Skateboarding has seen a bit of a resurgence as of late, with the popularity of games like Skate and Tony Hawk’s Ride taking off as the holiday season approaches. Then there are shows like MTV’s Rob & Big, and Nitro Circus starring lovable-yet-crazy professional boarders performing insane tricks, and sometimes even pulling them off.
Looking to cash in on this craze, Ford enlisted skateboarders Pat Duffy and Jake Brown for the ninth installment of the ‘Stang Unleashed marketing blitz.
The result is a lot of stunt work and computer animation coming together for one sick, short film. The point of the film is to have both boarders pulling off tricks, which the Mustang attempts to mimic. Obviously, having a Mustang wall grind without crashing and causing massive fatalities is pretty much impossible…which is where the magic of computer animation comes in. Not all of the movie features a CG Mustang though, and for live action shots stunt driver Stanton Barrett was behind the wheel.
Easily the best real stunt performed by the Mustang is climbing up several stories of a spiraling, narrow car park while shredding tires. You can see just how close it comes to hitting the wall in the first video, although the second behind-the-scenes video shows how they pulled off some of these stunts. Ford has already gone to great lengths to show off the all new Mustang (with details about the 2011 version being revealed at the L.A. Autshow). How will the tenth installment of the ‘Stang Unleashed top this?
Looking to cash in on this craze, Ford enlisted skateboarders Pat Duffy and Jake Brown for the ninth installment of the ‘Stang Unleashed marketing blitz.
The result is a lot of stunt work and computer animation coming together for one sick, short film. The point of the film is to have both boarders pulling off tricks, which the Mustang attempts to mimic. Obviously, having a Mustang wall grind without crashing and causing massive fatalities is pretty much impossible…which is where the magic of computer animation comes in. Not all of the movie features a CG Mustang though, and for live action shots stunt driver Stanton Barrett was behind the wheel.
Easily the best real stunt performed by the Mustang is climbing up several stories of a spiraling, narrow car park while shredding tires. You can see just how close it comes to hitting the wall in the first video, although the second behind-the-scenes video shows how they pulled off some of these stunts. Ford has already gone to great lengths to show off the all new Mustang (with details about the 2011 version being revealed at the L.A. Autshow). How will the tenth installment of the ‘Stang Unleashed top this?
