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    Car Parts Dominos. Cool Video, don't mind the car

    http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php

    You'll enjoy this if you haven't already seen it. . .and maybe even
    > if you have. The weblink is at the bottom.
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    > Just Unbelievable! 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 British 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.

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    Never seen it. Pretty cool. Only 206 takes. Thats pretty good.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sweetair
    Only 206 takes. Thats pretty good.
    Dude, that was 606 takes...

    That commercial came out 2 or 3 years ago in the UK and was a big hit then...I believe its official title is "Cog"...
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    Ok...1. I have not figured out how the Wheel go up the ramp.
    2. Was there enough wind from the spinning windows to knock over that piece.
    3. Was there some one in the car to make the wheels turn and for the car to stop like it did.

    Just some observations....real neat video though
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    Quote Originally Posted by SID210SA
    Ok...1. I have not figured out how the Wheel go up the ramp.
    2. Was there enough wind from the spinning windows to knock over that piece.
    3. Was there some one in the car to make the wheels turn and for the car to stop like it did.

    Just some observations....real neat video though
    The wheels going up the ramp looks way too fake. I didn't notce #2 and #3 but good observations indeed!

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