Marauder.45
06-12-2006, 08:08 PM
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php
You'll enjoy this if you haven't already seen it. . .and maybe even
> if you have. The weblink is at the bottom.
>
> Just Unbelievable! And you thought those people that set up a room
> full 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 is 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 itself 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. There are
> six, and only six, hand-made Honda Accords in the world. To the horror
> of Honda engineers, the filmmakers disassembled two of them to make
> the film.
>
> 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. It looks a bit
> weird in the commercial.
You'll enjoy this if you haven't already seen it. . .and maybe even
> if you have. The weblink is at the bottom.
>
> Just Unbelievable! And you thought those people that set up a room
> full 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 is 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 itself 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. There are
> six, and only six, hand-made Honda Accords in the world. To the horror
> of Honda engineers, the filmmakers disassembled two of them to make
> the film.
>
> 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. It looks a bit
> weird in the commercial.