You're Advertisement Manager in a large TV network company and your boss just gave you a list of movies that are scheduled on your network during the next month.
You have to sell the ad space during the commercial breaks. For which product will this be most successful?
List: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls064342233/
Poll: http://www.imdb.com/poll/B-4Lau28EUs/
(please don't take this too seriously - suggestions are most welcome)
You have to sell the ad space during the commercial breaks. For which product will this be most successful?
List: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls064342233/
Poll: http://www.imdb.com/poll/B-4Lau28EUs/
(please don't take this too seriously - suggestions are most welcome)
Posted 3 years ago
Dan Dassow, Champion
Jen, Champion
You MUST use Purell for the US version of Girl with the Dragon to Tattoo - Martin actually uses it onscreen!
FYC:
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes - Farmer's Market
Arachnophobia - pest control
This might be too on the nose, but Reese's Pieces for ET?
Also, first sentence should say: "You are an Ad Manager in a large..."
FYC:
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes - Farmer's Market
Arachnophobia - pest control
This might be too on the nose, but Reese's Pieces for ET?
Also, first sentence should say: "You are an Ad Manager in a large..."
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Dan Dassow, Champion
This might be too on the nose, but Reese's Pieces for ET?or leavey-2 could be ironic and go with M&Ms instead. Originally, ET was suppose to eat M&Ms, but the sponsorship with Mars, Inc. fell through.
http://www.snopes.com/business/market/mandms.asp
http://mentalfloss.com/article/18383/stories-behind-10-famous-product-placements
Thanks, I think I will go for the M&Ms :-)
Jen, Champion
Dan Dassow, Champion
For your consideration (FYC):
The Loved One (1965) - Funeral home
Network (1976) - Television sets
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - Nursing home
Airplane! (1980) or Airport (1970) - An airline
Independence Day (1996) - Fireworks
A River Runs Through It (1992) - Fishing gear and supplies
The Towering Inferno (1974) - Insurance
The Poseidon Adventure (1972) - Cruise line
Saving Mr. Banks (2013) or Walt Before Mickey (2015) - Disney Land / Disney World
Mommie Dearest (1981) - Psychiatry
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) - Florist shop
Psycho (1960) - Hotel chain
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) - Real estate agent
The Loved One (1965) - Funeral home
Network (1976) - Television sets
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - Nursing home
Airplane! (1980) or Airport (1970) - An airline
Independence Day (1996) - Fireworks
A River Runs Through It (1992) - Fishing gear and supplies
For your amusement:
Red Wigglers Tune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2SBhu0303k
The Towering Inferno (1974) - Insurance
The Poseidon Adventure (1972) - Cruise line
Saving Mr. Banks (2013) or Walt Before Mickey (2015) - Disney Land / Disney World
Mommie Dearest (1981) - Psychiatry
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) - Florist shop
Psycho (1960) - Hotel chain
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) - Real estate agent
Great suggestions, Dan. I added another 7. Your suggestion for A River Runs Through It gave me inspiration for a similar one: Deliverance (1972) - River rafting trips
FYC:
Forrest Gump, running shoes, jogging suit. Or maybe Bubba Gump Shrimp, but maybe that really happen when Forrest Gump is on tv. So maybe not a good one.
Forrest Gump, running shoes, jogging suit. Or maybe Bubba Gump Shrimp, but maybe that really happen when Forrest Gump is on tv. So maybe not a good one.
Thanks, added.
Jen, Champion
I suggest you make the description capitalization consistent throughout - some of them have all words capped and some only have one or two words capped.
Cuckoo's Nest was set in a mental hospital, not a nursing home.
I think it would be funnier to take out Arachnophobia and use Pest Control with The Fly instead.
Cuckoo's Nest was set in a mental hospital, not a nursing home.
I think it would be funnier to take out Arachnophobia and use Pest Control with The Fly instead.
Dan Dassow, Champion
Jen,
Cuckoo's Nest is one of my favorite films. I am well aware that it is set in a mental health hospital. I've not seen TV ads for mental hospitals, but I have seen ads for nursing homes and drug rehabilitation clinics.
Cuckoo's Nest is one of my favorite films. I am well aware that it is set in a mental health hospital. I've not seen TV ads for mental hospitals, but I have seen ads for nursing homes and drug rehabilitation clinics.
Jen, Champion
I thought the point was to advertise something that was either needed in the film or used in it. For nursing homes a better film would be Cocoon.
Dan Dassow, Champion
For nursing homes a better film would be Cocoon.Agreed
Ok, I changed it into Cocoon.
Jen, Champion
For 50 Shades, what do you mean by paint? Actual paint, building painting services, an artistic painter? You should expand on that description a bit.
FYC:
Ocean's 11 - batteries (remember when they went to blow the vault and the remote thingy was dead?)
Zombieland - twinkies, of course!
FYC:
Ocean's 11 - batteries (remember when they went to blow the vault and the remote thingy was dead?)
Zombieland - twinkies, of course!
What about body paint? After all, in Fifty Shades of Grey, Grey is the name of the lead character. :-)
Ocean's 11 and Zombieland added.
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Jen, Champion
I haven't seen 50 Shades, so I had no idea what the paint notation was referring to. Would you switch Arachnophobia for The Fly, please?
Done.
Dibyayan Chakravorty, Champion
Dan Dassow, Champion
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