best ad at the mo (imo)

[bugjuice]

has to be the Sony TV ad of the balls bouncing down a US suburb road.. 250,000 bouncy balls were really bounced down a street. When I first saw this on TV, I thought it had to be CGI (computers n shit) doing it, but nope, they had all the fun.

The site has photos from it, the TV ad, the extended ad, and behind the scenes footage of the ad too. It's just an ad, but has a whole website to itself!

Dunno why, but just watching the ad is utter amazement for me, so that's why I'm sharing it. Don't know if it's the kid in me that just wanted to release my bouncy ball down the street but wasn't allowed, or if it's just the magnitude and scale of the ad, or just the thousands of colours in all the balls and how they have a few minutes of 'life' to bounce.. or may be, just may be.. i need to get out more. Highspeed 'net is ideal for this, but dial-up abusers can see the photos and stuff, and if you want to see the ad, there's a low res and a HDQT version too.

either way, enjoy.

http://www.bravia-advert.com/

[limbimtimwim]

has to be the Sony TV ad of the balls bouncing down a US suburb road.. 250,000 bouncy balls were really bounced down a street. When I first saw this on TV, I thought it had to be CGI (computers n shit) doing it, but nope, they had all the fun.

You work for Sony.. Don't you?

:-)

[bugjuice]

actually no, I think they're cunts. But I like the inspirationalists behind this ad

[SARGE]

You work for Sony.. Don't you?

:-)

i REALLY like the new Telecom / King Kong ad.. the guy doing the end-tags is AWESOME!!!


i may be biased,..

[Devil]

My god. I totally passed that ad off as CG.

[bugjuice]

me too. I was waiting for some slow PC crap thing to happen, so used the Mac to have a quick look at sony.co.nz about the ad, and it's on their home page, so I clicked the link expecting them to say how they developed some new CGI engine to deal with it, and they said they could have, but that wouldn't have been as much fun..

So 23 high-speed cameras (including one mounted to a Cayanne (sp?)), 250,000 balls (sourced from every toy shop in the states) and one take gets you this.

[kerryg]

i REALLY like the new Telecom / King Kong ad.. that guy playing the ape is AWESOME!!!


i may be biased,..

Was that you? You're a very hairy bugger, aren't ya?...

[Eurodave]

My god. I totally passed that ad off as CG.

Like......yeah, totally Dude!!!

[froggyfrenchman]

I really want to do that myself!

[SARGE]

Was that you? You're a very hairy bugger, aren't ya?...

nah... i auditioned for the lead but they said i had too much hair and the ape was easier to work with...

i just do the voiceovers,,,

[sunhuntin]

i like that bouncy balls add too...for the color and the unrealised childhood dream unleashed. i thought it was computer too...was thinking "it looks real, but too many balls to be real!" thanks for posting, dude.

[Stevo]

I hate ads! Ads suck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cept for the McD's chicken Royale ad, where the guy had the Princess Di book. Used to laugh my head off every time.

[texmo]

omg i d/l a 60mb movie and is dosent work ffs

[Marmoot]

I like that bouncing-ball sony ad.

I also like the yellowpages ad with the sheep and cow. "Grass Suck"
The punch line was great...."I'll have err...a steak"

[zadok]

Me likes it too. I presumed computer enhancement or whatever to get all those balls bouncing. It's a good combo of slowmo and music that does it I think.