Jumping the gun

[ksmith]

So what downloads from the backbrain this morning? The opening scenes of the second book in a series I haven't even synopsized yet.

In other news, I did check out the Sony Bravia commercial that's been making the rounds, and it is visually striking. But I prefer the Panasonic HDTV commercial because of one little scene. A funeral party is walking down a dusty road. Everyone is somber except for one woman. She's attractive. 30ish. Like everyone else, she's wearing a black coat, but hers has fallen open to reveal a tomato red dress. The expression on her face is...triumphant? Satisfied? A priest is leading the party--he glances back at her, obviously disturbed by her display. The entire scene spans maybe 10 seconds, and packs an entire story into that time.

Ok, so maybe I prefer that commercial for the wrong reasons. I still prefer it.

Comments

[christymarx.livejournal.com]

Well done commercials are brilliant examples of the most concise storytelling in history.

[technomage.livejournal.com]

I know the commercial and also love it. The story unfolds to me... this is an Italian family, she's the mistress, she'll miss him, but she's living and going to enjoy it. The widow's there too and that's what freaks out the priest. Love that commercial.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Heh. Sometimes I see her as the daughter who is now going to get her hands on the money and will for the first time be able to do as she pleases. Other times, she's the unacknowledged girlfriend who is wearing the dress as a form of coming out.

Funny, the assumption that's it's an older man who died. What if it had been the young woman's twin sister? Her younger brother?

That's the power of that commercial. The compact story, as christymarx wrote, that compels the mind to ramble. It leaves so many more questions than it answers.

The Sony commercial left maybe one question--how were they going to clean up all those superballs? (Thanks to madrobins for that one)

[trolleypup.livejournal.com]

Well, at least now I know what they hell they were doing at Union and Leavenworth that time. Visually interesting, but hard on the street trees and plantings. Haven't seen the Panasonic commercial, but I assume it has nothing to do with the product either? Kinda amusing that companies are trying to advertise the uniqueness of a product where they aren't even the OEM and all they are responsible for is the external design, logo, and price tag.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

In a way, that funeral commercial didn't do its job, because I remembered the scene but didn't catch the product/brand until the third or fourth viewing.

[galeni.livejournal.com]

I like that one, too. I figured her as the young widow who can now fulfill her ambition (thanks to the inheritance) of becoming a star on Broadway. Her family had forced her to marry this guy, but now she's FREE and has funds, too.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I think it's funny how you, I, and technomage have each given her a different life. Shows the power of the scene.