May 12 2009No Surprises Here: How That Viral Samsung HD Camera Phone Commercial Was Created
Remember that viral Samsung ad with the mysterious disappearing phone? Me neither! *rewatches video* Oh right, that looked vaguely familiar. Well, this video explains how they made it just in case you care. And, not to ring our own collective bike bell or anything, but it's exactly how we all thought. Well, except for you -- you're slow. Like a turtle. ONE WHO CAN'T EVEN BEAT A RABBIT IN A FOOTRACE. But still, I like you. I like turtles.
Samsung's puzzling camera trick: here's how they did it [dvice]
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Reader Comments
1. naas - May 12, 2009 4:11 PM
GW post about your facebook fan page
2. Delsolracing - May 12, 2009 4:12 PM
First!
3. naas - May 12, 2009 4:16 PM
Cool vid btw, I wouldn't have guessed....
4. Timbo - May 12, 2009 4:17 PM
Videos....I despise thee.... at least at work b/c I can't see thee...
5. STOMPY - May 12, 2009 4:20 PM
Eff Samsung Phones... I am still crying over my Black Jack II and how both me and my wifes screen keeps filling up with pocket lint.... Even after I sent mine back and got a new free one it took one day to fill up with dust... ITS A TRAP
6. Boost - May 12, 2009 4:24 PM
@2
It's ok, noone will remember your name. Just slunk away into the shadows.
7. ffffffffffffff - May 12, 2009 4:26 PM
I like how they give a million completely tiny clues about the coathanger dwarf not crossing his legs or whatever and they don't mention that the BIG LENS ON THE CAMERA ISN'T MIRRORED.
8. Chuck Nunchuck - May 12, 2009 4:34 PM
#5, Blackjack 1 for the win.
9. Dick - May 12, 2009 4:49 PM
More shakey video, now in HD!
10. Olorin - May 12, 2009 4:50 PM
I was pretty sure it was a hole when i first looked at the video. When he is on the front of the mirror and goes for the first time to his left, i felt there was a slight lag betwen his image and himself, it gave me the impression his image moved slightly before him, and same feeling when he look down.
11. McCracken - May 12, 2009 4:55 PM
I like turtles too! Bert The Turtle ♪ "Duck and cover" ♪
12. Dan - May 12, 2009 5:03 PM
Thats the explanation i said on youtube :P
I am a god
13. STOMPY - May 12, 2009 5:05 PM
@10
"I was pretty sure it was a hole..." you said a hole...
14. Angel Mass - May 12, 2009 5:30 PM
Pretty obvious dont you think
15. James - May 12, 2009 5:36 PM
Funny one :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlFL-uJ4hmw
16. Daisy - May 12, 2009 5:47 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max planned to leave town and see the world. He ended up having to take over the family business before he could move away, and got stuck in town his whole life. He ended up throwing himself off a bridge on christmas eve and dying all because the angel jumped in after him on the side of his bad ear, and Max never noticed him jumping in after.
17. Pew³ - May 12, 2009 6:05 PM
That was fun to go back and read some of the outragous claims on how it was done.
I believe whoever posted around 25 on the previous post was pretty damn close except for the whole "hiding the phone in his shirt".
Pretty smart fella.
18. Galtacticus - May 12, 2009 6:22 PM
That's a lot of work for a trick! But the results are good enough to have it shown on the Geekologie Website! Well done!
19. Darth - May 12, 2009 6:28 PM
Brilliant job!
20. STOMPY - May 12, 2009 7:17 PM
Watch this... you're gonna love my nuts.
21. Watch-303 - May 12, 2009 7:27 PM
nice!
22. STOMPY - May 12, 2009 7:43 PM
Now for something completly different, a rocky horror/dune pic...
http://www.ee0r.com/lolckyhorror/18-thespice.jpg
23. STOMPY - May 12, 2009 7:46 PM
Now for something for pew pew pew....
http://www.ee0r.com/lolckyhorror/35-pewpewpew.jpg
24. Jason - May 12, 2009 8:19 PM
I like how no one mentions, that the moves aren't even close to synced up. I mean come people, some of those actions are a half second behind!
25. Brittney - May 12, 2009 8:29 PM
I knew it wasn't a mirror. I've seen tricks like this before, and performed a few myself! Though, i can't find a picture frame big enough :P
26. STOMPY - May 12, 2009 9:48 PM
jeez... where is everyone... am i the only one still at work..... sigh....
27. Sloppy Hand - May 12, 2009 10:17 PM
Last!
28. timmy the frisky virus - May 12, 2009 10:50 PM
Second last!!
No, wait. . .
29. CoinOperatedBoi - May 12, 2009 11:55 PM
Just me or is the YouTube player purple?
30. Spectator - May 13, 2009 12:54 AM
Here's a much more detailed video showing all the clues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3LY-M59M_8
31. Frosty - May 13, 2009 1:07 AM
I LOL'ed. :D
32. Captain - May 13, 2009 5:03 AM
Must see!! >>
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33. Sally - May 13, 2009 5:13 AM
Well it was fun so stop being a dick Mr Geekologie. I would trade a thousand "Sleek, sexy, sexy people using sexy phones" type ads for one of these.
I would have like to have seen what would have happened if the comments weren't there. So many people seemed to "get it" straight away. I'm going to admit I didn't until I watched it a few times. If you go to the Youtube video and see "there is no mirror" its pretty easy to comment going "No mirror" woah I'm so cool.
Now stop being so grumpy :P
34. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - May 13, 2009 7:23 AM
OK, so far no phone vid or commercial has topped the "Your butt dialing" or "Dad's internet dating" commercials of late...
35. Savibu - May 13, 2009 10:14 AM
They were cool commercials, okay.... but... .BUT.....
it made people guess "it's some kind of device on the phone that IDs itself and takes it out of the pic", etc. so people got to thinking it's a commercial for a really cool feature of the phone.......
and it's just some construction trick that has absolutely nothing to do with the phone.
So. Cool commercial. But the reveal just makes you realize how sh!tty the phone is.
36. Wes - May 13, 2009 1:53 PM
so in the end they're advertising how blurry the camera is, that you cant tell the difference between two people who look mildly the same..
37. jim - May 14, 2009 12:45 AM
Damn people are dumb, I knew right away it was a double sided mirror (or none at all as shown in this video) Unbelievable how little imagination people use these days.
38. hulkinggorgon - May 14, 2009 9:12 AM
WTF!!!!