#MAXELL BLOWN AWAY POSTER TV#

The glass is placed on its end and supported with a pieced of wax sculpted into a wedge. The three little drops heading in the other direction were wax spots taped onto the chair. It looks very white in the picture which is good because it shows up nicely against the dark chair, but bad because it looks like a martini made from milk. Finally, 20 minutes before the photoshoot, I reinforced it with two toothpicks. It didn’t look bad, but wound up breaking twice on me. I built a little form out of waxpaper and then proceeded to melt wax in the best “splash” shape I could muster. scarbrd came up with the idea of using wax. I thought of trying real liquid, but quickly decided that would be nearly impossible, especially with basic editing. I simply sat so it looked like it was coming out the back of my neck. I am not, in fact, wearing it, but rather it is taped in place to the chair. The tie is likewise held in place with a large electrical wire. The cord is made of taut electrical wire wire a bead borrowed from my daughter taped on the end. The dude in the chair first re-emerged in magazine. The lamp shade was just placed on a tall indirect lampstand and taped into place. V8945 Maxell Blown Away Guy Speaker Ad Retro BW Vintage Art WALL PRINT POSTER CA. The tricks of the wind effect were fairly easy. I wish I had shot it at about 12 inches off the ground. I had meant to shoot the shot very much lower, but in the rush of trying to do this at a friend’s house and not take up two hours, I just shot at the normal height of my tripod with the legs not extended. It’s easily the worst part of the picture as you can see the box sticking out. I had built a little box out of posterboard covering a small cardboard box. Unfortunately the cushion was sewn into this chair so I couldn’t do that.Ī few test shots were done for lighting etc. It looks like the chair in the original had the cushion removed so the “Blown Away Man” (as he’s called) has a very low profile. Both could be found at a friend’s who was gracious enough to let me screw around in his family room. Steve Steigman was the photographer and Richard.

#MAXELL BLOWN AWAY POSTER TV#

The original campaign began as a trade ad in 1980 and was made into TV spots in 1979 which ran throughout the 1980s. Get the best deals for maxell blown away poster at. Second, was to find a chair of similar type. BACKGROUND: In the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of pop culture when it produced ads popularly known as 'Blown Away Guy' for its line of audio cassettes. The first thing I had to do was find the biggest blank wall possible. You can see a nice online copy of it here. The original poster, a well known add for Maxell tapes, was shot by Steve Steigman in 1978.

Maxell blown away poster