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Title: New Honda Ad from Europe Post by: kawGIRL on March 23, 2006, 03:55:50 PM This will blow your mind. Read the text below before you open the web site, and have your sound on.
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 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 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) are parts from those two cars. The voice-over 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. Make sure your sound is on. http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php (http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php) Title: Re: New Honda Ad from Europe Post by: Ida_Mann on March 23, 2006, 04:00:08 PM seen that a couple years ago,,,still incredible.
Id@ Title: Re: New Honda Ad from Europe Post by: MX411 on March 23, 2006, 04:06:48 PM thats pretty sweet
Title: Re: New Honda Ad from Europe Post by: Chuck_Norris on March 23, 2006, 05:52:15 PM :Clap.gif
Title: Re: New Honda Ad from Europe Post by: Honda250ex on March 23, 2006, 08:58:17 PM dang thats soo sweet
Title: Re: New Honda Ad from Europe Post by: svtbolt04 on March 24, 2006, 01:16:02 AM How do the tires roll up the incline and how did the window roll down with a plank in the middle of it?
Title: Re: New Honda Ad from Europe Post by: 2006YFZ450 on March 24, 2006, 07:39:03 AM That's Sweet!!
Title: Re: New Honda Ad from Europe Post by: Hoosier Daddy on March 24, 2006, 07:45:54 AM might want to read this.... http://snopes.com/autos/business/hondacog.asp |