Japan-but-not-quite-Japan gets a groove thing

[Taro Toporific]

See everyday Japanese start popping and locking
First view the great the ORIGINAL but slow to load Quicktime video.

Then check out the CM ver$ion shown during the 2005 Superbowl.
milkandcookies.com---New Groove Thing

[gomichild]

The people who made this are quite interesting. I still haven't worked out the technique yet - but i suspect it's animation from stills...

[Caustic Saint]

The people who made this are quite interesting. I still haven't worked out the technique yet - but i suspect it's animation from stills...

However they did it, you'd think they'd pay enough attention to detail to not get their backgroud mirror-imaged.



Oops!

[Andocrates]

Wow that was so cool. I pop a little bit and the first guy at the gas station was really dancing and he was pretty good. Maybe the older guys (starting with the guards) were fake. I don't know but I'd like that whole clip. Is it on TV now?

[Charles]

It's been done before.

This commercial is obviously a compositing job onto the original film, even at low rez video compression you can see a couple of errors where the face or torso doesn't match the rest of the body's motion.

[prolly]

is there a downloadable version anywhere? or at least bigger?

[Caustic Saint]

is there a downloadable version anywhere? or at least bigger?

Same site, direct link.

[aquamarine]

And for those interested, the group is Futureshock & the tune is "Late At Night"

[prolly]

thanks for the link!