Repost: Honda Accord Commercial -> non-Civic Nation
20-May-2003, 01:47 AM
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Repost: Honda Accord Commercial -> non-Civic Nation
i was watching CNN the other day and they were interviewing the guy that made that commercial for the Honda Accord. He said none of it was computer animated, that was all real ginuine honda parts from the honda accord. he told the people how it was made and how many takes. i don't remember how much exactly but it was well over 1000, they said they wanted it to flow nicely. but that was a crazy commercial still..
ah well i'm sure he got paid well for making that commercial, it'd still be a sweet job!
23-May-2003, 07:59 PM
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lol..true patients yeah..hehe
but i mean, hey final product is the domino effect, i mean i'm sure you've all tried doing that right, only difference is that it deosn't involve dominos :P and its not a straight forward fall..hehe
but excellent work i must say.
but i mean, hey final product is the domino effect, i mean i'm sure you've all tried doing that right, only difference is that it deosn't involve dominos :P and its not a straight forward fall..hehe
but excellent work i must say.
27-May-2003, 12:14 AM
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i just got this sent to me in an e-mail again, but here's a more thorough explanation of the ad, and the link too! enjoy! 
http://home.attbi.com/~bernhard36/honda-ad.html
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 again. The crew spent weeks shooting night an day. By the time it was over, they were ready to change professions. The film cost six million dollars (holy ----!) and took three months to complete including a full engineering 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 immediatel 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.
As amazing as this is, it's actually based on an earlier film from the seventies called "How Things Move" by two Swiss self- destructing artifacts artists (say that ten times fast). In that film, a similar et-up with household objects goes on for thirty (thirty! three-zero!) minutes with air jets and fire and chemical reactions. You can get the video on amazon.com. Or not. Spend your twenty bucks on a latte at Starbucks
http://home.attbi.com/~bernhard36/honda-ad.html
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 an day. By the time it was over, they were ready to change professions. The film cost six million dollars (holy ----!) and took three months to complete including a full engineering 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 immediatel 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.
As amazing as this is, it's actually based on an earlier film from the seventies called "How Things Move" by two Swiss self- destructing artifacts artists (say that ten times fast). In that film, a similar et-up with household objects goes on for thirty (thirty! three-zero!) minutes with air jets and fire and chemical reactions. You can get the video on amazon.com. Or not. Spend your twenty bucks on a latte at Starbucks
http://home.attbi.com/~bernhard36/honda-ad.html
27-May-2003, 01:29 AM
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