You Gotta See This

[bobbcat]

From another board:

Remember the game Mousetrap?

Read below before opening the Internet link.

This is the New Honda Commercial in the U.K. Go to this web site and
watch this commercial....you won't believe it! 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. 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.

However, it is fast becoming the most down loaded 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 handmade 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 the 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.

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. Just one second of computer generation is used to link the two halves when an exhaust pipe rolls across the
floor. At one point, three tires roll uphill because inside they have been weighted with bolts and screws.

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[Pipanella]

I think Luvmetender posted this awhile back, after I'd sent her the link. It is AMAZING!!

[prism68]

Originally Posted by Pipanella

I think Luvmetender posted this awhile back, after I'd sent her the link. It is AMAZING!!

Yeah, I think the Mayor 'blogged' about it on his site, too.
Isn't it the coolest thing? I'd think this should be required viewing for all engineering students

[bobbcat]

I just love that sort of thing. Recall seeing those elaborate domino projects the Japanese like to erect? It is so neat to see one of those in action.

[prism68]

Originally Posted by bobbcat

I just love that sort of thing. Recall seeing those elaborate domino projects the Japanese like to erect? It is so neat to see one of those in action.

I just admire anyone with that much patience! lol
I can see if I was trying to work on this thing. After the first malfunction it would be like, "Oh well, that's not gonna happen, let's go home"

Thank goodness there are people with more stick-toitiveness than I.

That video reminds me of when I was doing taxes this past season at Jackon-Hewitt. One little boy came in with his family and needed entertaining, so I started building card houses out of business cards with him.
This 5 yr old just showed me up totally
I'd get mad and quit every 4 minutes while he just plodded away. Even with my fine-motor skills more developed than his I couldn't make a dang house