Beef
10-18-2006, 07:19 PM
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. 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 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.
>>
>>Click on the link below or copy & paste.
>>
>>http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php (http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php)
>>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 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.
>>
>>Click on the link below or copy & paste.
>>
>>http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php (http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php)