Mark1647545493 Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 http://multimedia.honda-eu.com/newcars/300k_player.swf There are NO computer graphics or digital tricks in the film you are about to see. Everything you see really happened in real time, exactly as you see it. The film required 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 6 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. 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) 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. ... about those funky windshield wipers: On the new Accords, the windshield wipers have water sensors and are designed to start functioning automatically as soon as they become wet. It looks a bit odd in the commercial. As amazing as this is, ! the commercial is actually based on an earlier film from the 1970s called "How Things Move" by two Swiss self-destructing artifacts artists. P.S. Some sharp-eyed folks claim that tires rolling UPHILL necessarily require computer-generated effects. Not so. The sequence where the tires roll up a slope looks particularly impressive but is very simple. There is a weight [in each] tire and when the tire is knocked, the weight is displaced and in an attempt to rebalance itself, the tire rolls up the slope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1647545498 Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Welcome to some time in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTheAzn Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 reeeeeeeeeeeee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 I have never seen that, thanks for posting it, pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Science Abuse Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 .....the wheels shouldn't roll uphill, not with so little force. Same with the muffler. The wheels could have a big weight up top to help move them forward, but that muffler deffinately had to have some help. The rest is doable and cool as shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinwebb Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 the wheel rolled uphill due to the top of the wheel being weighted so it rolled the weight to the bottom of the tire maybe???? just a guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1647545493 Posted November 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Welcome to some time in the past. I'm no longer a repost virgin!!! lol The last paragraph says.... "P.S. Some sharp-eyed folks claim that tires rolling UPHILL necessarily require computer-generated effects. Not so. The sequence where the tires roll up a slope looks particularly impressive but is very simple. There is a weight [in each] tire and when the tire is knocked, the weight is displaced and in an attempt to rebalance itself, the tire rolls up the slope." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lustalbert Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Wow, i almost forgot about that video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jelloman4571647545499 Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 still a sweet video....longest room in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonneVille Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 I've done the thing with the muffler. Grab a 40 series and give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TriangleMan Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 http://pages.frederick.com/CAR/trianglelogo.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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