I want to have the x5000 in a commercial.

[cpaek72]

Hey guys, I'm a commercial director in the Los Angeles area and I'm looking for Trevor's contact info. I've been a silent fan of Amiga for a very long time and even deliberated buying the x1000 a year ago and finally took the plunge and bought an x5000 a few days ago after watching the latest documentary and just following Trevor's adventures. Didn't fully understand how vibrant the community was and would like to help make it more relevant in any way I can.

I am filming two spots on the 11th of July for Spike TV and one of them is specific to a break-in into a high security facility that needs a computer where one of our main characters is hacking into. I think having the X5000 in that shot would be amazing and it could be a really nice piece to highlight Amiga after all these years.

My site is http://www.charlespaek.com

If any of you know Trevor's email please let me know or let him know that I'm interested in placing the x5000 as a product placement piece in the commercial with A-eon's and Hyperion's permission of course.

[cpaek72]

Thanks, just sent an email to them. Let's see if they respond.

[cpaek72]

That's very true. The case that is offered by Amigakit is black on black logo. I'm sure I can have our art department figure out a way to highlight that. Not receiving my x5000 for at least 10 days, but I'm hoping they can send an extra one just for the commercial sooner.

[cpaek72]

Yes, if the timing all works out, I'll post the spot here in a few weeks

[cpaek72]

Oh, the commercial? It's in the hundreds of thousands range. Not cheap to film a commercial.

[cpaek72]

Guys, hold onto your excitement just a bit longer. Haven't received confirmation if the powers at be will be able to send an x5000 yet. I would rather get one from a retailer willing to give it up for marketing purposes, because I don't  want to be held responsible if it gets damaged  during the shoot, especially if it's from a fellow amigan. Crossing fingers...

[cpaek72]

Guys, anyone want to help design the wallpaper desktop to feel like a nsa computer? Something black and sleek? Needs to feel modern and original. Also need some sort of script that will scroll some sort of script that looks like a hacking sequence. Let me know your thoughts. A-eon is working hard to get a system to us.

[cpaek72]

Showing specific branding is up to legal, though Trevor is getting us a release from A-eon and Hyperion, I'll try my best to shoot enough footage to get options for the client. The one thing really going for us is that the creative director I work with on all these spots loves the vintage vibe and is going to really love the idea of having an Amiga to shoot it with. I'm going to shoot various options so that we get the full view of the computer as well as closeups of the OS and legal will have to decide of what we can and can't show with the release from Trevor. One thing for sure is that it won't look anything like Windows and Mac OS which actually works in our favor. That's why I want to really create a background and look that feels original and doesn't swing so close to someone in legal saying we can't use it.