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The GY blimp actually lives 99.9% of the time in the Carson facility.
I was thinking of the subliminal image that comes to mind with the term blimp.. which leads to another delema... blimp as in “lighter than air” or blimp as in “big heavy slouch”..
Don't knock Tustin. Sure, it's like the pits of Orange County, which is already the pits of Southern California (no offense to OC residents. I'm sure it's nice), but for a car launch and demo, you really can't beat it.
And before you go mention home prices, I live in one of the ONLY Southern California neighborhoods where home prices went UP during the housing crisis in 2008. What I paid for, and what the house is worth now, can probably DWARF more than half of the house in some of the more ritzy beach areas in Orange County.
Would GM actually use a venue that has been used before to showcase a car that is so "brand new?" Maybe the hangers are deceivingly obvious and the real location is elsewhere!
This stunt was all done practically by my amazing team - there are no special effects. Bojan Bazelli was on the lens - Kimo Proudfoot, Martin Schaer, and Luka Bazelli as operators. Evan Rohde and Gill Gayle designed the set. Per the agency concept, I needed to figure out how to pull four stories of cars out of the ground! Trying to build traditionally and demo was out of the question and too expensive. Cut to me having a revelation at the Coachella music festival staring at a band on the main stage, when I realized that the size, structure, and weight limitations of the stage was perfect for our concept. By Monday we were on the line with the vendor. Shot in the OC Blimp Hangar, we rebuilt the Coachella main stage inside the space! This live stunt involved multiple layers of stage and production, 10 cameras, an underground railroad track, lifts, grip, and rock and roll to pull off in real time, and we did it. We surprised five focus groups that day. Proud of this one - this is dead real, and Evan Rohde needs to win awards
Maybe they'll do the "lift" in reverse... using the previous ME Concepts to "count down" to the C8 that's undercover on the top level. As the C8 platform gets to ground level... the cover goes flying off (like it does at 11 seconds into the commercial) and the C8 is revealed and driven off the platform into and around the hangar!
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Originally Posted by Corvette_Nut
It's been confirmed that those Hangar scenes filmed for the "Real People Not Actors" ads were indeed at the blimp base formerly know as MCAS Tustin. If they can use them once, they can use them again. I just hope that the Reveal doesn't Go Over Like A Lead Balloon......
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Tustin's promotional video for hangar rental is pretty cool, and they show parts of the commercials that have been filed there.
The Tustin Hangars have seen a variety of uses over their lifetimes. Temporary uses such as filming, events, and storage have been the most frequent since MCAS Tustin closed in 1999. In the past, major films such as Austin Powers (1997), Pearl Harbor (2000), and Star Trek (2009) utilized these buildings because of their unique size and architecture.
The City of Tustin currently rents out the South Hangar (near the District) for temporary uses on a case-by-case basis. The North Hangar (near Veterans Sports Park) is not usable at this time. While the City is open to any and all use proposals, not all uses can or will be approved.
The City hopes to expand the use of this amazing building for filming and other temporary uses. In recent years, major companies have used the South Hangar including:
The Tustin Hangars have seen a variety of uses over their lifetimes. Temporary uses such as filming, events, and storage have been the most frequent since MCAS Tustin closed in 1999. In the past, major films such as Austin Powers (1997), Pearl Harbor (2000), and Star Trek (2009) utilized these buildings because of their unique size and architecture.
The City of Tustin currently rents out the South Hangar (near the District) for temporary uses on a case-by-case basis. The North Hangar (near Veterans Sports Park) is not usable at this time. While the City is open to any and all use proposals, not all uses can or will be approved.
The City hopes to expand the use of this amazing building for filming and other temporary uses. In recent years, major companies have used the South Hangar including:
Acura
Audi
Chevrolet
Disney
Goodyear
H&M
Lexus
Lincoln
Nike
Tesla
Found a cool time lapse video of the set-build for the "Chevy Up" commercial... VERY cool.
Significant engineering (and budget) for that 1 minute commercial. Imagine the possibilities for the C8 Reveal!
For some reason I thought the autos dropped from the ceiling in that commercial. Since they already did from the group up, maybe the C8 will drop from above from the heavens, via Zora
They're not going to drop multiple models at once. That would be a waste. Coupe at the reveal, convertible later in the year, and the Z next year. Maybe in conjunction with the C8R.
They're not going to drop multiple models at once. That would be a waste. Coupe at the reveal, convertible later in the year, and the Z next year. Maybe in conjunction with the C8R.
06-19-2019, 07:01 PM
