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From:
Che
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IDM
Date:
Thu, 20 Mar 1997 13:20:02 +0000 ()
Subject:
Re: (idm) advertising
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On 18 Mar 1997, Iain Newton wrote:
quoted 11 lines advertising> advertising > love the debate about advertising (fuck knows what it's got to do with dance > music) - i work in it so i guess i'm an "asshole" - anyway, a thought: > advertising is being taken too seriously these days, people judge it more on > fact (ie. advertising as "newspaper/tv news broadcast") instead of on > entertainment (ie. advertising as mini "tv show/movie") which is what it should be > judged on as that is what advertising has to compete with these days - it's > called competing for people's attention with something which is, intrinsically, > not that important (ie. an ad is not a news item) - an ad (admittedly a tv ad) > is only as good as the programs on either side of it (hence, in the states the > nissan "toys" ad with g.i.joe was the best ad of last year imho) - cheers for
Maybe it's that some ads are more entertaining than the "entertainment". I taped the SuperBowl this year, fastforwarded through the game and watched the ads. Good thing, otherwise I would have missed the hilarious Holiday Inn sex change ad, and the oh so enticing Fifth Element trailer. Anyway, OB IDM: Is it just me, or does the music in the Corian commercial sound like the beginning of a drum&bass track? Hard to tell, the rhythms are mixed low and I have a shit TV. Che