Toshiba: Space Chair

Toshiba and Grey London take a chair into space to film the world's highest commercial.

In its latest outing for Toshiba, Grey London collaborated with The Mill to film "the world's highest commercial," shot 98,000 feet above Nevada's Black Rock desert.

To capture the spot's footage, two Toshiba hi-def IK-HR1S video cameras and a lightweight chair were suspended from a high altitude helium balloon and floated into space until the chair exploded from extreme atmospheric pressure 98,268 feet. See the making of the Space Chair spot was made here.

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I was wondering when an agency would figure out a way to steal this idea for advertising purposes. I bet the two college kids that came up with this experiment didn't even get a dime! 
SpotCritic, November 17th, 2009 05:25:46 pm
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/21/space.camera.icarus.ireport/index.html 
t1creative, November 17th, 2009 06:05:08 pm
Rated 5.00 Art imitates life. Nuff said. 
00000, November 18th, 2009 07:53:17 am
Very cool execution! I did some digging around and apparently the ad is supposed to demonstrate how Toshiba technology can take something ordinary and make it extraordinary. The campaign was created by Grey London for the REGZA SV LCD TV Series in 2009, Toshiba’s first model to include an LED backlight with local dimming, which they claim will “redefine the armchair viewing experience”. I’d love to read the brief for this project! I’ve posted lots of facts about the shoot here, if you’re so inclined: http://bit.ly/2LrQH7 Cheers, Jackie 
jackieprincey, November 18th, 2009 12:25:04 pm
Very cool execution! I did some digging around and apparently the ad is supposed to demonstrate how Toshiba technology can take something ordinary and make it extraordinary. The campaign was created by Grey London for the REGZA SV LCD TV Series in 2009, Toshiba’s first model to include an LED backlight with local dimming, which they claim will “redefine the armchair viewing experience”. I’d love to read the brief for this project! I’ve posted lots of facts about the shoot here, if you’re so inclined: http://bit.ly/2LrQH7 Cheers, Jackie 
jackieprincey, November 18th, 2009 12:25:21 pm
Art imitates life. Or art imitates this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hSDbAo2WMk 
t1creative, November 19th, 2009 02:41:31 pm
Art imitates life. Or art imitates this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hSDbAo2WMk 
t1creative, November 19th, 2009 02:42:42 pm
Rated 5.00 interesting 
thompson, November 22nd, 2009 06:52:44 pm
Rated 5.00  
DoctorMister, November 23rd, 2009 09:54:27 pm

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Full Credits

Agency:
Grey London
Client:
Toshiba
Creative:
Andy Amadeo
Creative:
Nils Leonard
Producer:
James Covill
Production Company:
Hungry Man
Executive Producer:
Matt Buels
Director of Photography:
Harris
Producer:
Matt Jones
Editing Company:
The Whitehouse
Editor:
Russell Icke
Editor:
Ed Enayat
Postproduction:
The Mil
Colorist:
Seamus O'Kane
Lead 2D Artist:
Adam Grint

Date

Nov 17, 2009

Category

Stunt

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