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Socks, the Moonwalking Pony
Last edited Sun Jan 2, 2022, 08:52 AM - Edit history (1)
Socks was prepared for his starring role for two weeks by local animal trainer Elaine Tait, who told how she taught him to ‘moonwalk’ by giving him carrots as gifts.
She said: “Since I only had two weeks in order to get Socks ready to moonwalk, I had to work quickly to gain his trust.
“I had to encourage him to go up on his rear legs as well - usually this is something that a trainer tries to get his horse or pony not to do, but because of the choreography of the ad, it was something we had to do.
“In order to get him to paw the ground, which is probably one of the most important parts of the moonwalk process, I placed a facecloth to the ground that he would paw.
“Eventually, he would know to paw the ground without the facecloth being there.”
The moonwalking Shetland horse advert was filmed by award-winning filmmaker Dougal Wilson, famed for his festive ads for John Lewis.
Local hairstylist Bjoern Larson fitted Socks with extensions and used luxury products on him for the shoot.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/moonwalking-pony-three-ad-owner-1744776
She said: “Since I only had two weeks in order to get Socks ready to moonwalk, I had to work quickly to gain his trust.
“I had to encourage him to go up on his rear legs as well - usually this is something that a trainer tries to get his horse or pony not to do, but because of the choreography of the ad, it was something we had to do.
“In order to get him to paw the ground, which is probably one of the most important parts of the moonwalk process, I placed a facecloth to the ground that he would paw.
“Eventually, he would know to paw the ground without the facecloth being there.”
The moonwalking Shetland horse advert was filmed by award-winning filmmaker Dougal Wilson, famed for his festive ads for John Lewis.
Local hairstylist Bjoern Larson fitted Socks with extensions and used luxury products on him for the shoot.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/moonwalking-pony-three-ad-owner-1744776
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A helicopter was used for the opening shot of the island of Foula, but most of the filming took place on a spectacular mainland cliff top within an hour’s drive of the capital, Lerwick. The dancing pony itself is a combination of live-action filming and visual effects.
https://www.thelocationguide.com/2013/03/ng-commercial-blink-productions-films-three%E2%80%99s-dancing-pony-on-location-on-shetland/
https://www.thelocationguide.com/2013/03/ng-commercial-blink-productions-films-three%E2%80%99s-dancing-pony-on-location-on-shetland/
With the scrape of a hoof, a flick of his mane and some very clever VFX by MPC - he effortlessly moonwalks along to the sound of ‘Everywhere’ by Fleetwood Mac. The pony’s cool, bouncy dance moves were entirely created using a photo-real CG Digital Double and some extensive (and very funny) R&D.
https://www.dandad.org/awards/professional/2014/film-advertising-crafts/23618/three-the-pony/
https://www.dandad.org/awards/professional/2014/film-advertising-crafts/23618/three-the-pony/