Re: Train commercials

["Savo" <tnsavo@rpi.net.au>]

i think its a saab actually

Peter Homann <me@here.home> wrote in article
<3600943d.3902818@news.camtech.net.au>...
> On 16 Sep 1998 07:57:44 GMT, Gordon Macmillan, <gmac@melbpc.org.au>
> wrote:
> 
> >"Ray Cross" <rayrae@ngc.com.au> writes: > Has anyone seen the commercial
using a US F unit (in a desert scene) racing
> >> a
> >> car to a level crossing? The loco "brakes" for the vehicle......but
the
> >> closeup of the
> >>  bogie shows the brake piston actually releasing!!!
> >> 
> >Probably cinematic technique, (licence) 
> >
> >Film the scene in reverse, then reverse the film.
> >
> >As done in the old ones where the smoke streamed out in front of loco as
it
> >"screeched to a halt" inches from the talent tied to track.
> >
> >To promote a French car, why not use the local television standard
SECAM,
> >Something Essentially Contrary (to) Accepted Method.
> >
> Another ad springs to mind at the moment.
> Nissan Patrol.  Nice sugar cane loco (diesel), with steam emering from
> where cylinders would be as it gets passed by the subject (4WD).
> Also, that ad for I think the new Holden 4WD is showing on all
> commercial stations, not just SBS.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Peter.
>