[ale] OT: anyone see this video? How did they do it?

[Ned Williams]

The CEO of Cardo systems, the compnay that made the vid,  says the ads were
meant to be funny..hilarious even! and of course he NEVER intended to scare
people into buying the blue tooth headset their were actually peddling in
the ad..

Ned


On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Dylan Northrup <docx at io.com> wrote:

> A long time ago, (12.08.08), in a galaxy far, far away, Jim Lynch wrote:
>
> :=
> http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/portable/video/x5odhh_pop-corn-telephone-portable-microon_news
> :=*http://tinyurl.com/46frwo
> :=
> :=It's gotta be a trick.  How many watts does a cell phone transmit anyhow?
>
> http://www.snopes.com/science/cookegg.asp
>
> For that particular video, the popcorn effect was achieved by dropping
> already-popped corn into the scene during filming, then using digital
> editing to remove the kernels from the table.
>
> Another way to do this is to remove the cooking mechanism from a microwave
> oven, mount it under the table, then use it to pop the popcorn.
>
> Regardless, it's a fake.
>
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