Thanks, Tammy. If you don't know who Rube Goldberg was, google him. Pearl Rosenberg TeleHealth Services
----- Original Message ----- From: tammy.vanboen...@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 > -----Original Message----- > From: Calhoun, James > Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 4:36 PM > To: 'Jonas Aristondo (E-mail)'; 'Tom Coates (E-mail)'; 'Rob Dungan > (E-mail)'; 'John Enger (E-mail)'; 'Kevin Fitzgerald (E-mail)'; > 'Nelson > Gary (E-mail)'; Hanrahan, Peter F. ; 'Don Hill (E-mail)'; 'Yungner > Jimy > (E-mail)'; Mooney, Richard ; 'Dennis Ohara (E-mail)'; Owens, Jim > P. ; > 'Peter Perry (E-mail)'; 'Bosselman Fred (E-mail)' > Subject: FW: Cool commercial > > > -----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 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as pearlrosenberg at nc.rr.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/pearlrosenberg%40nc.rr.com > > Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >