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Re: [TCML] Tesla coils on Toyota Avalon commercial



On 4/29/13 4:40 AM, dave pierson wrote:

Just wondering if anyone else had noticed the new Toyota Avalon
commercial that depicts the effect of twin Tesla coil looking devices
"creating" the advertised automobile with their electrical spark
discharges?

  Thusly?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXl_m3stdTY




There's certainly some element of CGI in there. They'd NEVER let sparks touch the "hero car". But it's entirely possible they had a stand in car in place (painted green) and shot that as one piece, then substituted in the shot of the hero car.

Notice no reflections of the sparks in the surface of the car, which is illuminated by the usual Fisher Light.

I suspect what they did was run a TC against a black backdrop to create "elements" which were then composited into the final commercial.

The F/X company I used to work for did a bunch of the effects

http://www.reelefx.com/index.php?c=effect.view&id=2553 tesla coil with gas flame
http://www.reelefx.com/index.php?c=effect.view&id=2554
http://www.reelefx.com/index.php?c=effect.view&id=2557
http://www.reelefx.com/index.php?c=effect.view&id=2556

http://www.reelefx.com/index.php?c=effect.view&id=2758



Here's the whole spot
http://www.reelefx.com/index.php?c=effect.view&id=2722
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