Surely has to be one of the best adverts ever? MC Kelly in da hizouse! http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-video/Media/video/2005/01/27/golfgti.mov
yeah i dunno but this advert reminds me of like new technology...i guess its the music and stuff , Ice
Yeah someone linked me this a while ago... Check: http://www.faithandhope.co.uk/artistmusic.asp?artistid=1 - the people that did the remix. It's a dude called Elsewhere, and here's another video of him dancing: http://www.detoursvideo.com/Slurpee_Elsewhere.mov.
Yeah it is 3 guys (including Elsewhere of course): http://www.kottke.org/05/02/golf-gti-commercial-and-elsewhere The video I've got of him is a Kollaboration video. It's mad. EDIT - I've just realised all that info is on the Detourvideos site, lol.
As far as I know all the popping is Elsewhere: "It was different for each shot. For example with the close-ups they would say just do a bunch of wavy stuff, so I would simply freestyle with some waves. Most of the full body shots were more routine based. They would specifically want me to do a list of moves, but to connect everything I would naturally freestyle. I didn't have to change my dancing stylistically at all. They wanted me to dance the way that I dance. In fact they had us watch the original Singing in the Rain scene so many times that I started unconsciously moving a bit like Gene Kelly. The director at one point even told me that I was moving too much like Gene and I needed to move more like me. If anything the parameters and conditions of the shoot inadvertently changed my style. The sound stage was cold and we had to dance under artificial rain for hours. To avoid freezing we wore wet suits under our already thick, tight costumes. This restricted my movement a lot. My shoes were quite uncomfortable and fake flooring we danced on was soft and spongy. I had to keep my head up and smile constantly which was very unnatural for me. Yet the biggest difficulty for me was the rigid time restraints. Since it was a commercial we had to do a lot within a small amount of time. This forced me to speed up my style more than I usually do." Check out this Polo advert: http://www.boreme.com/bm_movies/vw_suicide_bomber.mov No dancing involved though.
Yea, i watched that on TV the other day - superb. Almost beats the Honda adverts (full version, not cut).
He means the really long Honda ad where each thing did another ... thing. What a description! Like dominoes? Errr. http://www.ebaumsworld.com/honda-ad.html
yeah no1. Honda Advert where the car breaks up and spells out the german words can remember exactly. no2. volkswagen advert with the guy dancing...as said it reminds me of tech lol. no3. maybe the Kfc one with the woman singign or the one where that vodafone alien is like goin through the airport terminal thing aswell lol , Ice
Yea, that's bloody great as well. Why are car adverts amung the best? I ordered a Honda DVD and it never came
I saw the Golf GTi ad last week I think and as soon as it finished I sat back and said "Holy hell that was a f***ing brilliant advert!" Thanks for the links, now I've got it saved forevar! -- That Polo one is hilarious, I assume it was banned from TV? I also love the "Hate is Great" Honda advert, I can't help but sing along to it. I got a free bag from Honda with that logo on it. PS Bindi, want a copy of the Honda DVD? I can burn one and mail it to you.
I guess I'm the only one that finds it so creepy I have to switch over then? It's not the body-popping, but the way his face looks like a mask (yeah, I do know why that is) and it just freaks me out. A lot.
I knew I recognised some of the moves I saw that kollaboration clip a while back and it's still just as impressive.
