TV adverts in general

God how I hate tv ads! ! ! Seriously! ! ! I can't stand the damn things. Ok, so they give you time to get up and make a cup of tea, but really that's all they're good for. And these days it seems like they're even longer than it takes to make a cuppa! Now that's ridiculous. When you think about how much product placement goes on in shows anyway ( oh yes, it happens in everything from the top end productions like Sex and the City through to reality shows like the Next Top Model series ) - we really shouldn't be forced to sit through another 20 minutes of ads per hour, or whatever the stats are. I have a friend who finds the ads really interesting. I ...  Read the complete review

I can count on three fingers the number of adverts that have appealed to me over the last few years. I find most of them extremely annoying and far too loud; thank goodness for the remote control and its 'mute' button. I also think a lot of them these days make men out to be stupid and I would find that insulting if I was a man. One of my three favourites is the recent Cadbury's Dairy Milk Chocolate advert with the gorilla (alright, the man dressed up as a gorilla) playing the drums to Phil Collins' 'In the Air Tonight' and completely losing himself in the music and the moment. People have questioned what the link is between the gorilla and the chocolate - ...  Read the complete review

This review is about an advert that I have seen on television and have wanted to pass comment about. I hope that this is in the correct category, after all it is the section for television adverts in general. Cream currently have a television advert doing the rounds, promoting their new compilation release, Cream Classics. It is their latest in a long line of popular compilations that they have put together and released. This album is said to contain, 'The biggest Cream tracks ever'. There are a total of 50 floorfilling tracks, spread accross a total of three discs. Cream is one of the best known and loved club brands in the world and has now ...  Read the complete review

TV adverts are the bane of many people's lives. For some reason, people absolutely hate them. They feel they are intrusive, ineffective, loud and annoying. And sometimes, they're right, advertd can be all of those things. But when they're done right, they're exactly the opposite and a joy to watch. As a person who studied marketing at university and who desperately wants to start a career in it, I find adverts very interesting. Now obviously there is more to marketing than advertsising, but it is often the most visible or perhaps memorable part of the process, at least for the consumer. But what are adverts for, and do they actually do ...  Read the complete review

So, I was out the other day (I do go out sometimes) and I spotted one of those huge unattractive billboards advertising BBC Bitesize. It read, "BBC Bitesize nails revision". I was puzzled. Why would anyone need to revise nails? Hmmm. Anyway, this got me pondering (I do like to ponder) about adverts in general. I seem to waste inordinate amounts of time watching adverts on television. Mr delawney likes to channel hop during the adverts, and this annoys the pants off me as it often leads to missing the beginning of the next part of the programme. So me, I just sit through them like a muppet. You see, I think I must be totally oblivious to ...  Read the complete review