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Professionals don't release unedited broll.

The video is edited.

This is a b-roll.

The point of a b-roll is to have all of the filmed footage edited into the bits most useful for creating a final edit - including multiple camera angles of the same shot.

An un-edited b-roll would contain all the footage that was filmed.

Non-Professionals don't release b-rolls. Any professional company would release b-rolls.

B-rolls are intended for media outlets so that independent articles can be edited from the footage shot by the professional company. It is a practice that has been in existence for years.

I have worked as a television editor for over 20 years and have edited many items using b-roll footage, without which I would have been constrained to using the finished commercial released by the company, which is incredibly limiting.

This video isn't a commercial, I doubt it was planned to be released to the public. More than likely it is a leak of rushes (raw material) that was intended to be edited (by the article creator rather than the company selling the product) into a final film appropriate to the article in which it is to be used.

The post says "Mercedes-Benz has released a seven-minute B-roll overview video, shared by iFun.de." Note the "shared by iFun.de." and not "shared by Mercedes".

To summarise - It's not badly made, not made by an assistant and not intended to be released to the public. It's intended audience was the numerous media outlets.

If you want to see a finished video then go to the suppliers of the final product: Volvo, Mercedes, Ferrari etc.

Sorry if this seemed like a bit of rant but I hate to see anyones work being trashed because of a lack of understanding.
 
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The only thing I learned from this video is Karen Smidt married him for his money
 
Offline Maps

Slightly off topic and apologies if I've missed it somewhere, but...

Has there been any mention of how Apple maps is being used in areas with no data signals, like most of Scotland when you get more than 5 miles away from a major town.

Is there some sort if caching process that stockpiles current map data whenever your within the range of a data signal?
 
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