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Old 05-12-2008, 12:09 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: so I'm making a television ad

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Originally Posted by Hector View Post
I think a little disco beat right in the middle would add body. The audio at each end should fade in and out. A wavy sound is the current thing in ads, so she should speak with a tremor in her voice.
hmmmm...to carry the Hillary analogy a little farther, this would be her "tearing up" moment.

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Also, you want to attract the black audience, so you want to have some baritone grunts, like James Brown, filling in the gaps between her sentences.
we just haven't sold much of our product to black audiences, for whatever reason. I guess we're after Hillary's "hard working, white Americans". I know that my own mom finds anything even vaguely James Brown to be somewhat sinister. it sounds racist, but frankly marketing is inherently a little racist (and sexist and ageist). it's targeting messages to one community based on their general needs and world views. it's lumping people together by demographics (often unfairly).

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Don't forget the children in the audience. Where are the little cartoon talking animals? Animation is expensive, so you might just do the job yourself with puppets.
not sure how serious you are there. I really doubt anybody under 20 has ever bought our product.
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