Fw: Very OT, but this is freakin' incredible: Cool commercial

pearlrosenberg at nc.rr.com pearlrosenberg at nc.rr.com
Wed Mar 22 09:14:43 PST 2006


Thanks, Tammy.
If you don't know who Rube Goldberg was, google him.
Pearl Rosenberg
TeleHealth Services


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Tammy.VanBoening at jeppesen.com 
Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 10:57 am 
Subject: Fw: Very OT, but this is freakin' incredible: Cool commercial 
To: framers at frameusers.com 

> All, 
> 
> I am sure I am breaking list rules by posting this, but. . . this 
> list has 
> provided so much to me, I thought adding a bit of enjoyment to say 
> thanks 
> - and with as analytical and precise as a writer's mind is, I am 
> sure that 
> all of us will deeply appreciate the precision and accuracy that 
> had to go 
> into making this commercial - it's beyond cool!! 
> 
> TVB 
> 
> 
> Read the story before watching! 
> 
> There are no computer graphics or digital tricks in the film you 
> are about 
> to see. Everything you see happened in real time, exactly as you 
> will 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 
> six 
> million dollars, and it took three months to complete, including 
> full 
> engineering of the sequence. In addition, its 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 hesitation - including the costs. There are 
> 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, 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. 
> 
> 
> http://www.steelcitysfinest.com/HondaAccordAd.htm 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Message from Richard.Mooney at kraft.com on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 
> 12:32:38 
> -0500 ----- 
> To: 
> sarsmom at aol.com 
> Subject: 
> FW: Cool commercial 
> 
> 
> 
> Richard Mooney 
> Kraft Foods 
> Kroger Region 
> 303-784-7557 Work 
> 303-784-7521 Fax 
> richard.mooney at kraft.com 
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Stewart, Jeff W 
> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 3:30 PM 
> To: Tracy, Tom X. ; Ralph (E-mail); Calhoun, James 
> Subject: FW: Cool commercial 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Larry Hansen [mailto:lhansen at pinnpointe.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 4:11 PM 
> To: mikehasslinger; Mark Murray; ebedford at wavecable.com; 
> jstewart at kraft.com; phil.richardson at saralee.com; 
> lori_hansen8888 at yahoo.comSubject: Cool commercial 
> 
> 
> Read the story before watching! 
> 
> There are no computer graphics or digital tricks in the film you 
> are about 
> to see. Everything you see happened in real time, exactly as you 
> will 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 
> six 
> million dollars, and it took three months to complete, including 
> full 
> engineering of the sequence. In addition, its 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 hesitation - including the costs. There are 
> 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, 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. 
> 
> 
> http://www.steelcitysfinest.com/HondaAccordAd.htm 
> 
> 
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