richytanimal 3 Posted May 24, 2007 Hi Guys, just got back from seeing Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and the Mail on Sunday commercial that Tamiyaclub supplied the RC cars for is shown just before the film starts. You need to watch closely, as the cars are about 2/3rds of the way through the ad, heading towards the camera, and then being stomped on, apart from Netsmiths Mounty with the dog riding on it which appears at the very end[] If you look really closely you can see my Gecko and Hummer as well as mostly everyone elses trucks etc, for about a nanosecond! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
netsmithUK 488 Posted May 25, 2007 lol - just seen it myself. Wow those post production guys put quite a lot of work into it! I reckon in screen time our driving gets about 3 - 4 seconds and it took 2 days to do. Stil nice to know we were part of it though I'm working on getting a copy - will post it when I get it cheers chris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest joelvardy Posted May 25, 2007 That would be great as I am not one for watching films at the cinema - like being able to pause it [] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisB 0 Posted May 25, 2007 Excellent - at least some of the footage made it in then. Will be going to see it myself this weekend hopefully. Did Twinset's "hero car" make the cut or was it just those few seconds of the cars launching off the line? I don't know if it made the cut but I was driving Jozza's Ferrari F40 bodied e-zilla towards the left hand end of the line (if you were looking at it from the "girlies" side of the battlefield)[]. I think I almost hit the low down camera man on at least one of the takes! So Chris, must be the right time to get that mounty on the bay and bigging up the ole film connection [H] Chris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markellie 0 Posted May 25, 2007 Isnt this the advert on youtube?? Â Mark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisB 0 Posted May 25, 2007 Hehe - thats the one [] - would be nicer to get a higher res version. The guy with the white long shorts and dark top in the front of the shot when they put the cars down is holding Jozza's e-zilla with the F40 body on it I was driving.... hehe. Love the shot of the dog on Chris's Mounty. Chris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisB 0 Posted May 25, 2007 Googling turned up the guy who was "driving" the e-zilla: http://alexliangwebsite.tripod.com/ Interestingly he also had a small part in "Children of Men" parts of which were filmed on the same location as the Mail on Sunday Ad. Update - I found the original ad on the production company site - its much higher resolution Quicktime: http://www.traktor.com/ (follow the link for commercials)Â Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
netsmithUK 488 Posted May 25, 2007 lol - checked both of those places last night looking for it and they were not there. They literall must have 'released' them as it went live. http://www.traktor.com/content/qt.php?id=51602 When the guys line up to launch their models I was standing just to the left of that shot and there was a guy driving my porsche/tlt - he must be gutted he's been cut. Chris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mymonsterbeetleisbroken 16 Posted May 27, 2007 Todays paper features the Mounty with doggy riding in the back, nice Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richytanimal 3 Posted May 27, 2007 Just got back from working away and watched it on Traktors site. Still looks good! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ant88 4 Posted May 27, 2007 The Ad does look great. Get to see my inferno shot across in front of the Clod merc Have resampled the ad to a higher res; Mail on Sunday Ad This was a great 2 days, so glad to finally see it. Ant Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hellbelly 1 Posted May 27, 2007 Saw it in the cinema today, it was great and got a lot of laughs from the audience - and they loved the dog in the bruiser at the end! Pete Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TWINSET 1793 Posted May 27, 2007 Hard to believe my TLT was on it's third battery by the end of it! Not much of him changing the TX batteries though! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisB 0 Posted May 27, 2007 Well I finally saw it in the cinema tonight and it was much better on the big screen than I thought it would be. Audience really seemed to like it too - especially the shot of Chris's Mounty with the dog on the back. Still quite chuffed that Jozza's e-zilla I was driving was pretty easy to spot in the shot when they put the cars down Have to agree - seeing some of the stuff we were involved in was the icing on the cake - even without that it was a great day out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jozza 1 Posted May 28, 2007 It was amazing to see how much work goes into producing a minute or so of film advert, and I'm chuffed that my (now rather dead) Ezilla shows so well in the 1/4 of a second shot when they put the cars down. I should be seeing it on the big screen in the next couple of days, best place to be with the weather as it is at the moment Thanks ant88 for resampling it - I tried to download an offline copy of the quicktime file, but gave up in the end. Now I can show it to all my colleagues at work and bore them with tales of our day at the filming of the ad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twisty 8 Posted May 30, 2007 Pretty funny add,well done chaps those little dogs are evil, he he. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steviedee 0 Posted May 31, 2007 was there a limit to the size of car you could use, because i didnt see any FG's there, they would have taken a few of the handbag swinging women out. Its a top advert, which i'd gone now Steve Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ant88 4 Posted September 23, 2007 Its now on the TV!! Nice to see it on the small screen Ant Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingPin 1 Posted September 23, 2007 Saw it for the first time yesterday, loved it! Maybe the start of BIG things? Tamiya cameos in tv programes next? lol KingPin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charlea 0 Posted September 24, 2007 That advert is awesome! short and sweet but still its awesome to see the hobby being exploited and shown off! Personally i think there should be a TV series showing what a cool obsession it is to have haha!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt2000 2 Posted September 24, 2007 i didn't know about this until i saw it on TV a few days ago. it's great! well done to everyone who got involved. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites