Herby Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 (edited) Quote When you're introducing the next generation of television, you want to make an impact - but that doesn't mean you have to shout at the top of your voice. And it doesn't mean you have to be predictable. To announce the arrival of the BRAVIA LCD and 3LCD range, we wanted to get across a simple message - that the colour you'll see on these screens will be 'like no other'.Sending 250,000 multi-coloured 'superballs' bouncing down the streets of San Francisco may seem the strangest way to do this, but that's exactly what Danish director Nicolai Fuglsig did for the BRAVIA commercial in July this year. San Franciscans have seen some unusual things in their time, but even this gave them something to talk about. And we've got the feeling that this commercial is going to do exactly the same thing. [Extended version - high (H.264)] - [Extended version - low] I love this commercial,.. good filming + editing and great soundtrack (Jos? Gonz?lez - Heartbeats)!Homepage - Behind the scenes - Bravia Gallery (23.7Mb) - Downloads (Screensavers & Wallpapers)b>Edit:b> I've rebuild the screensaver, maybe this one works (attachment). BRAVIA.zipFetching info... Edited December 17, 2005 by Herby Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got3n Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 wow thats an awesome things, i would have hated to clean that up though, lol, i would like to have stood in the middle of it and let them hit me. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corris Veteran Posted December 17, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 17, 2005 yea, its a really cool advert, saw it at the cinema first then a bit later on tv you ahve no idea what it is about all the way through, but i think they made a better impact than most other adverts, why?, because we all dream of throwing 250,000 bouncy balls down a hill :laugh: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933250 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhav Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 one of the greatest adverts ever! thanks for the screensaver link :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avalanche Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 Screensaver doesn't work for me :(, how does it look like ? 250.000 bouncing balls on your screen ? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corris Veteran Posted December 17, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 17, 2005 it says sony in the top right corner, and it has loads of boundy balls going from above middle on the left, going down at an angle to under the middle on the left, looks like there bouncing down a small hill think its a cool and cimple screen saver :laugh: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpshiznid Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 :o I had never seen this commercial. Now that I have, I can't stop watching it. So awesome. And I agree, I've always wanted to throw 250,000 bouncy balls down a hill. :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Veteran Posted December 17, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 17, 2005 Avalanche said: Screensaver doesn't work for me :(, how does it look like ? 250.000 bouncing balls on your screen ? Yeah, I can't run it either :( Seems to be 16 bit Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lykwid Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 man that's a pretty creative commercial. i wonder if they broke any windows tho Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933297 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted December 17, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 17, 2005 to me its just a waste of bouncing balls. cant this be done with cg? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walk into the Sea Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 (edited) For anyone interested, the song is sung by Jose Gonzalez and is a cover of this http://www.theknife.net/music/heartbeats_smp.mp3 song by these http://www.theknife.net/mainpage.html artists. Edit : lol @ sundayx.......the point went right over your head didn't it. It's not about imagery, it's about natural clarity. There's a small documentary, a "making of" if you will on the site. Have a peek and you'll understand why it would have been pointless using graphics (as they don't create their own shadows, blurs, colour fades etc, it's all controlled if you use CGI.). Edited December 17, 2005 by Walk into the Sea Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933309 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corris Veteran Posted December 17, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 17, 2005 Walk into the Sea said: lol @ sundayx.......the point went right over your head didn't it. It's not about graphics, it's about natural clarity. natural clarity and being totally random :laugh: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoL Veteran Posted December 17, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 17, 2005 Wow one of the best commercial I ever seen. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933372 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitCh Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 KoL said: Wow one of the best commercial I ever seen. I second that :yes: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corris Veteran Posted December 17, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 17, 2005 KoL said: Wow one of the best commercial I ever seen. KitCh said: I second that :yes: i third that, i just watched it again and thought how awesomely cool it is got the screensaver as my screensaver now Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevastopol Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 very nice advert, seen it a few times and still like it Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnmnky Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 wow that's just quality. Nice tune also. It's music that really relaxes you and let's you think. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Stu Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 Corris said: i third that, i just watched it again and thought how awesomely cool it is got the screensaver as my screensaver now how did you get the screensaver working, because it won't work for me! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
former1 Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 Wow, that truly is amazing :D! I know I may get flamed for saying this ;P But it just goes to show that sony has the upperhand on most competitors with some serious creativity :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corris Veteran Posted December 17, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 17, 2005 sony's gone through alot of crap recnetly, its its own fault it may sound stupid, and i know its only an advert, but it reaffirms my faith in sony when they come up with something like this Quote how did you get the screensaver working, because it won't work for me! i downloaded the zip, opend it and ran the .exe and it installed it Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avalanche Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 Seems that you are the only one that can run the screensaver :( Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 wasn't there a clip around of the actual footage when it was first made? it's funny how editing and music can glamorize such a thing. the video was creatively, well done. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 sundayx said: to me its just a waste of bouncing balls. cant this be done with cg? You could but its cheaper to use bouncy balls and no doubt much more realistic. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiREFLi Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 Has this been planned for ages? I'm so sure I heard about this (100,000s of bouncing balls going down a hill) years ago... So sure. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
deridex01 Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 Seen the advert a couple of times and i like it :) :) Also the screen saver works for me here as well Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/409165-250000-bouncy-balls-the-bravia-commercial/#findComment-586933605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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