Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/31

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Subject: [Leica] RE: Filming a television commercial
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Mon Oct 31 13:11:29 2005
References: <21209106.1130724564149.JavaMail.root@mswamui-thinleaf.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <43658D1B.4030108@hemenway.com> <6e74b3700510310553y416e3c86od5ad4a135fd4aed6@mail.gmail.com>

Boy, you had me going ;-)

On 01/11/2005, at 12:53 AM, Simon Ogilvie wrote:

> It is with much regret that I have to report the sad passing of our 
> fellow
> LUGGER Graham Battison (known as GeeBee to his friends) who passed away
> earlier today. Cause of death was a heart attack, which close family 
> say was
> brought on after watching a TV commercial of a car. Lawyers have been
> instructed to find the source of the commercial in order to bring a 
> civil
> action against the publishers...
>
> :-)
>
> (Sorry Graham - only kidding!)
>
> Simon.
>
> On 10/31/05, Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com> wrote:
>>
>> :-) 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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>>
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>
Alastair


In reply to: Message from hlritter at mindspring.com (hlritter@mindspring.com) ([Leica] RE: Filming a television commercial)
Message from Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway) ([Leica] RE: Filming a television commercial)
Message from simon.ogilvie at gmail.com (Simon Ogilvie) ([Leica] RE: Filming a television commercial)