Lately we talked about ads and allot of the feelings on ads were that they are made to get peoples attention. This is very true and we have even seen some controversial adds. But what about commercials?, many commercials are made the same way. They are made to capture peoples attention and sell or advertise something. The only thing is they are seen by more people then a billboard is. A billboard that really grabs people's attention makes people stop and examine it more. Commercials are easy to tune out or even change the channel that's why its probably less noticeable. The super bowl is a time where the most interesting commercials are shown. Some commercials that I found very interesting are the hulu commercials. Hulu advertises something to get t.v shows onto your computer or something like that. The commercials have stars telling you how TV does rot your brains. They even point out how we still watch it even after they told us the "truth". I love these commercials because they are some what funny and creepy at the same time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4MwJQvZuLg this one caught my eye recently and then I found the others. From what I understand the commercials started coming out during the super bowl which I already mentioned above. So this commercial is interesting because its some what true and even after looking at the other commercials I found that others agreed or were offended by it. There was also one comment that said "They give subtle/insignificant clues. they shove it right in your face and the sheeple continue to notice nothing . These people are openly saying the future does nt need you , and are planning to wipe out most of the worlds population". That Sounds crazy but some actually agree, for me its funny to think about. Many people feel this way and you could say hulu has grabbed many viewer's attention. One person even claimed in a comment that the government does these things which reminds me of our class discussion. So does t.v really rot our brains. I have not noticed it in a literal sense but maybe in some way it does.
the links to the other hulu commercials are here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48CZDXbczMI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CMWkesiVD4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qcc4QRRKns
I hate to say it but they are probably some of my favorite commercials, heck ill probably even look into this hulu stuff. (yea its working)
i just saw this comment that interested me
"idk bout you but that was not funny. i dont like yto sound like those complaining dumbshits who get offended by everything, but that commercial set off a red flag in my head. they were making fun of conspiracy therories. only to prove that they want you to think its a joke. and the show on the tv screen was family guy, not a big deal for a normal american, but family guy is owned by williams street, or has relations with it. that corp, is doing crazy shit and is linked with the new world order. "
so yea there are allot of people with different feelings on these commercials,weather they know the true facts or not. where do you stand on it?
When it comes to commmericals I think commmericals are commericals and theres nothing you can do about it. No matter what people try to sell or try to get across to the viewer its always going to have some type effect on the person who is watching t.v. Personally most commericals don't have any affect on me but the ones that do are the ones where they have the "famous people" making some kind of statement, because then it actually makes me want to listen to what they are saying. Espically if its about a diease or what not.
ReplyDeleteFor the most part its true that companies want commericals to catch the viewers eye so many company's do anything such as a catching song or something funny to draw the viewer in.
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ReplyDeleteIs it art? It is definitely an ad! Maybe both, I guess. Clever people have to create it, for certain. Excellent post.
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