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When I was a small child, I am told, I used to run out of the room when a TV show was on, but race back in, to watch the commercials with rapt attention. My parents found this behavior a bit odd, to say the least. Little did they know that I would grow up to be a marketing and advertising guy, where I would not only write about commercials, but write and direct them for a living. When I was young, it was difficult to defend this behavior. As an adult, I know realize that a 30 second commercial (at least the good ones) have average budgets similar to a 30-second sitcom, with better acting, tighter scripts, far better special effects and production values, and more compelling content.  Read the rest of this entry »

As frequent readers of this blog (and it’s sister publication, Captain Digital Speaks! – www.captaindigital.net) I’m a big fan of commercials. Good commercials, that is. I don’t know if I’ve related this here, but my parents tell me that, as a toddler, I would run into the room for commercials, and leave the room when the shows came back on. That may sound weird, but not if you think about it for a second. Most national TV spots have the same production values, budgets, and talent as a 30 minute sitcom or in the cases of national brands, a one-hour drama.

Recently, I’ve seen a couple of spots that have been able to penetrate the general noise level and get my attention. They’ve done so, largely for a couple of reasons: Read the rest of this entry »