At first glance, you're thinking, "Boy! Why is a moderator spamming for Honda?"
Well, allow me to explain. I'm not spamming. Rather, I received an email through the grapevine with a link to this excellent commercial for Honda. It's two minutes long, and I quite honestly didn't realize who it was advertising until the last fifteen seconds. It's quite entertaining, and really reminds me of the time when Hal constructed his dominoes after Dewey had put them away without knocking them down. Really rather amazing. It took some 506 takes, says the original email.
In fact, here is teh email:
Without further ado, here's the link: http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/cs/honda/051303/honda_ad.swf
Take a look at let me know what you think.
Well, allow me to explain. I'm not spamming. Rather, I received an email through the grapevine with a link to this excellent commercial for Honda. It's two minutes long, and I quite honestly didn't realize who it was advertising until the last fifteen seconds. It's quite entertaining, and really reminds me of the time when Hal constructed his dominoes after Dewey had put them away without knocking them down. Really rather amazing. It took some 506 takes, says the original email.
In fact, here is teh email:
the dude who wrote this email said:This is good! Be patient...watch the whole commercial...it is
unbelievable...
Very important that you understand: 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. The film cost six
million dollars and took three months to complete, including a 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 anyone of us
in clover for a lifetime.
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.
When the ad was shown to Honda executives, they liked it and commented
on how amazing computer graphics have gotten.
They fell off there chairs when they found out it was for real.
Without further ado, here's the link: http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/cs/honda/051303/honda_ad.swf
Take a look at let me know what you think.