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  • parkerbink
    R3V OG
    • Jun 2004
    • 10134

    #1

    Cool Ad

    This is good --- really good! However, you must be patient, it may take as long as 5 minutes to load. .This is NOT a practical joke: eventually it will load.

    New Honda commercial in the UK. 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 and try 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 any one 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 this 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 their chairs when they found out it was for real.

    (Be patient with the access to this site. It's well worth it)


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  • AndrewBird
    The Mad Scientist
    • Oct 2003
    • 11892

    #2
    Can you say, two years ago?

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    • parkerbink
      R3V OG
      • Jun 2004
      • 10134

      #3
      Why take the time to be a jerk when it takes so much less effort to say something nice or not say something at all?

      Possibly some people have not seen it????

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      • kylebes1
        R3VLimited
        • May 2004
        • 2804

        #4
        I saw that a few months ago, but I can watch it again and again. But then again I also want to be a mechanical engineer, and I am very fascinated with math...

        Kyle

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        • Werksmini
          E30 Mastermind
          • Oct 2003
          • 1658

          #5
          Originally posted by parkerbink
          Why take the time to be a jerk when it takes so much less effort to say something nice or not say something at all?

          Possibly some people have not seen it????
          Im pretty sure everyone on the internet has seen this.

          I bombed Korea every night.

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          • PeterCip
            E30 Addict
            • Oct 2003
            • 402

            #6
            Originally posted by kylebes1
            I saw that a few months ago, but I can watch it again and again. But then again I also want to be a mechanical engineer, and I am very fascinated with math...

            Kyle
            are you crunching numbers while watching? nerd...

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            • Rob
              Moderator
              • Oct 2003
              • 8166

              #7
              Great ad, bears repeating.
              BEERTECH

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              • M42Technik
                R3V OG
                • Dec 2003
                • 9781

                #8
                True. Thats why when I posted it here in Off Topic it was still old, but good.

                Reminiscing...

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                • george graves
                  I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 19986

                  #9
                  They should have just used some digital FX - I would have been just as impressed.
                  Originally posted by Matt-B
                  hey does anyone know anyone who gets upset and makes electronics?

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                  • parkerbink
                    R3V OG
                    • Jun 2004
                    • 10134

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Werksmini
                    Originally posted by parkerbink
                    Why take the time to be a jerk when it takes so much less effort to say something nice or not say something at all?

                    Possibly some people have not seen it????
                    Im pretty sure everyone on the internet has seen this.
                    I am all over the net, have been since 1440 was fast and hadn't seen it until today so that would make you wrong.

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                    • Ryan Stewart
                      I Love Miatas
                      • Oct 2003
                      • 8978

                      #11
                      there is some digital editing but it was a minor part, I think it had to do with cleaning up. This was posted on bimmerforums a couple years ago before it aired by a guy who worked for the promotional firm that helped develop the commercial.

                      He had descriptions of how they did some of the harder stuff, like keeping the weights in the tops of the tires.
                      Im now E30less.
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