Comments on: Air New Zealand’s new safety video

By: Ty

Ty — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:36:46 +0000

I thought the blonde gal was absolutely hot! If you watch the blooper video you’ll hear her say she’s 40. Pretty darn aw-sum I’d say.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:29:07 +0000

It’s amazing how the artists can create depth out of 2 dimensions (well, for the brunette, she’s already got some nice 3 dimensions). That scarf looks so real!

By: imm2b

imm2b — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:47:36 +0000

OMG! I think I’ve flown with the brunette FA, SYD-AKL in C cabin last year or the year before.

By: Kevincm

Kevincm — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:38:36 +0000

It’s real – real people in body paint

It’s been an excellent idea, showing staff getting involved, and even the madeyed CEO doing some real work for once.

A bit of creative thinking (ala Deltalina) never hurts – especially with something as critical as the safety video that gets people to pay attention – even if a bit distracted is not a bad thing .

In fact, if you dig around – there have been some good safety presentations recently (and yes lucky.. I’m excluding the Matrix style ones they have on UA… They’d be better play RobD’s Clubbed to Death over the demo rather than Rhapsody in Blue)

I’ll blog about it later (and save the article on Pam Ann’s Winglets for another day )

By: mudba

mudba — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:01:15 +0000

Ben,

Check out SAA’s (not a great quality). I really enjoyed it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWM3WEZiLIw

My favorite part is at 2:20 when the guy pushes the seat in front of him as hard as he can.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:33:17 +0000

@bschaff1- No, this isn’t animated. In fact Air NZ also made a behind-the-scenes video that shows the actors being painted for the commercial and the safety video. You can see the video here- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnhVcD74i14&feature=response_watch

The whole campaign is simply brilliant. I love how the chief executive shows up as one of the baggage handlers in the commercial.

By: Bschaff1

Bschaff1 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:11:06 +0000

Is this animated? It really looks like it is to me and I will say if it was animated they could have done a better job with the flight attendants, particularly the first girl. Otherwise, they should hire Deltalina to fill in since she knows the 737 safety procedures.

By: Joe M

Joe M — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:24:12 +0000

I don’t find it distracting at all… It’s informative and entertaining.

By: JoeJSFB

JoeJSFB — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:49:56 +0000

Take a look at the gag reel!

By: HunterSFO

HunterSFO — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:43:50 +0000

I really liked it! My only question is, do 737-300′s typically have video screens to play this back on? I thought only the 7,8 and 900 had them.