Ferrari Shell Commercial

Very cool commercial:

Here’s a link to a Shell commercial shown in Europe.  Ostensibly,
they’re selling gasoline, but the cars used in the video steal the
show.

Ferrari pulled several of their race cars from various ages out of
storage, flew them around the world, and filmed them running through
the streets of Rome, Rio, New York, Hong Kong, Honolulu, and Monaco.
No CGI -these are the original cars on the original streets.

The best part is the sound – from the basso-profundo notes of the
early, front-engine era, each scene cuts to a later generation, ending
with the wail of a modern F1 car. The sounds alone bring a tear to the
eye.  Even if you’re not a gearhead, this video will stir the soul.

There’s just something about 3 liters and 14,000 RPM!

[thanks to Rolland for the link]

History of Gaming

This is a university video-project made by “Game Design”-students from munich.
Done in a single-shot fashion…well almost single shot =)
The film covers different eras of the video-game history.

Took us a week to organise the various props (controllers, monitors. lighting, camera, etc.), two whole days to film and several days of postproduction.
It isn’t perfect, but hopefully fun to watch nevertheless ,)

Games:
Tennis for Two, Oscilloscope, 1958
Pacman, Arcade, 1980
Donkey Kong, NES, 1986
Sonic the Hedgehog, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, 1991
Street Fighter II. SNES, 1991
Super Mario 64, Nintendo 64, 1996
Final Fantasy VII, Sony Playstation, 1997
Need for Speed: Hot Pursiut 2, Sony Playstation 2, 2002
Ecco the Dolphin, Sega Dreamcast, 2000
Super Smash Bros. Melee, Nintendo Game Cube, 2001
Wii Sports Golf, Nintendo Wii, 2006
God of War III, Sony Playstation 3, 2010
Rock Band, XBox 360, 2008