Comments on: Saturday Video Roundup: creating a stop sign

By: Lois Arbogast

Lois Arbogast — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:20:36 +0000

Is this reality TV? I didn’t realize they had hidden cameras in my office!

By: Russ Wellen

Russ Wellen — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:24:13 +0000

Classic. Thanks!

By: Ubertramp

Ubertramp — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:43:52 +0000

This is before legal got a hold of it, right? I mean, there wasn’t a thing about a warning on there that stopping could be hazardous to your health. And environmental warnings about how idling could lead to increases in local ozone levels…

By: pookapooka

pookapooka — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:23:14 +0000

Sympathy for the Agencies! Into the Hall of Fame with this, by acclaim, right next to “Doesn’t Know How To View A Rough Cut” lady.

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:53:11 +0000

Based on my experience with that same client, I can’t say I’m surprised.

And wait – no “co-opetition”?

By: JS OBrien

JS OBrien — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:47:55 +0000

I am on my EAR laughing at this. Sam, you remember that vid I did with the anxiety-producing images up front to give annuity salespeople a sense of what might drive customers to them (and, consequently, a sense of how to sell those particular annuities)? Well, more than a month later, feedback came down that it needed to be “toned down.” So, I toned it down. But not enough, it would seem. The next feedback was that it was “too negative.”

Now, it’s just a straight-on shot of a woman talking on a phone with no cutaways to different camera angles, different focal lenghts, eyes, hands … anything.

I’m serious.

What I really missed from the posted video, though, is all the words and phrases I’ve come to know and love, like: “stratetgize,” “synergize,” “synergisticize,” “incetivize,” “reach out to the graphic standards department,” “get ownership,” and a host of others that warm my heart every time I hear them.

Thanks! This made my day.