--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Peter <drpetersutphen@> wrote: > > --- Alex Stanley <j_alexander_stanley@> > > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" > > > <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > > This 1980s three-minute commercial for Isuzu, > > > > according to PC World's Steve Bass, was made > > > > without special effects or CGI. > > > > > > > > YouTube: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/zlx7z > > The truly amazing part of this commercial is that > there are no stunt drivers. This is just what every- > day traffic is like in Paris. :-) > > > > Nice driving! Too bad the cars were so fugly. > > > > > > There's also the Rube Goldberg Honda commercial: > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/leh5z > > > > > > I remember reading an article about that commercial > > > when it first came > > > out, and it was also not CGI. They just did take > > > after take after > > > take, for hours on end, and finally it worked > > > perfectly, and the crew > > > was stunned when it finally worked. > > > > Having worked in TV production for many years in my > > first career, I doubt such a complex sequence would be > > left to chance and shot over and over again until it > > came out right. It would cost way too much because of > > the time involved. A producer would say ,"NO WAY" to > > the expense. I believe the production story is just a > > fun, false story. > > Bzzzzzzt. Nice try, but no cigar: > > http://www.snopes.com/autos/business/hondacog.asp >
I stand corrected. It could have been done for much cheaper using CGI, I suspect. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
