amazing video ,read message first

HulaPopr · 03-13-06, 09:35 PM

> Link is at the bottom, but please read the message
> before looking at the video.
>
> 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 commercial 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 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. It looks a bit
> Weird in the commercial.
>
>
> Click here

http: //www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php *dont link*

crankybait · 03-13-06, 10:04 PM

link doesnt work

lovinfishin9 · 03-13-06, 11:24 PM

works for me

bassguy2004 · 03-14-06, 12:05 AM

Link didn't work for me either, but I saw it last year. Cool ad though.

Christopherkeene9 · 03-14-06, 07:58 AM

Pretty Good. You gotta copy and paste the URL to another window and then take out one of the slashes after http: . . .

lovinfishin9 · 03-14-06, 06:20 PM

well the link worked for me, it was a cool video by the way even though i hate hondas

crankybait · 03-14-06, 06:40 PM

ok i just saw it. yeah, its really cool! id never have that kind of patience...

fishin_dude · 03-16-06, 01:30 AM

here is the link.... http://www.ebaumsworld.com/flash/honda-ad.html

03-13-06, 09:35 PM	#1
HulaPopr BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2004 Location: Central Florida Posts: 2,282	amazing video ,read message first > Link is at the bottom, but please read the message > before looking at the video. > > 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 commercial 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 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. It looks a bit > Weird in the commercial. > > > Click here http: //www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php dont link __________________ Orland, FL To do list: catch a bass on a c-rig catch a bass on a swimbait Last edited by HulaPopr; 03-13-06 at 11:11 PM.

03-13-06, 11:24 PM	#3
lovinfishin9 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Middletown, VA Posts: 566	works for me __________________ Take your caviar and that fish that ain't cooked, take if off a cracker and throw it on a hook. :D :)

03-14-06, 12:05 AM	#4
bassguy2004 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Santa Rosa, California Posts: 317	Link didn't work for me either, but I saw it last year. Cool ad though. __________________ Show me the water, I will fish. Redwood Empire Bass Club

03-14-06, 06:20 PM	#6
lovinfishin9 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Middletown, VA Posts: 566	well the link worked for me, it was a cool video by the way even though i hate hondas __________________ Take your caviar and that fish that ain't cooked, take if off a cracker and throw it on a hook. :D :)

03-16-06, 01:30 AM	#8
fishin_dude BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 282	here is the link.... http://www.ebaumsworld.com/flash/honda-ad.html __________________ Limb Bream / Wood Bass: The art of catching under water tree limbs and logs. Hard to clean, Have to boil a long time, Don't taste good.

03-13-06, 10:04 PM	#2
crankybait BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: marlboro, nj Posts: 3,250	link doesnt work

03-14-06, 07:58 AM	#5
Christopherkeene9 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Oviedo, Fla Posts: 2,270	Pretty Good. You gotta copy and paste the URL to another window and then take out one of the slashes after http: . . .

03-14-06, 06:40 PM	#7
crankybait BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: marlboro, nj Posts: 3,250	ok i just saw it. yeah, its really cool! id never have that kind of patience...

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