The sheer wonderfulness of the world created for the new Prius “Harmony” commercial is astonishing. With television advertisers fighting an uphill battle for our attention as we TiVo past their expensive promotions, its things like this that will stop viewers in their tracks. How can you not slow to do see what’s going on here and try to figure out how it was done?

This video answers that question — at least a little. (It’s available in a larger size than will fit in this post, too.)

Only problem: I’m already getting a little sick of the song from watching this….

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