Gary, you missed the main point of the commercial and all the effort they
put into clarifying that it's real. The clue is in the few spoken words at
the end.
CGI is old news these days. Far more difficult to get the precision and
planning needed to make it work in real life.
Gettin' the picture now?
Bob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net]On Behalf Of
> Gary Hedlin
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 7:31 PM
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Re: Honda commercial...THE BEST EVER!
>
>
>
> Not really... the moving background can be live video, even
> the non moving
> parts can be in the live video. You basicly have the
> computer animate the
> moving parts. It's like stop motion only you would do it at
> a higher frame
> per second rate.
>
> --
> Gary Hedlin
> President
> Hedlin Web Designs
> http://www.hedlin.net
> "Droo" <03dakotaCC4.7_4x4@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:3EDFD7EB.3030707@comcast.net...
> >
> >
> >
> > Gary Hedlin wrote:
> >
> > >Umm... 6 million dollars for that?? I have to admit it is a cool
> > >commercial, but with the advancements in computer
> animation, they could
> have
> > >done it a lot cheaper and quicker!!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > As amazing as CGI is, it still looks really fake. And having the
> > backstory to the commercial adds that much more meaning to it.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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