Way better than interruptious commercials IMHO. I can filter THAT placement crap out more easily than the other.
No time for this thread, damnit. Argh. J On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But I don't think that product placement is nessacarily a new thing > really. I mean how many shows have you seen where they are > drinking "Coke" or eating at a certain resturant, etc. Brand > awareness, product placement, it started in Radio and continued in > the early days of TV, I mean heck I even did a spoof myself on it, > back when I first started. > > Heath > http://batmangeek.com > http://heathparks.com > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jay dedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > Personally, I am way more bothered by product placement than > outright > > > advertising. If I'm going to be fucked with - excuse me I > mean "targeted" > > > by marketers willing to exploit weaknesses in my human nature to > get me to buy > > > stuff I don't need with money I don't have before discarding the > packaging > > > onto a planet that can't take it, I prefer the tactics to be > overt > > > and conspicuous. And as a maker, the idea of a sponsor dictating > what goes > > > in the frame is even worse than that of some network hack > telling me to cut > > > the best material in order to appeal to the lowest common > denominator. > > > There have to be other ways to make work sustain-ably. > > > > yeah....didnt Quarterlife have a whole story line where they just > hung > > out in a GM car lot...so they just talked about new GM cars? > > I think in the end its all about good stories. > > If the advertising/product placement gets in the way of > that...snooze. > > > > As Mr Lynch classically says: http://www.youtube.com/watch? > v=F4wh_mc8hRE > > > > But i guess the dream is getting a sponsor who gives you creative > > control....hoping your creativity will be enough. > > The company gets attention because they fund creativity. > > > > Jay > > > > -- > > http://jaydedman.com > > 917 371 6790 > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- Jan McLaughlin Production Sound Mixer air = 862-571-5334 aim = janofsound skype = janmclaughlin
