SOCIAL: A mobile mobile

[Peter Khoury]

By the way the claims in the text and the email I forwarded below  
while exaggerated are for the most part true.  The commercial is from  
2003.  I didn't follow my own advice about checking things out like I  
should before forwarding them on.  The snopes article below gives  
some interesting details about the ad and is just a good site in  
general for checking up on things.

http://www.snopes.com/autos/business/hondacog.asp

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On Apr 26, 2006, at 7:31 PM, Ellen Cosby wrote:

> this is pretty neat.  Also check out the video of the Toyota Vios  
> ad that has a link at the end of this Honda video.
>
> Ellen
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beeler, Janet A."  
> <jbeeler at stpaulsschool.org>
> To: "'Ellen'" <ellsby2 at earthlink.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 9:43 AM
> Subject: FW: A mobile mobile
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>
>> this is amazing! Jodi
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rock, Mitchell
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 8:12 AM
>> To: Hankins, Kenneth; Beeler, Janet A.; Oster, Ann (SPSG)
>> Subject: A mobile mobile
>>
>>
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>>
>> very cool...
>>> This is amazing.
>>> READ THE TEXT BEFORE YOU CICK ON THE LINK
>>> 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's two minutes long, so every time Honda airs the  
>>> film
>>> on British television, they're shelling out big bucks. 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 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) are 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 soo n as they become wet.
>>
>> [ http://www.steelcitysfinest.com/HondaAccordAd.htm
>> ]http://www.steelcitysfinest.com/HondaAccordAd.htm
>>>
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