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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Arteis on 01 November 2012, 04:55:42 AM

Title: 'The Hobbit' Air New Zealand flight safety video
Post by: Arteis on 01 November 2012, 04:55:42 AM

The airline my wife works for as a cabin crew member, Air New Zealand, has produced a brilliant new flight safety briefing based on ‘The Hobbit'.

http://arteis.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/an-unexpected-flight-safety-briefing/ (http://arteis.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/an-unexpected-flight-safety-briefing/)

The elfin stewardess in the video isn't my wife – though she too would've looked the part!

Here are some screenshots:

(http://arteis.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/screenshot-1.jpg)

(http://arteis.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/screenshot-2.jpg)

(http://arteis.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/screenshot-3.jpg)

(http://arteis.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/screenshot-4.jpg)

(http://arteis.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/screenshot-6.jpg)

(http://arteis.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/screenshot-7.jpg)

(http://arteis.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/screenshot-5.jpg)

Title: Re: 'The Hobbit' Air New Zealand flight safety video
Post by: beefcake on 01 November 2012, 06:53:13 AM

Nice find.

(I do feel slightly embarrassed being a kiwi though)  lol

Title: Re: 'The Hobbit' Air New Zealand flight safety video
Post by: tnjrp on 01 November 2012, 07:08:30 AM

Gotta love joint merchandising 8)

Title: Re: 'The Hobbit' Air New Zealand flight safety video
Post by: Paul Hicks on 01 November 2012, 07:47:35 AM

Well done very funny. What a way to get flyers to actually watch the safety film.

Paul

Title: Re: 'The Hobbit' Air New Zealand flight safety video
Post by: carlos marighela on 01 November 2012, 08:02:28 AM

And the best thing was, being New Zealand, they could cast the passengers without recourse to makeup or prostheses.

Title: Re: 'The Hobbit' Air New Zealand flight safety video
Post by: Captain Blood on 01 November 2012, 08:28:05 AM

Brilliant. My favourite bit is the Witch King of Angmar being told to turn off his iPhone  lol

Title: Re: 'The Hobbit' Air New Zealand flight safety video
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 01 November 2012, 08:47:59 AM

What a good idea  8)

cheers

James

Title: Re: 'The Hobbit' Air New Zealand flight safety video
Post by: Arteis on 01 November 2012, 09:23:29 AM

Another other good thing about this as a safety briefing is that it bears repeat viewings very well, because there are a lot of in-jokes that you can easily miss the first few times. 

Look for the Eye(s) of Sauron, for example.  Or realise that two of the passengers are actually descendants of Tolkien.  Or recognise the captain's last comment ... etc etc

Title: Re: 'The Hobbit' Air New Zealand flight safety video
Post by: Ray Rivers on 01 November 2012, 10:33:47 AM

Quote from: carlos marighela on 01 November 2012, 08:02:28 AM

And the best thing was, being New Zealand, they could cast the passengers without recourse to makeup or prostheses.

 :o

If more folks could be as creative as these, life could be a lot more merry!