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# I do love that ad
but I do wonder when was the last time we actually saw a real car in a car ad...
(, Tue 15 Jan 2008, 21:10, archived)
# i remember when all this where fields
(, Tue 15 Jan 2008, 21:11, archived)
# hopes whoever did that webpage links it now
possibly mushroom, i forget
(, Tue 15 Jan 2008, 21:12, archived)
# You did when you last saw a car ad.
(, Tue 15 Jan 2008, 21:13, archived)
# The one skateboarding?
Or the one changing into a robot and dancing? Or being a cake? Or being guided by white uber-bots? Or floating on balloons? Or...
(, Tue 15 Jan 2008, 21:17, archived)
# ...fair point.
The last car ad I saw was the one for the Fiat 500.
(, Tue 15 Jan 2008, 21:18, archived)
# I have heard that because they can now fake them to perfection with them computers
and because TV ads are notoriously fussy about the minute details, almost no major car advertiser bothers using the actual real car in the ad, even if it wasn't planned to be dancing with angels, but film the helicopter shot as a clean plate and add it in post, because it's simply easier.

I can believe it...
(, Tue 15 Jan 2008, 21:25, archived)