2lmc comment on the current hatred of the new Sony Bravia advert, and link to the Media Guardian article (behind a regwall, so you’ll need BugMeNot) which tells us that

… the “Paint” commercial cost about £2m to produce, including the cost of relocating residents, 60 people cleaning up paint for five days afterwards and an unprecedentedly large fee for the talented director Jonathan Glazer.

I thought it was CGI.