--- Peter wrote: > > --- Alex Stanley wrote: > > > > 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.
The Honda spot's entitled "Cog." The industry press made a big deal of its authenticity at the time. Here's a summary, for example: "To create "Cog," Weiden & Kennedy assembled a team of engineers, sculptors, art directors, and film pros. It took one month to draft the script, two months for concept drawings and storyboards, and four more months of development and testing. Filming took place over four days and nights in a huge studio in Paris France. After 605 takes (yes, six hundred and five), they finally got it right on the 606th." http://tinyurl.com/qfnj7 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/
