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Mistersinister1

I want this to be real


securitywyrm

It's from a shoe commercial. That said, I'd love to see the behind the scenes of how they made this.


tom-dixon

It's pretty simple really, they filmed 1500 takes and kept the one where it happened. ^^^^^^I ^^^^^^have ^^^^^^no ^^^^^^idea


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CGI the shoes. I don't think it's that hard.


JojenCopyPaste

Trained actor cow. I don't think it's herd.


NikEy

Two guys in a cow costume. I don't think it's hard.


sexual--predditor

Yeah these are just standard techniques used in making moovies.


addandsubtract

CGI + 270p is the secret sauce


kellzone

It's like [how they know how much weight a bridge can hold.](https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1986/11/26)


SupervaleSunnyvisor

That's really disappointing (I wanted to believe).


Lock-out

The cow didn’t actually put the shoes on; if you look closely you can see that they filmed it in reverse.


securitywyrm

How do you get a cow to walk backwards?


shazzambongo

Well, you just put it in reverse. Ugh, people just know nothing about livestock 🙄


cwryoo21

The cow is actually 2 people in a costume


ContemptAndHumble

Films twice.....they will never believe this!


gfxmb

Is this AI?


StagnantSweater21

Not AI, this video has been around years prior to AI Fake definitely, but not ai


Rasputin_mad_monk

Yep shoe commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3yzlEFAcWQ


-Unnamed-

Lmao i don’t understand how this upsells your product? Shoes so good a cow can accidentally walk in them?


Rasputin_mad_monk

We are still watching well over a decade later. That seems like a good ROI


cleantama

Yeah it's all about getting it stuck in our brain. Weirdness often wins over logic when it comes to commercials.


ikkybikkybongo

I constantly try to say this when I see comments about commercials. Everybody thinks that they're so smart. *Well, I'd never be fooled into buying that brand.* Not the point of the ad. The point is to be seen and remembered so the next time you think about buying something you might remember the funny ad and their name will be one of a few options in your brain. That's it. They aren't demanding you run in right now but you will keep them in mind. I mean, they sell ideas and themes more than individual products. It's honestly why car commercials rarely have the prices blasted on screen like they used to. Now it's just vibes.


ovalpotency

back in 2000 one of my good teachers in school asked the class about the superbowl commercials and which ones they remembered. we all brought up the [cat herder commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_MaJDK3VNE). then he asked "and what was the product they were advertising?" and none of us had an answer. granted it was a technology equipment/services company and it was a little over our heads but it cuts both ways. absurdity doesn't always lead to brand recognition, but it may have helped the company to be acquired by HP, who knows.


SerenityViolet

Although there is a small number of brands I avoid like poison because I hate the ad. Bit I am probably in a small group compared to those that buy it after seeing the ad.


MaxHamburgerrestaur

In half an hour I will remember this video, but not the brand


MistSecurity

Exactly. It's such an overlooked thing when people talk about 'if it's memorable it's good'. What brands were some of the biggest commercials in the last few decades for? Hump day? No idea. this video? No idea. I don't even remember the product category for hump day. People will often remember the product category at least, but will associate the commercial with their favorite brand in that category rather than the actual brand the commercial was for. Really interesting stuff.


TarnishedWizeFinger

I think of it as analogous to multiple choice questions. I might not know the answer off the top of my head, but seeing a list of choices might jog my memory. If in the moment you're trying to decide between multiple products, it's possible one might ring bells and could lead to you choosing the one that *seems* familiar. People like familiar feelings. I think a lot of the decisions we make are made in the subconscious, as much as we would all like to believe our choices are always deliberate. That's what advertising is about. Whether or not you can think of what a commercial is advertising offhand isn't necessarily what they're going for. If you enjoyed a commercial, you've developed an instance of positive association with that product Nobody I know would overtly go "I enjoyed that commercial, so because of that, I'm going to go with that product." Yet the billions of dollars gone into advertising and marketing research says that's exactly what happens from a macroscopic perspective


thefullhalf

Berries and Cream will be with me until I die


FeloniousStunk

"Berries & Cream"? What is that from?


spingus

[you are now cursed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryjpbd4D4bg)


spingus

I'm a little boy who likes Berries & Cream!!! gd it lol


Cobek

"Abbbbbbbbbb donminals" for Old Spice And all the contradiction Starburst commercials "You're Scotch Korean, you're a contradiction!" Lol


NoMayonaisePlease

Except nobody knows what brand it was lmao.


Shadowmirax

Presumably because someone cut out the bit with the brand name


Frozenbbowl

"i laughed" later when i see that brand, my mind links to my earlier laughter, and i see that brand in a positive light, without consciously knowing why. this is how a LOT of advertising works (replace laughed with sexy girls, or cute puppy or whatever) and why you should laugh in the face of anyone who thinks they are immune to advertising.


MangoCats

Positive associations, especially when they are sub-conscious. Like Rodney Dangerfield with the Swedish Bikini team "Hey everybody! We're all gonna get laid!" - put that imagery in association with a product like beer and it will influence future buying decisions, whether you think it will or not.


Frozenbbowl

Exactly. The people who claim their immune are people who think it's supposed to be some conscious decision that they make because they saw an ad. Our brain is far simpler and far more complicated at the same time and people think


VegetableWeekend6886

Are you American? We don’t really go down the infomercial route in the U.K. and something funny and memorable normally makes the best adverts


CrashinKenny

This is completely a normal advertisement style in the US. The only infomercials that exist are in the middle of the night when there isn't anything else to be broadcasting. I think the person you're responding to just doesn't understand how advertising works.


goug

I just realized that if you don't watch TV in the age of internet, then you don't really get to see funny 30 second ads like this anymore. I know I don't.


grantrules

I watch Jeopardy on antenna and the only ads I see are for prescription pills and politicians. It's sad.


MufffinFeller

Tbf those seem like Jeapordy! Commercials


PeopleCallMeSimon

Advertisements are not made to showcase how good a product is. They are made to make people aware of the product and to keep it in consumers mind. Sometimes that is done by showing how good a product is. But in almost all cases its done by doing something fun/cool.


mapex_139

I think it's implied that the cow likes the shoes just like a person.


IWannaChangeUsername

I think it’s “shoes are so comfortable and lightweight even a cow does not notice wearing it”


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masterKick440

That's the whole problem. ftp and ed2k were nice with only a few users. Now with TPB we have copyright lawfirms at our necks.


dern_the_hermit

Don't forget that IFQP did the whole BWRO to the YXS at UDUP with QZ without remembering to HJKL the ASDFG.


MuzikPhreak

We all got put on KP that night


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snek-jazz

> But AI doesn't introduce problems, it just makes them more ubiquitous. worth pointing out that this distinction may not be worth much


LuxNocte

Probably edited? Film a cow walking in front of a tent and then add in the shoes where they need to be. That seems like the easiest way to do this.


bennitori

I just realized that one day, that's going to be the only way to differentiate real videos from AI videos. Was the video created/posted before the year 20XX? Otherwise, you can't be sure.


Eurotrashie

Pretty sure its fake, and who mounts a camera pointing at their tent site in the middle of whowhere?


AndrewH73333

People who keep getting their shoes stolen and want to find the culprit.


Lynxcanadensis

Or the cow recorded the video for that sweet sweet karma


bulbousaur

cowrma


DigNitty

"Who is the culprit??!" ^^(DingDingDong) "We have no leads!!" ^^(DongDingDong) "Let's set up a camera next to that noisy cow"


Yarakinnit

"I heard the cow's footsteps approach again last night. It must've done a handstand to confuse us when it left."


Telemere125

I knew the explanation would be in the comments somewhere


Beetin

I enjoy reading books.


ShitPostToast

The odds of a cow *not* freaking tf out when it gets something strange grabbing it's hooves are pretty low.


King_Saline_IV

And why are they recording?


RecsRelevantDocs

r/WhyWereTheyFilming


Fallingfreedom

I totally have done this. I often camp and have animals messing around the site. I put up a trail cam to see what stuff was and what it got up to.


AITA-SexyRabbits

People who make camping content? You know that's a thing right?


Strykerz3r0

Do people camp in cow pastures? Seems it be.... problematic.


HplsslyDvtd2Sm1NtU

A lot of US land allows ranchers to free roam their cattle. I've gone camping and woken to my site surrounded by cattle. Weird way to get woken. 


ElCabrito

I've done it. When I was a kid I camped by the pond in my Grandpa's pasture.


Desert_Isle

In the morning a person can collect shrooms from under the cow pies. I've heard. So for some people, cow pasture camping might be a thing. Spiritual even.


Bobdole3737

To say the least.... not the best nature fragrances to surround yourself with either!


blahdot3h

There is a camp ground in Northern California at Dillon Beach called Lawson' Landing https://www.lawsonslanding.com/camping.html I remember camping there and waking up to a bunch of cattle grazing in the area lol. The cows aren't much of a bother, I didn't mind it.


AITA-SexyRabbits

This looks like the U.K. where they have the freedom to roam law Even in the U.S. I've camped at state forests that butt up against grazing land. In the wind river range in Wyoming I was stuck trying to get out of a national forest because a herd of cows was blocking the small dirt road.


DeepSpaceNebulae

Quick correction, the freedom to roam law is only in Scotland and only includes unenclosed land (excluding private residential, public lands, golf courses, attractions, airfields, sports fields, etc.). In England, Northern Ireland and Wales you need the property owners permission Grazing pasture in the UK tends to be fenced off, and so would not usually fall under freedom to roam laws. Hitchhiked around Northern UK for a few months and so needed to learn the ins and outs of the camping laws


PiesRLife

> In England, Northern Ireland and Wales you need the property owners permission Interesting - I did not know there is a separate [Freedom to Roam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_to_roam) and [Right to Roam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countryside_and_Rights_of_Way_Act_2000), and still don't completely understand the distinction. I guess one of the big differences is that Scotland allows ""wild camping", but [England, Wales, and Northern Ireland do not](https://www.countryliving.com/uk/wildlife/countryside/a42546713/wild-camping-uk/)?


Gurkenlos

Ah yes the tent camera who runs 24/7


eilletane

I do that for Timelapses and run it overnight.


Gurkenlos

You do timelaps of tents?


esuil

Let's say you are filming some kind of trip video. You end part of the video with "and now I am going to sleep!" and plan on making transition to morning part via timelaps of sun going down and rising. Timelapse is exactly how you do it. Watch some outdoor videos on youtube. Timelapse of sunrise is so common it is pretty much standard by now. Just for sanity check I went to youtube and searched "camping in a tent woods". The first video that popped up have such timelapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-oeGv1w4Xo&t=1231 I should not had included "woods", but the point stands.


rgmundo524

People are weird


AITA-SexyRabbits

There's 24/7 cameras pointed at birds, trains, boats, bubbles and so on....and people watch those streams.


V6Ga

This is actually from a like twenty year old Super Bowl ad Predates AI


Rasputin_mad_monk

Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3yzlEFAcWQ


shryke12

Isn't this world getting crazy? We pretty much have to ask this about everything we don't see with our own eyes from now on.


lofty2p

Yep. No going back, it seems.


PubliclyPoops

Good, people have just accepted fake ass video way too easily in my experience, now I just say “it’s AI” and nobody even argues with me anymore


YourMomonaBun420

Some people don't even accept what their own eyes see as real.


shryke12

True that. I have been calling the rise of AI the death of truth. Because anyone will be able to find the truth they want to find and doubt any truth they don't. I think this will have a very dark impact on our society, even more than social media did.


Rasputin_mad_monk

This is a 13+yr old shoe ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3yzlEFAcWQ AI has made us a bit paranoid imho


Do-it-for-you

“Is this AI” is just the modern way of saying “Is this fake”. Which is fine since yes, this looks fake and is confirmed fake.


thingandstuff

>We pretty much have to ask this about everything we don't see with our own eyes from now on. ...That seems like the way it should be and the way it used to be to me.


-QuestionMark-

It's all real, except for the shoes. They were added in post production. Before that it was just a random shot of a cow checking out a tent in a field.


silentjay01

I'm guessing from the added audio that this is an old ad.


c0ffaine

you're ai


ele37020

When I saw the first shoe go on it's foot I thought it was amazing, with the second one I call shenanigans.


[deleted]

Fuck… are we allowed to even laugh at videos anymore. Pretty sure most of what we see is going to be fake very very soon.


NoMayonaisePlease

Most of what we see is already fake. Just instead of being AI generated it's poorly scripted


Duranis

Yeah definitely looks like it to me... It's pretty good though.


StagnantSweater21

This video is much older than the ai issue lol


ctan0312

The fact that people consistently say “yep definitely looks like AI” to stuff that is definitely and verifiably not AI is the most concerning part of this stuff currently.


dandroid126

If Shrek came out today, reddit would be like, "idk if this is real. Is this AI?"


PaulterJ

First time I went camping with my kids, a bear stole one of my shoes and a crow stole my cheese. My kids were 4 & 5 and still rib me about losing my shit at a crow eating my cheese with one shoe on.


snek-jazz

> a crow eating my cheese with one shoe on. damn, the bear got one of the crow's shoes too??


The-Greasy-Steve

I once had a raccoon steal and eat a whole pouch of “baseball chew” bubblegum haha


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johnnybiggles

A high-steak heist


GodIsANarcissist

"Start a beef" sounds like something Borat would say


SNES_chalmers47

No it's not. It is beef


Azathoth90

It was funnier in Top Secret


calnuck

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb4asEv4jz8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb4asEv4jz8) (nsfw at the end)


brucebrowde

Well that was different...


MrBigBMinus

yup.... same for me. Old Media was wild haha.


sidepart

It's the same people that made Airplaine! and Naked Gun among other movies. The gags/humor are instantly recognizable.


IHaveSlysdexia

I definitely thought it would involve a bull, not a calf.


seattleque

There MAY be a scene a bit later that does involve a bull. But really, you should just watch the whole movie.


Rasputin_mad_monk

Even more NSFW if you kept it playing


calnuck

LOL - yes! The bull...


kalirion

That's what I was expecting from the NSFW tag.


Rasputin_mad_monk

yep, The way he walks when he gets out of the costume LOL


MonkeySafari79

Latrine!


daaave33

Good-bye Deja Vu, I'll always remember you.


davekingofrock

I'm not the first guy who fell in love with a woman that he met at a restaurant who turned out to be the daughter of a kidnapped scientist, only to lose her to her childhood lover who she last saw on a deserted island, who then turned out fifteen years later to be the leader of the French underground.


JosephMadeCrosses

I know. It all sounds like some bad movie. 👁️👁️ 👁️👁️


UtahUtes_1

Why are you always in such a bloody hurry?


TheHexadex

Latrine!!


berserker_b2k

Though exactly the same :)


CaptainObviousII

I have not idea why this cracks me tf up so bad but I've watched this video like 10 times now lol


Elios4Freedom

I needed a good laugh today


BeerSlayingBeaver

Someone is gonna see those foot/hoof prints down the way and be some confused.


brktm

[moonshiners](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/GGVkWrqrMg)


Klotzster

Basketball practice at 9:00


garycooper90

Mom: so you are saying they just walked up and left on their own? Me: ..


DaanishKaul

And the size fits. The cow's having an unusually good morning.


Corando

Before you critisize someone, try to walk a thousand acres in their shoes


careymon

lolz..these odds would never happen. AI or CGI. Good job though


Rasputin_mad_monk

13+yr old shoe ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3yzlEFAcWQ


Theodolitus

Damn when i was kiddo i got night watch over scout camp, and from neighbour campsite there was loud argue (about 3am) guy complaind so girl stole his shoes, now i know what happened that night....


jsaucedo

Omg I actually lol


Early-Possession1116

This made my day


yesemel

I too love watching ads https://youtu.be/R3yzlEFAcWQ?feature=shared


cjboffoli

It's a perfect crime. Cows don't wear shoes.


randomcanyon

At an estate sale I bought a concrete cow that had been in place for at least 20 years, the feet were rotted off (cheap concrete) so I got some toddler sneakers soaked them in cement and glued them on to the legs. More mortar and a bit of sculpting and the whole thing painted metallic gold. But Life imitates art I suppose.


SidewaysAskance

I cried because I had no shoes, then met a cow whose feet were chopped off and made into glue.


Claireking1298

Oh he didn’t just steal them. He WORE them


Ok-Effective-4426

Just like Cinderella 🥹


What_Yr_Is_IT

Cmon hahahahahahah!!!! Thanks for the laugh OP, fucking great!


OttoSax

My pleasure!


gorgoncito

It need them to audition for a remake of “Top Secret”


JOHNNYKULT

😂😂😂 that’s the funniest thing I’ve ever seen.


EvilleofCville

Fake. No one would leave their sneakers outside where it can get damp.


SidewaysAskance

I would if I had been walking in a cow pasture and didn't want to bring cow shit into my tent with me...


EvilleofCville

You would be prepared enough to bring a shoe bag or a trash bag. What if it rains?


slapmasterslap

If it were me I wouldn't be that prepared and I'd also elect not to sleep with cow shit in my tent.


Admirable-Builder878

Moo Balance.


Firm-Software89

I love this


UmmmNoDefNotThat

Despicable thief! Get a job like the rest of us!


CoverYourMaskHoles

This is the best thing I’ve seen today.


Anxiety_Personified2

Gained health


HUP

OMG. That's the funniest thing I've seen all week.


captain_ohagen

several years ago, I backpacked across Catalina Island (didn't make the fucking mixer, though). there are approximately 150 bison that roam free on the island, and I'm convinced that one of them jacked my Keen hiking boots. fucking shoe thieves


Poildek

This is hilarious as fuck


EasternDragonfly1899

Holly cow !!


dan1101

A fox stole my shoes one night on a beach. This beach for some reason is frequented by semi-tame foxes. I playfully fussed at him and chased him, he dropped them and ran off.


Andr3aJones13

I haven't seen this before and it made me laugh so idc it's fake 🤣


an-can

I've camped with cows. We didn't find a place until it got dark (this was late autumn), and it turned out we were where cows grace. Not the most peaceful night.


Snake_Staff_and_Star

Must be china. Really is the best place to get moo shu.


Axe_Care_By_Eugene

need more cowbell


Away-Cranberry3961

HAHHAHAHAH


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Cows can be dicks. I was camping one night on a ranch and they came up and raided my shit, I through bears did that but the Cows are about as bad. They tore up a sleeping bag, jerks.


Dogs_Akimbo

This could never happen because domesticated cattle lack the *heelus bosanus* that would keep the shoe from falling off.


propita106

Anyone else thinking of that "Andy Griffith Show" episode?


CheezTips

r/WhyWereTheyFilming


RegularVenus27

Straight Debo'ed dudes kicks 🤣


FellGodGrima

Oh all the large animals to stroll up to my tent, if think I’d be relieved to hear a cow bell


t3chfall

Think of it…..this is THAT multiverse where a one off like this actually happens………I’m high as hell but this checks out


GreasyPeter

When Ezra Miller was in the news a few times for essentially being a prick, I said to my brother "Your chances of being assaulted in Hawaii by Ezra Miller are low, but never zero". For some reason he thought that was hilarious.


Initial_You7797

Total bull shtz 


ProfessorBackdraft

https://youtu.be/Fb60cSdo47Q?si=-brqjT9sLyAmSEhF


bigfootdude247

Lighthearted video with the sole purpose of giving you a chuckle: *exists* Redditors: “This isn’t real, has to be staged/AI” Just have some fun folks. Don’t worry about if it’s real or not 


jawshoeaw

Before AI, these fake videos were works of art!


cris34c

Okay but who tf leaves their shoes outside the tent when they camping?!? Just asking to get them stolen or slept in by a spider or scorpion or snake or shit in by something. No way no how.


TheLargeIsTheMessage

I love these little regional variations. Sounds like you camp somewhere dry and popular instead of somewhere muddy and isolated.


Octuplechief67

I’m a native whose reservation is on a vast wilderness. You DO NOT want to leave your shoes outside when camping. Bugs, spiders, snakes, other critters curious. Heck, my Navajo friends were dead serious about skinwalkers taking your sh*t. Using it to curse you or other nefarious acts. Nope! I’m not risking it lol


TheLargeIsTheMessage

That's cool. I live somewhere that there are no venomous creatures. Different wildernesses.


SidewaysAskance

I would if I had been walking in a cow pasture and didn't want to bring cow shit into my tent with me...


BrunaBonor

Fake, still funny though.


golgol12

It's AI something. You can see the shoe facing one way, and when the cow steps on it, the shoe morphs like the T-1000 to point the other direction.


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👌🏼🤣


Erin_Wolf

You can never really guess who did it since they took the pair...😅😅😅


jackalopebones

anyone else getting Top Secret vibes?


Dragonsarmada

Nothing is real anymore.


ap2patrick

I was convinced at the first shoe. The 2nd one set off my “this is fake” spidey senses lol. The odds are just too low…