximus Commercial!

2009-03-08T10:15:00.000-07:00

Woohoo! It's online. Check it out!

The commercial should make it pretty clear as to what is supposed to happen, but if not I've made some posts below all about it. So...check those out as well. And help out this cool project...you can be in a commercial! IN BELGIUM. Don't pretend that's not awesome.

Shoe Carnival Commercial...and other stuff

2009-03-02T11:45:00.001-08:00

Hello Hello,

Last week Tony and I directed commercial for "Shoe Carnival" in NashVille TN (home of our friends in The Gabe Dixon Band!). We are editing it now, and it looks great! It should be on the air/online in a few weeks, and I will post it when it ends up there (online that is). It was a really tough one-day shoot, but we got it all in, and I think everyone will be happy with the finished product. There are plenty of picture on our facebook page. So, check em out!

The McDonald's commercial is online at kachew.com in our reel's section, but I'm still waiting for a high-res version that I can post online.

The Proximus air-date got pushed back about a week, so we should be able to see the first phase of that online by the end of this week, or early next week.

Hmm...I guess we don't have anything else lined up next, except for a personal project of ours, and a couple maybes, and meetings, and pitches and blah blah blah.

More soon...!

-P&T

The story with the "Proximus" Commercial

2009-02-15T05:56:00.000-08:00

OK, this job for Proximus (cell phone company in Belgium), was probably one of the most interesting we've ever been involved in. It will be a long time before we see the completed project because the spot itself has 3 phases. Allow me to explain...

Phase 1) Tony and I go to Belgium and direct a commercial. If all goes according to plan, this commercial is never seen. Weird, right? Well the reason is is that...

Phase 2) The entire commercial is rotoscoped (turned into a line animation), and that, with an explanation is aired on TV, cinema, online etc... Which brings me to...

Phase 3) Users/viewers/anyone is invited to pick or frame (or better yet, multiple frames!) and recreate them. Some scenes take place in specific locations in Brussels, but others are more generic.

So basically when the commercial is done we are left with a spot containing 100's of people in 100's of different places, essentially recreating the original commercial we shot in phase 1. Pretty cool, right?!?

Perhaps this image will explain.

As you can see phase 3 has not yet been completed. Hell, phase 2 hasn't even aired yet. I'll post it when it shows up online (I think it's in a few weeks?), and if you are interested check out the site (I'll post that when I have it as well), and recreate some frames!

Belgium

2009-01-22T10:43:00.000-08:00

Well, Tony and I are going to Belgium to direct a commercial for "Proximus." We are extremely excited about it. We leave next week and return a few weeks later. The project is extremely involved and I will write more about it later. It will span a few months at the very least...when all is said and done.

Still waiting for the goddamn McDonald's commercial to end up online. Apparently it's on TV...we haven't seen it though!

-Paul

New Balance Video

2008-12-27T08:00:00.000-08:00

Here is the new Balance video we created.

It was originally intended for some New Balance company in house things, but I think it will expand and find a home online at some point. It looks so much goddamn better on vimeo or on youtube but watched in HD. Anyway, I put it on our youtube, facebook, and vimeo page. If you need to find any of those you can do so from here:

http://www.freeposterfilms.com

I think the McDonald's video will be online soon, and I will post that.

A bunch of updates

2008-12-20T14:40:00.000-08:00

I never post here, and no one reads it, but that's OK. Here goes...

We did a little promo for the Webby's. We were supposed to spoof Tony vs. Paul, and incorporate the Webby award. So we did. Here it is:

We also did a fun project for Zipcar.

Go HERE and click on the "how to" video. It is funny. Nathan Barnatt is in it. Mike Gintz did the music.

We also just finished up a little promo for new Balance which I will post in the next week.

And the last BIG thing we worked on was a commercial for McDonald's. Tons of pictures are posted over at our facebook page. Come find us PAUL TONY

As soon as that is online, I will post it.

Tony vs. Paul 2 Year Anniversary

2008-11-23T11:09:00.000-08:00

Tony and I are celebrating the two year anniversary of when we uploaded T vs. P. A lot has happened since then, and we are quite happy today (late posting - it was actually on November 16th).

Since that day we have:
Shot 4 major commercials, one music video, 3 personal short films, a dozen or so internet ads, been on tv and in festivals all over the world, been in magazines, talked to college/highschool classes, received thousands of emails from all over the world, and just generally been given much more than we deserved! Thank you so much. In the next 2 months we are creating:

- A Video for Zipcar
- An ad for New Balance
- A promo for the Webbys
and...
- Going back to LA for a few weeks to shoot another commercial.

Thank to everyone for all the support. It means more than you know.

Gabe Dixon Band Video

2008-09-20T14:25:00.000-07:00

We wrote and directed a video for the Gabe Dixon Band. The song is called "Till You're Gone." I have to admit that I am quite happy at how the video came out. It was a lot of work, but thanks to the amazing crew we got through it. I hope you enjoy this:

I will post a bunch of pictures from this as well, as soon as I stop being lazy.

RedVines Commercial

2008-06-27T06:36:00.000-07:00

Tony and I directed a RedVines commercial. Here it is:

I will post a ton of photos and info about the shoot really SOON!

Tony and I go to LA next week

2008-05-10T17:41:00.000-07:00

Hello.

Tony and I are traveling to LA on Tuesday for about 3 weeks to shoot a RedVines commercial. It is going to be really great. Check back for photos, and the actual commercial SOON.