Topic: Very cool commercial (Read 5549 times)

binglefoot · « **on:** 08. August 2007, 20:22:17 (08:22 PM) »

I have never seen this before and I found it on the web site for my LOTRO guild.

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Bits of background on the commercial:

And you thought those people that set up roomfuls of domino's 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 itself simply in "free viewing's"

(Honda isn't paying a dime to have you watch this commercial!).

When the ad was pitched to senior executives, they signed 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) are 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.

ENJOY:

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php

Portheos · « **Reply #1 on:** 08. August 2007, 21:26:33 (09:26 PM) »

Very cool ad. I think I saw it the first time about 3 years ago on one of the Shots collections

Nympha · « **Reply #2 on:** 08. August 2007, 23:01:58 (11:01 PM) »

That is quite awesome indeed.

Koalagriton · « **Reply #3 on:** 09. August 2007, 08:49:51 (08:49 AM) »

I had seen the shortened version on the tv and I actually thought it was done for real =O I'm very impressed. Wonder how those people didn't go crazy after having to repeat those scenes over and over again :p

Zorette · « **Reply #4 on:** 09. August 2007, 08:50:45 (08:50 AM) »

Yeh this advert is amazing as most of you know i love cars and anything to do with em and when it comes to adverts Honda are awsum so inovative and fresh the only manufacturer that has ever produced an advert that made me wanna buy their product

Haly · « **Reply #5 on:** 09. August 2007, 10:34:39 (10:34 AM) »

Nifty!

My first car was a 1982 Honda Accord. 2 door hatch. I lived in upstate New York and that little car was awesome in the winter.

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