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Amazing Honda commercial

Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by BOBBO, 2007/03/19.

  1. 2007/03/19
    BOBBO

    BOBBO Geek Member Thread Starter

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    READ THE TEXT FIRST, THEN CLICK THE LINK AT THE END


    Read this and then check out the link below. This is well worth
    watching. Be sure to read the info first, then watch the clip.

    And you thought those people that set up roomfuls of dominos to knock
    over were amazing. There are no computer graphics or digital tricks in
    the film. Everything you see really happened in real time exactly as you
    see it.

    The film took 606 takes. On the first 605 takes,something, usually very
    minor, didn't work. They would then have to set the whole thing up
    again. The crew spent weeks shooting night and day. By the time it was
    over, they were ready to change professions.

    The film cost six million dollars and took three months to complete
    including full engineering of the sequence. In addition, it's two
    minutes long so every time Honda airs the film on British television,
    they're shelling out enough dough to keep any one of us in clover for a
    lifetime.

    However, it is fast becoming the most downloaded advertisement in
    Internet history. Honda executives figure the ad will soon pay for it
    self simply in "free viewings" (Honda isn't paying a dime to have you
    watch this commercial!). When the ad was pitched to senior executives,
    they signed off on it immediately without any hesitation - including the
    costs.

    Everything you see in the film (aside from the walls, floor, ramp, and
    complete Honda Accord) is parts from those two cars.

    The voiceover is Garrison Keillor. When the ad was shown to Honda
    executives, they liked it and commented on how amazing computer graphics
    have gotten. They fell off their chairs when they found out it was for
    real.

    Oh, and about those funky windshield wipers. On the new Accords, the
    windshield wipers have water sensors and are designed to start doing
    their thing automatically as soon as they become wet.

    Clink on the link below:

    http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php
     
  2. 2007/03/19
    PeteC

    PeteC SuperGeek Staff

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    Seen this on UK TV of course - amazed to learn it is for real - or is it? :D
     

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