Castrol Commercials Can 2

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  • Release Date: 1st January 1980
  • Asset ID: 803355
  • Synopsis: A series of advertisements for different oils.
  • Shotlist: Ad 1) (Austrian?) Opening shot - extreme close up of woman's face with Aviators driving a red sports car. Wide shot of her driving (from behind). Close up of Castrol GTX with road as background. "Germany" Ad 2) Mid shot of man speaking to a friend whilst filling up his car at a petrol pump. Mid shot of mechanic taking to car owner about Veedol oil Close up of oil bottle. Ad 3) Close Up of a can of Mobil 1 with people climbing out of the top of the can and standing on the lid. The lid fills up with people. Ad 4) Mid shots of a person stood in New York across the world passing the can of Mobil 1 from the left side of the shot to the right side. Repeated for London, Paris, Sweden, Tokyo, Hollywood and back to New York Mileometer counting distance the can is passed. Ad 5) Close up of a ARCO Graphite oil slow zoom out to reveal cans of competitors oil next to the ARCO can. Cans are actually candles - time lapse long shot of all four burning down Animation of pistons in engine Long shot of candles 3 go out ARCO candle still burns. Ad 6)Close up of ARCO Oil can followed by Mobil, Quaker State and Pennzoil. Wide shot of all four cans (actually sponges) CU of ARCO sponge can being squeezed slow zoom out to include other sponge cans being squeezed. Animation of pistons CU of ARCO can slow zoom out to reveal only one still with water being squeezed out Ad 7) GVs of a Mobil can and an ARCO can as spinning tops. Animation of engine pistons Long shot of spinning tops with slow zoom out, Mobil spinning top falls over. Ad 8) GVs of a yellow Formula 1 car on race track inter cut with Jim Hall timing performance and with Johnny Rutherford Ad 9)Same as above Ad 10) same as above but with a different V/O Ad 11) Various GVs of a red plane flying and landing Wide shot of a presenter piece to camera about the pilot and owner's oil preference. Low Angle shot of pilot in the plane Cu of a Pennzoil drum CU of pilot talking about Pennzoil Cu of presenter zooming out to wide shot to show plane and car . Quartered screen showing a moving boat, plane , drag racing car and a cyclist in front of a sunset. Ad 12) Various split screens with Cu of owners talking about their cars with a shot of a moving car. Inter cut with CU of Quaker State oil can. Ad 13) GVs of a car in the pit at the Indy 500 having parts changed. GVs of the race (aerial) Mid shot of A.J Foyt watching the race on tv - piece to camera about Valvoline oil. Ad 13) Tracking shot of man giving a piece to camera holding a can of Valvoline oil next to a queue of cars. Same set up again with an different man. Ad 14) Close up of Castrol rock drill lubricator zooming out to wide shot. Wide shot of man drilling rock and using lubricator. Gvs (mainly CUs) of the lubricator and cartridge being used. CUs of man biting of cap of lubricant cartridge inter cut with someone using a knife to cut it. CUs of drill being used. Wide shot of diagram to show how lubricator works GVs of lubricator. (shots previously used) GV's of miners drilling Ad 15) Vapour Lock Indicator Various CUs of the Castrol Vapour Lock Indicator GVs of mechanic taking brake fluid sample from wheel CUs of Vapour lock indicator GVs of mechanic draining brake fluid in a workshop (under car)
  • Production Company: None
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  • Viewing Restrictions: Public
  • Format: BetaSP_Small
  • Alternative Language Notes: None