--- Patrick Gillam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- 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 Well, maybe it is true, but I struggle with it! Someone had too much money to burn. > > > > > > 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
