Creative Direction of an Advertising Spot

A course by Javier Lourenço , Multi-technical director

Multi-technical director. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Joined October 2017

Learn to face a direction pitch for stop motion and mixed media from the brief to the post-production

98% positive reviews (80)
2,092 students
Audio: Spanish
Spanish · English · Portuguese

Learn to face a direction pitch for stop motion and mixed media from the brief to the post-production

By the hands of Javier Lourenço - director of advertising specialized in animation and mixed media who has worked for clients such as Volkswagen, Bayer, Movistar, Toyota, Ikea, Unilever, Telefonica or MTV and member of the Flamboyant Paradise duo in the studio Gizmo- have spent countless hours of footage that have ended up becoming successful commercials, short films or video clips. However, to win all these projects he first had to present a pitch.

Therefore, in this course you will learn the creative process faced by the multi-technical directors from the moment they receive a script, until the production is finished, to compete for the development of advertising pieces of different techniques such as mixed media, stop motion, animation 2D and 3D. With it you will learn to design and write a complete management project to win advertising projects.

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What will you learn in this online course?

14 lessons & 47 downloads

Positioning as a director
8 minutes, 23 seconds
The history of the treatment
4 minutes, 29 seconds
Treatment: General tips
8 minutes, 4 seconds
The content of the treatment
12 minutes, 20 seconds
From the script to the treatment
11 minutes, 21 seconds
Preproduction
9 minutes, 47 seconds
  • 98% positive reviews (80)
  • 2,092 students
  • 14 lessons (2h 6m)
  • 47 additional resources (16 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Audio: Spanish
  • Spanish · English · Portuguese
  • Level: Beginner
  • Unlimited access forever

What is this course's project?

You will have two creative scripts to turn the brief of an agency into a real cinematic script for an advertising spot.

Projects by course students

Who is this online course for?

Advertising students, young directors, art directors and anyone interested in audiovisual production.

Requirements and materials

Prior knowledge of any kind is not essential, beyond being familiar with audiovisual culture, although it is advisable to have basic notions of film, production and art direction.

With respect to the materials, you will need a computer in which you must have installed Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Illustrator, Keynote or PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat. You will also need a pencil, a notebook, a rubber band.

New to Adobe After Effects? In that case, we recommend taking Domestika Basics courses to learn how to use the software: Introduction to After Effects.


Reviews

2,092 Students
80 Reviews
98% Positive ratings

Javier Lourenço

A course by Javier Lourenço

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Multi-technical director

He graduated in Advertising in 1997 at the Universiad del Savador (Buenos Aires) and since then has worked as an art director at leading agencies such as Lautrec / Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi, CraveroLanis, Euro RSCG and DDB. He was creative director at the agency Del Campo / Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi and El Cielo de Agulla & Baccetti.

In 2006 he started working as a director of audiovisual projects working for the Amautalab creative studio and in 2009 he founded Flamboyant Paradise with Antoine Quairiat. Since 2017 he is also the director of GIZMO, an activity that is currently compatible with director of advertising, film and video clips in which he gives free rein to his eclectic multitechnical audiovisual repertoire that includes live action, mixed media, 3D animation, 2D, Motion graphics and stop motion


Content

  • U1

    What is a multi-technical director? Background and inspiration

    • Presentation.
    • Influences
  • U2

    How to win direction projects Positioning as director and treatments

    • Positioning as a director
    • The history of the treatment
    • Treatment: General tips
    • The content of the treatment
  • U3

    Live action project with post-production. A very particular recipe

    • From the script to the treatment
    • Preproduction
    • Filming
    • Postproduction
  • U4

    Stop motion project. Chocolate fever at night

    • From the script to the treatment
    • Preproduction
    • The shooting of stop motion
    • Postproduction
  • FP

    Final project

    • Final project

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    Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.

  • Meet expert teachers

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  • Share knowledge and ideas

    Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.

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Creative Direction of an Advertising Spot. Photography, Video, 3D, and Animation course by Javier Lourenço

Creative Direction of an Advertising Spot

A course by Javier Lourenço
Multi-technical director. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Joined October 2017
  • 98% positive reviews (80)
  • 2,092 students