Toyota Camry tests reflexes with Knives
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Loading ...Toyota promoted the Camry V6 Sportivo in 2005 with an unnerving television commercial, ‘Knives’.
It’s a wet night. A man walking through the city is startled by the sound of a kinfe ripping through the roof of the bus shelter. It’s the beginning of a knife storm. More and more knives fall from the dark sky. On the street cars are crashing. He darts over the road, leaping cars and dodging knives. He reaches the safety of an office building. But then he’s out again – testing his reflexes against the power of knives. As he lands on the roof of a car his shirt sleeve is ripped by a knife. He rolls over, hits the ground and examines his arm.
The knives have stopped midair. It’s like something out of The Matrix. He puts his arm down. The knives drop to the ground – stopped. He reaches over and opens a section of the gate to his right – it’s a door to the Camry Sportiva he’s just taken for a test drive. He walks out through a white environment and hands the keys to another driver. The text: “Test Your Reflexes. Toyota Camry V6 Sportivo. OUTMANOEUVRE.”
Credits
Toyota ‘Knives’ was created by Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney team David Nobay (creative director), Tim Brown (copywriter), Peter Buckley (art director) with agency producer Scott McBurnie.
Director was Steve Rogers with Revolver Film, Sydney who worked with producer Georgina Wilson. One of the reference points for Steve Rogers was the rain of frogs from Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1999 feature film Magnolia. The film was shot in Sydney’s central business district over four nights.
Editor was Stewart Reeves with Guillotine.
Audio was engineered at Human Music and Sound Design.
Visual effects were developed by Animal Logic team in Sydney. under the production of Sarah Beard and Pip Malone. VFX supervior was Andy Brown. Designer was Thomas Diakomichalis. Lead compositor was Leoni Willis. 3D Lead Nathan Mitchell worked with twelve animators to perfect the effect of falling and bouncing knives.
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Can u plz help me im looking for a 1998 toyota tv ad that has horses in it, one of them is a horse i used to own, it was for toyota camry and i think it was filmed in nsw. thanks jenny