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College Grads Create Fake Tesla Commercial That Elon Musk Loves

Posted by samzenpus on from the best-resume dept.

cartechboy (2660665) writes "Two University of Southern California grads were looking to start a digital content company so they decided to roll the dice and create a home-made (but incredibly professional looking) television commercial for Tesla — just to see if they could get some attention for it. Well, apparently, mission accomplished. R.J. Collins and James Khabushani took $1,500 and created a 60-second Tesla 'faux-mercial' dubbed 'Modern Spaceship' that is well, pretty good. Elon Musk noticed, tweeted it and has helped the thing go viral."

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  1. Lemme posit this... by QuietLagoon · · Score: 5, Interesting
    If the car commercials I have to suffer through on my TV were half as good as this "amateur" commercial, would I fast-forward my TiVo to skip the commercials?

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    My answer: no.

    This is an enjoyable commercial.

    Question: why cannot the "professional" commercial makers do this sort of thing? Why are current car commercials always screaming at me?

    1. Re:Lemme posit this... by alexhs · · Score: 5, Informative

      Question: why cannot the "professional" commercial makers do this sort of thing?

      They do. For example: The Force: Volkswagen Commercial

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      I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of killer sig, which this margin is too narrow to contain.
    2. Re:Lemme posit this... by ZiakII · · Score: 5, Informative

      Because, when it comes to car commercials, ad agencies are bound by so many rules and regulations regarding depictions of reckless driving and such things that it becomes almost impossible tp create a cool car commercial without running the risk of going to court over it (both the ad agency AND car manufacturer).

      What the hell are you talking about.... I just watched a car commercial where a woman jumped on top of a moving train with a car.

    3. Re:Lemme posit this... by neiras · · Score: 5, Funny

      My personal favourite: Terrorist: Volkswagen Commercial

  2. Re:A toy for the 1%ers by nobuddy · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is all about being frugal. I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it left.

  3. Actual link to the ad by the_other_chewey · · Score: 5, Informative

    Instead of linking to some site linking to or embedding the ad from youtube,
    here's the actual youtube link.