This is one of the coolest 2 minutes of video i have ever come across. It's actually a bit dated (came out about a year ago). It's a short spot for honda that features a virtually impossible scene using only parts from a honda car (no animation, no strings, 100% real, and the final cut is all 1 take, no edits). Apparently it took 606 takes, which is amazing in itself. It aired first in the UK, then spread on to other countries around the world, however it never made it to the US. If you lived in the UK at the time it aired, you could have actually called the UK honda subsid, and they would have sent you a free DVD copy of it. I have no idea why the US was left out of the fun. I would think that the commercial would have done extremely well here, and i'm almost insulted that it never made it over. It's impressive nonetheless, and I also have a high resolution version. You get bonus points of you can (without digging up the answers on the internet):
- Figure out how they made the wheels roll impossibly uphill (50 points)
- Figure out how the windshield wipers move on their own (25 points)
- Name the celebrity voice-over at the end (100 super cool points)
There is also a related movie floating around somewhere out there that features over an hour and a half of similar material, however i long ago lost the link to it...if anyone comes across it, please let me know. Enjoy.
Posted
Sun, Jan 25 2004 10:24 AM
by
Jayson Knight