Porsche Family Tree Commerical

[speedman]

Does anyone know anything about the family tree commerical? I was wondering all the cars are computer generated or is it a mixe of real and CG cars. It is a great commerical

[steely]

It is cool - I forget if we saw it during the MLB playoffs or when. My wife caught it first and I was glad 'cause I/(we) just made the purchase last year - heh heh.
Back to your question, I never thought of the CGI aspect - maybe because I'm old fashioned or slightly gullible. If they were simulated, wouldn't it take away from the message?

[speedman]

I just wonder if they are CG since the cars are in the desert or dry lake bed. There are some one of a kind of cars in the pictures. I think the GT1 race car wouldn't like the environment well

[willtel]

Porsche "Tree" Commercial

[KNS]

IFC (Independent Film Channel) has been running a show recently called "Welcome to the Family". It's a half hour piece on Porsche enthusiasts showing some stuff from the Colorado Parade as well as some behind the scenes of the making of a Panamera commercial - all real cars. Pretty cool, Jerry Seinfeld is talking about his love of the cars and is shown at the commercial shoot.

[berettafan]

saw the commercial this morning and was sure they must be cg. very cool! (except the panamera of course).

kinda thought the theme song should be: 'one of these things is not like the others.....'

[steely]

Just saw willtel's link - there's my answer.

[Pele911]

I watched it in slow motion high def and it looks like there is some CG involved. The sand/dirt flying up on the sides of the cars looks animated in slomo and just kinda disappears. Also the shadows of the cars and tire tracks have a distorted blurry look. I really dont care because all those incredible cars are awesome.

[frenchstick]

Here are the cars gathering. Mincing down a runway and relocated (read cg) in the desert methinketh

YouTube - Porsche - Family Gathering

[Nine17]

Originally Posted by frenchstick

Mincing down a runway

A good friend of mine was the driver "mincing down the runway" in Matt Drendel's 1997 GT1. At one point he saw 175 mph. Quite a mince...

Zwart shot this on the de-commissioned runways of El Toro Marine Station and then they were CGI'd onto a dry lake bed. Those are all real cars shot on film.

[tonypai]

The cars are real, many were lent to the cause by Jerry Seinfeld.

[berettafan]

Thanks for the ifc tip! Just dvr'd it and it is great!

[berettafan]

Thanks for the ifc tip! Just dvr'd it and it is great!

[Buckterrier]

One of the coolest car commercials ever.