thanx for your approval
Having become a total ‘tube-head over the past few years, I’ve seen a lot of amateur video. Some of it is good because it’s just decent quality capture of a good performance, but not all that much of it is really creatively crafted. Not surprising - it ain’t easy! But there is a fair amount of really good stuff in the entertainment arena. The Cocker video I posted here still makes my face hurt every time I see it.
But I was surprised to see that some of the amateur political stuff is getting awfully good. Check out this ad. It’s not professional production, but it’s better than the pro ads at making a point without appealing to side issues*:
(* The ominous music (which I like as just music) might count as an emotional side appeal. Something serious but less end-of-world might be less manipulative)
Shows that the alternative to soft-sell doesn’t have to be sarcasm and silliness.
categories: thought
posted by boolz at 02:41 pm
That’s a clever ad, subtle and very powerful at the same time. I particularly like the line about how Bush and McCain would “eat cake together as New Orleans fell” comparing the couple to Louis 16th and Marie Antoinette, elitists that show no interest in the problems of the people. It’s an over the top example, but comes across as understated.
And the ominous music makes you feel like America is slowly, but surely trotting towards the edge as the graph and the numbers unfold. Again it’s kind of over the top and “end-of-world” like, as you say, but subtle and funny too.
Wow.
Perhaps if there was more “straight talk” from both
(or all) sides, this election wouldn’t seem so tedious. I have always been in the camp of wanting information undiluted and on the rocks; and I was hopeful that this election might not be business as usual; but the further we get into it, the more frustrated I get. Both campaigns would benefit from hiring someone with the courage to tell it like it is just as the person(s) who put this together, instead of the weak, pandering stuff I see out there. Unfortunately, most of us want that or so it seems.