Casey Neistat did something similar in 2012, although he returned something resembling a commercial video and not a blank canvas.

> After arriving at an agreed-upon treatment with Nike for its latest commercial, director Casey Neistat literally took the money and ran–filming a trip around the world on Nike’s dime, and presenting the footage as the ad.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxfZkMm3wcg

[2] https://www.fastcompany.com/1680524/how-director-casey-neist...