250,000 Bouncing Balls + San Fran = Ad's I can watch over and over

[Flames89]

Check it out. This is making a big buzz in the marketing community.

http://www.bravia-advert.com/commerc...acommhigh.html

[AC]

And heres the making of the ad:
http://www.bravia-advert.com/commerc...gofhighqt.html

[La Flames Fan]

Wow, that is crazy! I thought it was computer animation when I firist watched it, but I am truly mistaken!!!

[@theCBE]

WOW !
Unreal .. those guys at the bottom of the hill were getting pelted like crazy
probably one of the coolest ads I've ever seen

[Jiggy_12]

That was something else.

Thanks for the links.

edit: I found another link, its an extended version. More of the same.

Link

[cheung31]

I remember on i think, break.com there was a homeowner on that street who filmed with their camcorder from their window when it first happened.. looked like total crap compared to this. just amazing.

[oly74]

Bouncing balls, San Francisco, I thought this thread was about something else altogether.....

[Prototype]

Oh lack of quicktime at work... why must you mock me so!

<I would download it if the techies here weren't such sticklers>

[icarus]

Here is home video of the making of the commercial from someone's apartment. She sounds enthralled. As an aside, I wonder how much she pays to live on that cool street.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...13373&q=bravia

[Ro]

When I was in grade 10, the grade 12 graduating class pulled a prank using bouncy balls like this that will go down as probably the best prank ever at my high school.

We had a large gathering area that could seat about 400-500 students that was situated directly below a walkway/balcony on the second floor of the school. During the last week of classes, a couple of grade 12 kids dropped a bag of about 500 bouncy balls down into this open area (a drop of about 15 meters), and madness ensued for about 10 full minutes.

I'm talking insane and utter chaos. Students flipping over tables for shelter, balls whizzing in every direction, people getting pelted with projectile rubber balls, girls screaming and crying, teachers yelling and grabbing students who threw balls at each other. It was awesome.

And it was only about 500 of those things. The magnitude of what they did for this ad is not lost on me, that's for sure. Way cool.

[the-rasta-masta]

That must have been a fun mess to clean up I'm sure.

[icarus]

Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta

That must have been a fun mess to clean up I'm sure.

If the commercial becomes really well known, I bet whoever cleaned up the balls could sell them on EBay and make some easy bucks.

[Winsor_Pilates]

it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.