She's been climbing out of the pool earlier, none of the guests wear bathing suits.
December 17, 2008 4:34 AM   Subscribe

why is it that the people making this Fleggaard commercial (nsfw) spend lots of money on models, cgi and production and do not see the big continuity error at the end?
posted by Substrata to Media & Arts (11 answers total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: this is not going well and seems like more of a quiz than a problem to be solved. -- jessamyn

 
Not sure how we can know what goes on inside the minds of someone else, and I honestly didn't see a continuity error...although I can't say that it has any value other than ZOMGBOOBIES.

Seems almost like you wanted to post this to the blue but didn't have anything to go with it.
posted by TomMelee at 4:42 AM on December 17, 2008


Response by poster: nope, it's a real question.
posted by Substrata at 4:47 AM on December 17, 2008


I was going to say that maybe it was there so people would talk about it. But unless it was a different girl coming out of the pool than the one who fell into the pool, I don't see one either.

Ignoring the physics saying that a fall from that height would kill someone falling belly flop style into a pool anyway.
posted by theichibun at 4:48 AM on December 17, 2008


Response by poster: i guess you puritans are indeed staring at the boobies, the clues are in the title anyway, but i'll give away the continuity error: the girls climbing out of the pool is obviously a second or third take, as there's fresh water on the stones; the total after that shows exactly the same error, why?
posted by Substrata at 4:56 AM on December 17, 2008


Err, because it was the second or third take, so there was water on stones and they didn't give a shit?

This question is going to be deleted.
posted by The Monkey at 5:08 AM on December 17, 2008


I'm commenting on a stunt post.

Those girls must feel really silly, though.
posted by dunkadunc at 5:09 AM on December 17, 2008


I find it feasible that a skydiver travelling at terminal velocity and landing in a swimming pool could splash some water out of it.

Seriously though, if they rented the set, kit and actors, did one shoot, and didn't notice the water on the stones at the time, they might not have wanted to go to the expense of doing a retake to correct what is an incredibly trivial error. Furthermore, as theichibun says, that trivial error has resulted in us having this conversation, which is more publicity for them not less.
posted by Mike1024 at 5:14 AM on December 17, 2008


Also, there's nothing unusual about guests being near the swimming pool but not wearing bathing suits. The weather could be too cold for swimming, but warm enough to have dinner outdoors. I didn't see any discontinuity, not that it really matters.
posted by helios at 5:23 AM on December 17, 2008


I know, right? It's like, totally fake. I was watching it, and when that guy in the plane hit that red button to open the doors, you hear a "click".

And I was like, whoa! Why do you hear the click of the button BUT NOT THE ROAR OF THE ENGINES!?!?!?

FAAAKE!
posted by spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints at 5:35 AM on December 17, 2008 [1 favorite]


As soon as the tops started coming off, I thought to myself, "If the continuity error doesn't somehow involve their tops being back on at the end, I am not going to notice." I was right, I didn't notice.

For comparison, the Bourne Ultimatum (to pick a high budget film at random) cost $100 million to make, yet viewers were able to find dozens of continuity errors:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0440963/goofs

On any large project there are going to be errors that don't get fixed because: a) no one noticed on time or b) someone noticed but it would be too expensive or difficult to fix for the relative size of the goof. This was probably the latter, since blow-drying the set after each take would have taken a lot of (expensive) time during what appears to be a natural-light shot.
posted by justkevin at 5:39 AM on December 17, 2008


Continuity error? Boobies travelling at terminal velocity through the air while still attached to their host body would be flapping around a lot more than those boobies were.

did you notice the splash on impact? could it be that that's where the water came from?
posted by socratic at 5:44 AM on December 17, 2008


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