Comments on: Scot Nery - Hammer and Nail ad http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/scot-nery-hammer-and-nail-ad/ Manipulation, Juggling, Contact Juggling and Dance Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:57:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Ryan http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/scot-nery-hammer-and-nail-ad/#comment-4900 Ryan Mon, 26 May 2008 20:14:04 +0000 http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/?p=968#comment-4900 Awesome! Thanks for that response, Scot! You're right; your skills came out looking godly in this video. Let us know about future projects... Awesome! Thanks for that response, Scot!
You’re right; your skills came out looking godly in this video. Let us know about future projects…

]]> By: Scot Nery http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/scot-nery-hammer-and-nail-ad/#comment-4897 Scot Nery Mon, 26 May 2008 19:50:36 +0000 http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/?p=968#comment-4897 Hey guys. I can do some balancing and bouncing. It's tough and uses a lot more force and movement than seen in the commercial. We shot stuff with the nail and stuff with just the hammer. Everything you see in the ad uses a computer generated nail. I wish that I could say I did some of the stuff in the ad, but they did make me look like a god! Oh, I did a terrific shoulder throw with the hammer! I may be working with DIY Network again and doing some other cool tricks. Hey guys. I can do some balancing and bouncing. It’s tough and uses a lot more force and movement than seen in the commercial.

We shot stuff with the nail and stuff with just the hammer. Everything you see in the ad uses a computer generated nail.

I wish that I could say I did some of the stuff in the ad, but they did make me look like a god! Oh, I did a terrific shoulder throw with the hammer!

I may be working with DIY Network again and doing some other cool tricks.

]]> By: Brian http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/scot-nery-hammer-and-nail-ad/#comment-4753 Brian Tue, 06 May 2008 06:59:52 +0000 http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/?p=968#comment-4753 Well, nailguns fire at around 60-70 mph - so you'd have to be swinging your hammer at around that speed. It's not totally impossible, but it's just the tip of the iceberg - you have to hit that nail square on in a pretty small period of time. Considering how easy that sort of shot is to fake (hit the nail, cut, wham!) it seems unlikely that bit's real. I'd love to believe in the juggling, though! Well, nailguns fire at around 60-70 mph - so you’d have to be swinging your hammer at around that speed. It’s not totally impossible, but it’s just the tip of the iceberg - you have to hit that nail square on in a pretty small period of time. Considering how easy that sort of shot is to fake (hit the nail, cut, wham!) it seems unlikely that bit’s real.

I’d love to believe in the juggling, though!

]]> By: FM-Dan http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/scot-nery-hammer-and-nail-ad/#comment-4752 FM-Dan Tue, 06 May 2008 03:29:26 +0000 http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/?p=968#comment-4752 well, as for nail aerodynamics, there are cetainly lots of nailguns that would beg to differ with thier abilit to shoot nail relative straight across rooms. As for honing that kind of force, along with the timing, angle, and dumb luck it would take to perform the final trick not so sure. Has anyone here attempted to ballance a nail on the point end with a hammer..../me wanders off well, as for nail aerodynamics, there are cetainly lots of nailguns that would beg to differ with thier abilit to shoot nail relative straight across rooms. As for honing that kind of force, along with the timing, angle, and dumb luck it would take to perform the final trick not so sure. Has anyone here attempted to ballance a nail on the point end with a hammer…./me wanders off

]]> By: Jordan http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/scot-nery-hammer-and-nail-ad/#comment-4738 Jordan Mon, 05 May 2008 12:54:00 +0000 http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/?p=968#comment-4738 I don't see how a nail would fly straight, point first like an arrow. I could possibly believe it if it tumbled toward the clock rotating (more like a knife or hatchet being thrown) but the aerodynamics and weighting seem all wrong. I suppose there's no reason that they couldn't have manufactured a specialized nail for for the stunt. Note that the nail head in the clock seems larger than the nails used previously. My suspicion is that just after he balances the nail on the hammer, when there is the lens flair and zoom-out that after that it is CGI. The color and texture of the nail appear slightly different to me. Even if CGI was used for the juggling at the beginning, I have no doubt that the idea for the commercial had to begin with Scott dreaming up the routine and having some success with it. Wow, long post... guess I don't have anything to do with CJ.org down. I don’t see how a nail would fly straight, point first like an arrow. I could possibly believe it if it tumbled toward the clock rotating (more like a knife or hatchet being thrown) but the aerodynamics and weighting seem all wrong. I suppose there’s no reason that they couldn’t have manufactured a specialized nail for for the stunt. Note that the nail head in the clock seems larger than the nails used previously.
My suspicion is that just after he balances the nail on the hammer, when there is the lens flair and zoom-out that after that it is CGI. The color and texture of the nail appear slightly different to me. Even if CGI was used for the juggling at the beginning, I have no doubt that the idea for the commercial had to begin with Scott dreaming up the routine and having some success with it.

Wow, long post… guess I don’t have anything to do with CJ.org down.

]]> By: Dawn http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/scot-nery-hammer-and-nail-ad/#comment-4735 Dawn Mon, 05 May 2008 03:15:56 +0000 http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/?p=968#comment-4735 I can't imagine it being possible... but, who knows? why not ask Scott himself? I can’t imagine it being possible… but, who knows? why not ask Scott himself?

]]> By: Ryan http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/scot-nery-hammer-and-nail-ad/#comment-4732 Ryan Mon, 05 May 2008 01:39:42 +0000 http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/?p=968#comment-4732 I had an argument with my friend this morning over whether the last trick is even possible. He thinks it is. I'm not so sure... even with a one-in-a-thousand ratio. I had an argument with my friend this morning over whether the last trick is even possible. He thinks it is. I’m not so sure… even with a one-in-a-thousand ratio.

]]> By: Drew http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/scot-nery-hammer-and-nail-ad/#comment-4729 Drew Sun, 04 May 2008 16:16:24 +0000 http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/?p=968#comment-4729 Surely we should be crediting the CGI artists as well, they did a very realistic job. Surely we should be crediting the CGI artists as well, they did a very realistic job.

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