Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Wk 5 EOC: Super Bowl Commercial




A strong commercial that premiered during the Super Bowl was a 60 second spot for Honda and their new 2017 CR-V, the commercial was not focused so much on the vehicle it’s self but on people and “The Power of Dreams”. For this commercial 3D camera technology was pertinent to bring well know celebrity’s old yearbook photos to life. “The ad brings to life high school yearbook pictures of the likes of Tina Fey, Robert Redford, Amy Adams, Magic Johnson, Steve Carell, Missy Elliott, Stan Lee, Jimmy Kimmel, and Viola Davis. All reminding you to keep chasing your dreams.” Jason Sperling of RPA, the ad agency that produced the notable ad spilled some secrets on how it was done. "We shot our celebrities doing their lines, we had a camera right in front of their face," Sperling said of the process. "Afterwards, we used a 3D camera to get all of their head in addition to their high school yearbook photo and merge them together." And he also noted that the other people in the yearbooks were not actual classmates, but actors and models who gave their permission to use their old high school photo, or posed for new ones. I feel this ad did so well because of its human quality and emotion mixed with comedic effect. The ad was voted number one commercial by MSU Department of Advertising and Public Relations in their annually ranking of Super Bowl commercials. 110 million people saw the ad in the Super Bowl and another 50 million watched it online. When asked about the commercial and any political inferences that many commercials this year contained, Susie Rossick, the assistant vice president for Honda marketing, stated "The concept had been in development for months prior to the election. But we look at this ad as an escape. We're not making any kind of a political statement. We're encouraging people to follow their dreams, and if there are bumps on the road, to pick themselves up. It's: 'Here's a break from everything going on around us."






http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2017/honda-voted-no-1-super-bowl-commercial-by-msu-faculty/

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