ooops TV - plane wing falling off

[Jasandjules]

Oh my word, did anyone see this earlier?

I can't quite believe my eyes.

[VeeFour]

Let me guess... it's this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOW35gXhWic

If so, you've just had your Ambiwlans moment.

[Jasandjules]

It is.

Fake then is it?

[VeeFour]

[JFReturns]

VeeFour said:

[bexVN]

Instead of laughing at someone who thought it was genuine...as did I, maybe you could let us know how you know it's a fake, as I definitely did not pick up on it being fake, fking incredible yes but fake no. Guess you'd say I'm gullible etc etc

[VeeFour]

Well, aside from having to defy the laws of physics, it's a pretty well known viral marketing campaign, having been out there for a good couple of years now.

[Jasandjules]

VeeFour said:

Well, aside from having to defy the laws of physics, it's a pretty well known viral marketing campaign, having been out there for a good couple of years now.

Ah well, I was amazed because it was on Ooops Tv which is a "you've been framed" type of show so I didn't know that they would play virals/fake videos on there.

Live and learn.

[tercelgold]

It was good apart from the clouds and sky were out of perspective. The rest could have been done ok or with a larger budget but they stood out.

[dugt]

VeeFour said:

Well, aside from having to defy the laws of physics, it's a pretty well known viral marketing campaign, having been out there for a good couple of years now.

Can someone explain the viral marketing concept. I really don't get it.

If i saw a video of a hot girl eating a mars bar seductivly, i would be straight out to buy a mars bar.
But seeing a plane with a wing fall off, whats it advertising? It doesnt make me want to go in that plane, and i dont want to buy a mars bar. Whats it all about?

[Crafty_]

Basically someone will email their buddies "OMFG dude you need to see this its teh best!", then whoever receives the email does the same thing and so on - it goes on twitter, facebook etc..
Spreads like a virus, going from person to person.
Its to do with the way with the way people get to see it, not the actual content

[Famous Graham]

To be fair, it's pretty believable to begin with (thanks to the overlaid engine soundtrack).

Then, on landing, it is patently obvious that it's an RC model

(models can manage it as power to weight ratio is so huge)

Edited by Famous Graham on Sunday 17th July 02:36

[speedtwelve]

Aeroplane shown weighs near as dammit 1 tonne. In 1g flight, wing provides 1 tonne-worth of lift. Half of wing snaps off. Remaining wing has to provide 1 tonne of lift with a vector displaced significantly to the side of the centre of gravity. Aeroplane survives.

It's fake.

[Eric Mc]

Well known fake BUT read up on what aerobatic pilot Neil Williams did when his Zlin aerobatic plane began to lose its wing back in 1970.

Pretty amazing flying - only this time it was real.

[StevieBee]

dugt said:

Can someone explain the viral marketing concept. I really don't get it.

To get a moving image on telly using normal commercial means costs money. A lot of it! You have production costs and the cost of media (airtime). Plus, although the media reaches a lot of people, it is limited and there are strict rules over what can and can't be included.

Viral marketing allows companies / brands to develop a moving messages (adverts, in English!), free of the constraints over content and are so able to use a theme more shocking / attention grabbing than would otherwise be the case.

This is then stuck on You Tube or wherever and people driven to the vid via emails, Facebook, etc. The more who see it, the more post links, even more people see it, and so it goes on.

The only cost has been production but good virals can reach more people than could be achieved through traditional means.

HTH

[bexVN]

Ok that all makes sense but what is the above

Found the report relating to the Neil Williams Zlin wing failure
video 'advertising?'
http://www.aerobatics.org.uk/repeats/zlin_wing_fai...

Edited by bexVN on Sunday 17th July 14:35

Edited by bexVN on Sunday 17th July 15:27

[IndyAndy777]

Crafty_ said:

Basically someone will email their buddies "OMFG dude you need to see this its teh best!", then whoever receives the email does the same thing and so on - it goes on twitter, facebook etc..
Spreads like a virus, going from person to person.
Its to do with the way with the way people get to see it, not the actual content

What product is that marketing then? Bad luck perhaps?

[VeeFour]

It's advertising the company on the fuselage.

http://www.killathrill.com/

A German fashion brand.

[rhinochopig]

Famous Graham said:

To be fair, it's pretty believable to begin with (thanks to the overlaid engine soundtrack).

Then, on landing, it is patently obvious that it's an RC model

(models can manage it as power to weight ratio is so huge)

Edited by Famous Graham on Sunday 17th July 02:36

The landing is CGI not a practical effect.

There is a real video of a RC plane doing the same manoeuvre though.