A couple of years ago, cinematographer Eduardo Fierro shot a commercial spot that made the semi-finals for Doritos’ annual “Crash the Super Bowl” contest. Fierro’s greatest challenge in shooting the ad was figuring out how to effectively light the bags of chips from inside the tight confines of a vending machine. The soft, even glow produced by Rosco’s LitePad provided him the perfect solution.
For their clever ad, the filmmakers envisioned an Amish family infatuated by the potential of eating Doritos that came out of a magical vending machine. This meant that the Doritos inside the machine were the stars of the ad, and needed to be lit accordingly. Eduardo Fierro chose Rosco’s LitePad as the solution because he could place the lights inside the machine, which eliminated any glare off the glass that other fixtures placed on the outside of the machine would have created.
Fierro embodies the Everywhere Lighting mantra of LitePad. Throughout his career, he has used them as fill-light in tight spaces like cars and bathrooms, as catch-lights on-camera, and as accent lights in bars and street-scenes. Thanks to his familiarity with LitePad’s soft, even glow, Eduardo knew that they were the perfect solution to properly light and showcase the bags of Doritos in this ad.
Watch the commercial to see how Eduardo Fierro used the LitePads to make the bags of Doritos pop in the ad, and you'll see why the spot made it all the way to the semi-finals of the “Crash The Super Bowl” contest.
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