do you pay attention to tv commercials?
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Sometimes.  The best ones on right now are the ads for the "Element" by Honda, with the crab at the beach..."I pinch!"\n\nand the Jetta commercials, where two people are having a regular conversation then...BOOM they get hit!  "Five-Star Crash Test Rating"   and survive.  almost reality TV ads.
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Media meaning news?  I think they just focus on the hottest stories.  If you're talking about entertainment television, then I see what you mean.  I once counted how many African Americans there were during 2 minutes of commercials.  The number was low compared to the amount of Caucasian actors.  I do think it's getting better, though.
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Here is a big library of commercials.....http://www.advertisementave.com/
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this sounds sarcastic, but it's not\n\nthey sound louder because they are\n\nnetworks broadcast commercials at ahigher volume than regular programs in order to get your attention
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Check these sites out for info on music in commercials... \n\nhttp://www.adtunes.com/\nhttp://www.songtitle.info/
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Depends on whether you are acting in Movie..Serial or just a commercial
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Yeah those are some funny commercials! \n\nmy favorite is the one with the black dude singing and the old ladies talking about monster trucks\n\nI'm looking forward to the new citi commercials. I hope they will be even more hilarious!
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Music is a vitally important ingredient in TV advertising. To see how cleverly it is used, record a few on video and play them over a few times. My best example is Pampers where a mother asks a baby to get up from the floor and walk over to her and father says the baby cannot move because of the nappy. The music is baby-like during this phase. The ad then cuts to the benefits of Pampers and then back to the baby who does get up and walk across the room. Almost imperceptibly, the music changes to a kind of triumphal sound. On one watching, you would be unaware of it. Only by playing the ad over can you hear the mood that is created. In answer to your other questions, try replaying and noting how many different camera set ups there were in a 15 or 30 second ad, then analyse the story being told, then listen to see how sound, including music, adds atmosphere.
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I've seen the commercial and remembered being suprised that that's what it was for, but I can't think of the company right now.   I'll keep an eye out for it though!
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Have you seen the TV commercial where the customers are dealing with sales consultant who don't know anything about the items in their department??? If a customer needs help, and so does the s.r., what good is the s.r.? Customers are lost that way.\n\nIts good for business.
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YES!   I always watch it especially in the fall.  I hardly blink as they sit at the board deciding their next move.  I will only switch to the football game during commercials and then right back again...
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Commercials are generally at a higher volume than the show itself you are watching.  All in the name of Marketing, of course.
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TV advertising is a marketing communication.
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They Show Retro Commercials On TV Land Sometimes...
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Well, with only 30 seconds and a staggering 12 scene changes (on average), marketers don't have a lot of time to convey a message, and research indicates that people often misinterpret the intended meaning of commercials (or worse yet, miss the name of the product) if they miss even 2 seconds of footage!  That means marketers have to fill the commercials with readily-identifiable steryotypes.  The buffoon-men you mention, are one of them.  Another would be the cell-phone weilding, henley wearing, preppy teenagers, the over-active, shockingly buff tween boys with their 'skaters' gear, the gossipy women having lunch or the busy soccer mom who still finds time to prepare a three-course meal and pickout the family cellphone plan.  It is unfortunate that commercials must play out in such a manner, but you can help the '8 year old boy' you mention, by reinforcing positive male steryotypes from television, other media or simply laughing along at the 'buffoon' in the commerical so that he realizes that this is a characterisation and not real life (which I'll admit is difficult for children to do, moreso than I'm giving credit to in this brief Yahoo! Answer).  However, in defense of marketers, the American Consumer (that's the title of a magazine, I'm not saying 'consumers in America') report that many Americans today find that depictions of people like themselves in commericals is more inline to their actual behavior than it has been in the past (the so-called Is-It-Me? Factor).  Hope that helped some.
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I love that commercial.\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO9MFXX6MPM&eurl=
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no and for the love of all things holy.. please stop interuppting my commercials for race (sense any humor?? okay..good)\ni mean, i know they have to fit in a certain amount of commercials, but you damn well know how long the race is, and know if it's boring it's a good time to get to commercial. do not take one when there is exciting stuff going on.. and please please please..when something happens click that button and go back to the race.