I will have to top post here. This message is basically off topic, but I do have an on-topic question. I would like to save the video file that is shown in the URL provided. How?
I think most of the readers will enjoy the video. --doug ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Fwd: FW: Great ad Date: Saturday 18 November 2006 00:55 From: Doug McGarrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >> The Unbelievable Commercial >> And you thought those people that set up a room full of dominos to knock >> over were amazing....... >> >> 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. >> >> By the time it was over, they were ready to change professions. >> >> The film cost six million dollars and took three months to complete >> including full engineering of the sequence. >> >> In addition, it is two minutes long so every time Honda airs the film on >> 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 any hesitation - including the costs. >> >> There are six, and only six, hand-made Honda 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. >> >> >> >> Take a look for yourself: >> >> >> <http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php>http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php> Enjoy this, and please tell me how to keep it. --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
