Comments on: Bravia

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 06:04:10 +0000

Music is José Gonzales, swedish sing/songwriter. Original song, heartbeats by the Knife.

By: kitten

kitten — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 01:19:36 +0000

i think everyone realised it was San Crab’s Disco (old family joke) without reading so… or at least i know i did ;)

ahhh bouncing balls, the joy of it :)

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 23:49:57 +0000

Yeah. I don’t know if it’ll actually be effective, but it’s beautiful! So who cares :P More power to the aesthetically-driven marketing people, I say!

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 13:23:38 +0000

So I just watched it… and started crying. :s

Anyway, it’s a great advertisement. It’s a pity that the border collie didn’t make it into the final cut, though (s/he was up on a balcony).

When I first saw the street, I thought: “That’s San Fransisco!” — only to read it in the description afterwards. :p I love San Fransisco. The trolleys (read: trams) are crazy, though. People hang off the sides of them. I wonder if they still function like that, or whether its had to change because of civilians sueing the government.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 13:07:40 +0000

When I first saw that ad on TV i wondered if it was real — and it is! HOW COOL!!! I want a job where I can play with 250,000 bouncy balls! imagine diving into that big blue container of them… excellent…

You could always work at one of those children’s play centres that have ball pits. It would satisfy your ball and maternal urges in one hit.

Josh: thank you for the link.

By: kitten

kitten — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 12:58:21 +0000

i get this feeling it would be alot worse than the plastic balls full of air that you see kids jump into… for one these are rubber, and smaller, therefore more densely packed OWW!

By: Katy

Katy — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 11:27:14 +0000

When I first saw that ad on TV i wondered if it was real — and it is! HOW COOL!!! I want a job where I can play with 250,000 bouncy balls! imagine diving into that big blue container of them… excellent…

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 10:38:16 +0000

I found a Flash Video version on Sony Australia's site. http://www.sony.com.au/article.jsp?id=3649 then click "Watch Bravia" (right side of the page).

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 07:49:33 +0000

I went to download the advertisement and its 'documentary', but they are in quicktime format. I am loathed to add quicktime to my computer, because the endless "You can update Quicktime NOW!" messages, amoungst others (can't recall) drive me absolutely batty. So no viewing for me.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 11:41:57 +0000

Yeah they did. And they had big nets catching them at the bottom, and people crawling through gardens trying to get them all out later. There’s a bit more about it in the Making Of feature on that site.

Watch the video! It’s really good!

I’ve just discovered it’s on the Sony Australia website (but lost the URL), so it’s possible this will be gracing a TV screen near you shortly. In which case I hope to make a nice capture of it from whatever source is available… ideally HD digital, but it probably wouldn’t be broadcast as such. Ah well.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 11:17:46 +0000

So I take it they actually had balls bouncing everywhere?
I certainly hope they managed to pick them all up afterwards. :s