There were 4 takes of this advert for ultimate effect. Approximately 50 people were employed to pick up the 250,000 balls after each take. Golf nets were errected at the end of each road and all the drains were blocked. (purposefully)
@zombie wombie LOL no, I stuck with architecture. However a year after that post I *did* move to a very high quality design firm that has a unique skill of synthesizing a client's brand and vision of their project into a profound story that resonates with the broader community. I think there are likely some parallels and inspirations.
1 take with 26 (I think) camera's, real time shit! The most beautiful commercial ever! Of course because the soundtrack, Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats! Sony removed the original HD version (long time ago), that was mind blowing! And the people in the place had to remove the balls for a year! This is what I think to remember from the info from the original SONY video!
Crytek built an entire parody level similar to this, using their game engine, and had it running as a demo in real-time at the Game Developers Conference. They also recreated many of the camera shots and added music, but instead of round balls, they used tiny teapots, to demonstrate the physics calculations involved in tracking their movement in real-time. It's been uploaded many times. Just look up Cryengine2 and teapots.
I don't know what would be better, to stand at the top of the hill and watch the balls go down, or stand at the bottom and watch them come down. either way it looks amazing!
i am the proud owner of a Bravia, Sony home theater, and PS3... they are all married to each other in a way that no other company can match. overpriced, but absolutely well worth it in the long run.
this video was really cool. if you want to see a random one though, search for ps3 kick. its an image of a girl. she does an ad for *tescos* kick energy drink. go go go...
How did they clean that up? What about all the whales that will choke on those balls? Looking back, i think it's a great advert. These days when you watch TV and something like confetti falls from the ceiling, the cameras go crazy and picture gets all pixelated, thanks to all this digital delivery and MPEG compression. Whatever happened to regular TV? Analog cameras and equipment weren't that bad!
Yep deffo, now that sony have done it, google shouldn't use it. I just meant because google have this weird coloured balls theme going on, with some of their products. I dont think google advertise anyways, do they :-)
There is one that I found that is smooth...it just takes a bit to load. (It didn't used to, but for some reason it does now...) czcams.com/video/gshABEAMg7I/video.html
It's nice to see José Gonzales getting the recognition he so clearly deserves.
There were 4 takes of this advert for ultimate effect. Approximately 50 people were employed to pick up the 250,000 balls after each take. Golf nets were errected at the end of each road and all the drains were blocked. (purposefully)
The nicest advert of the past decade
wow.
that was unexpectedly touching. i think living in and around san francisco has a personal impact on top of this being an amazing video.
Beautiful, absoloutly spine chilling
im sure this is the happyest advert on tv
this song is too awesome. SONY ROCKS!
this really is the beauty of sony
beautiful, so simple and so complicated at the same time.... :)
art personified
Commercials like this make me consider a career change.
@zombie wombie LOL no, I stuck with architecture. However a year after that post I *did* move to a very high quality design firm that has a unique skill of synthesizing a client's brand and vision of their project into a profound story that resonates with the broader community. I think there are likely some parallels and inspirations.
Didn't this advert win the Guiness book of records award for most props used in an advert. This advert is trully amazing.
I agree misterchill.
Great add, song. Love it!
lovely song... amazing commercial...
this is so briliant i love it
1 take with 26 (I think) camera's, real time shit! The most beautiful commercial ever! Of course because the soundtrack, Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats!
Sony removed the original HD version (long time ago), that was mind blowing!
And the people in the place had to remove the balls for a year!
This is what I think to remember from the info from the original SONY video!
the music makes it !
Crytek built an entire parody level similar to this, using their game engine, and had it running as a demo in real-time at the Game Developers Conference.
They also recreated many of the camera shots and added music, but instead of round balls, they used tiny teapots, to demonstrate the physics calculations involved in tracking their movement in real-time.
It's been uploaded many times.
Just look up Cryengine2 and teapots.
haven't Sony Corp done some great adverts in the last few years. Worked anyway, I've bought a Bravia telly!!
this Ad is in the recourd book cus it used the most props.
They fimles this on Russin Hill Sanfrencisco
It was a very high-quality quicktime file, that I guess the computer that ripped it couldn't handle it.
Genius.
i can imagine a google advert looking like this (google often use a few coloured balls in their logos)
yes it is, ive probably seen it 30 times already
Okay, I really want a bouncy ball right now.
I love this commercial
that would be "that would be their"
beautiful ^_^
they done a spoof version in swansea
I don't know what would be better, to stand at the top of the hill and watch the balls go down, or stand at the bottom and watch them come down. either way it looks amazing!
@bogen1050 worked 10 months ago. ha! i'm glad you tried it, though.
i'd live to be standing at the bottem of the hill
i typed in balls youtube and this came up haha
The Knife - Heartbeats (Rex the Dog Remix) +8% Pitch. thats a good one. bit faster tho zxx
i am the proud owner of a Bravia, Sony home theater, and PS3... they are all married to each other in a way that no other company can match. overpriced, but absolutely well worth it in the long run.
this concept is very good. would have done greatly for a racial harmony clip as well.
good job no one was out walking there dog that day!
widget - Is it true that portaining is due to commence on Voltar?
26 people had to pick up the bouncy balls.
blissssssss
@bogen1050 I thought the same thing, you rock!
this video was really cool. if you want to see a random one though, search for ps3 kick. its an image of a girl. she does an ad for *tescos* kick energy drink. go go go...
I wish it was NOT an AD !
HES COMING TO LEBANON hiiihiii
wots the song called? anyone know?
yeah, its like san francisco or something
1:40 hope he was ok
which version of heartbeats is this?
JUMP FROGYY =)
my friends aunt lives at the bottom of t his road and saw it being filmed... they left loads of bouncy balls
How did they clean that up? What about all the whales that will choke on those balls?
Looking back, i think it's a great advert. These days when you watch TV and something like confetti falls from the ceiling, the cameras go crazy and picture gets all pixelated, thanks to all this digital delivery and MPEG compression. Whatever happened to regular TV? Analog cameras and equipment weren't that bad!
be in the middle of it lol ouch
(JOSE) i mean
Yep deffo, now that sony have done it, google shouldn't use it. I just meant because google have this weird coloured balls theme going on, with some of their products. I dont think google advertise anyways, do they :-)
type in 'sony glasgow' class!!
yeah its all techno :)
just type in tango advert sony bravia spoof
@con23liam It's not real. They used 3D
That's all? >.>
@saintmichaelsarmoury it is real. They used 250,000 bouncy balls. Watch the making of video on youtube.
There is one that I found that is smooth...it just takes a bit to load. (It didn't used to, but for some reason it does now...)
czcams.com/video/gshABEAMg7I/video.html
lol
neee. this is too 'sony' to be a 'google'
This movie has a very low framerate. There are better movies of the same commercial on CZcams. 1 star.
Maybe you should see the making of this advert, then you will see they did actually use balls. /Yawn.
Hacky? Laggy? No real title? Ripped from others? 3/5 sorry...