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keith
Frequent Poster
Philippines
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 Posted - 09/01/2006 : 05:42:03
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I'm sure you've seen this:
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. (Holy cow!) 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. (It's surprising
they kept their sanity!)
The film cost six million dollars and took three months to complete
(Wow!) 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. (It's easy to see why!) 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!). (That's clever!)
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. (That's beyond belief. This project was far beyond the
genius of Swiss watches!)
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.
Click on the link below or copy & paste.
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php
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here's another one
just want to share the sound experience
cool!
click the link (you need some speakers or earphones):
http://84.40.3.164/
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Edited by - keith on 09/01/2006 05:48:58 |
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