Bob, I see your point....but there's a few things that are making me wonder.
In an age where about 99% of what we see on TV is digitally enhanced, I
don't see how any company would spend that kind of money on a 2 minute
commercial (especially in this economy). A bank of Silicon Graphics
Workstations can produce that kind of work very cheaply (in the grand scheme
of things) What puts the icing on the cake is how the more people talk
about it, the more the production costs & time change. And who's really
saying its not digital?? If you hype something up into a phenomenal
state....its a prefect breeding ground for myths and urban legends.
Another thing is if they spent that kind of money, why wouldn't they use it
in the US market and be guaranteed to reap the dividends of their
investment???
Gary Hedlin
President
Hedlin Web Designs
http://www.hedlin.net
""Bob Mankin"" <bob@coralfarms.com> wrote in message
news:004501c32bdd$979866a0$6601a8c0@cadpros.com...
>
> 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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