[Leica] RE: Filming a television commercial

[Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)]

:-)  I'm guessing that you DID turn up your volume.

Jim


hlritter@mindspring.com wrote:

> Nice Trick-or-Treat. I'm still comforting my 16-year-old budding 
> photojournalist, and rubbing my ears!
> 
> It translates "You've never been so awake! Coffee in tall cans."
> 
> --howard
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hlritter=mindspring.com@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hlritter=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
> Jim Hemenway
> Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 5:33 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] Filming a television commercial
> 
> I sent this to some of you many months ago, but not all LUGgers have been 
> lucky enough to appreciate this great photographic endeavor.
> 
> The following is a car advertisement that was never released. When the 
> crew finished filming, the folks in the cutting room noticed something 
> moving along the side of the car, like a ghostly white mist. They also 
> noticed that the soundtrack had a strangely pitched ghostly sound as the 
> mist disappeared. The ad was never put on tv because of the unexplained 
> phenomenon.
> 
> Watch closely... as the car comes from behind the trees, about halfway 
> through the commercial, look and you will see the white mist crossing in 
> front of the car, then following it along the road.
> 
> You'll need to turn up your sound in order to hear the strange low pitched 
> noise.
> 
> http://209.197.89.228/Automobile.mpe
> 
> I've been told that Leica glass was used for the last portion of the 
> filming.  :-) ;-)
> 
> 
> 
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