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  • I hate MTV Ringtones. It doesn*t play here either. All the other ads play fine.
    Posted: 8 years 4 weeks ago
    on the post: MTV Ringtone Ad ( underpants)
  • doesn't work here either. all the other ads run just fine. maybe it's a different quicktime format?
    Posted: 8 years 4 weeks ago
    on the post: MTV - Ringtones - (UK) 0:60 (2002)
  • right on
    Posted: 8 years 4 weeks ago
    on the post: AIDES - The Right One - (2005) 3:37 (France)
  • that does absolutely nothing for me.
    Posted: 8 years 4 weeks ago
    on the post: Dasani - Bear - 2 (2005) 0:30 (USA)
  • >>1) People wanna know how to download - but never visit the FAQ Rename it to "Help", "Guide", "Manual" or something like that. >>2) People seem unaware that this is a quicktime only site, sign up, go watch ads,, and are rudely awaken by the smell of quicktime in the morning. how/where is the best place(s) to alert them to the fact that this is a quicktime only site? [excluding the FAQ of course]. "Quicktime rulez!" is too nerdy = not widely understood. Make a big graphic stamp on the white bar on top of the site (next to the adland logo) that says "Quicktime needed" or "Quicktime necessary". Like someone stamped it there as to classify it. >>3) Members engage sporadically. I do often wonder if people know that we can check out other members by clicking on their names in articles and in the comments under articles. The idea is that you can be anonymous here, with a name like "TheWonderWriter" and still actually gain "cred". Since your user page (here*s mine http//adland.tv/~Dabitch ) shows us what smart quips you have shared before, if you posted any front page news, what ads and articles you rated up and down and so on. Make another stamp that says "Forum system". What? I like stamps. grin I*m gonna see Star Wars Episode III in 1.5 hours!!! marv
    Posted: 8 years 4 weeks ago
    on the post: FAQ (Frequently asked Questions) clearly isn*t clear enough
  • Fun!!! I'm gonna see Star Wars Episode III in 2 hours! Yay!
    Posted: 8 years 4 weeks ago
    on the post: Orange - Star Wars - Darth Vader (2005) 0:60 (UK Cinema)
  • Good*ay Why are most commercials exactly 30 or 15 seconds long, with the occasional 60 second ad? Is there a common standard or guideline for producing ads that say that an ad must be exactly 30 seconds long, not 29 seconds? Is this written in the production contract? marv
    Posted: 8 years 5 weeks ago
    on the post: Why exactly :30 or :15 ?
  • I think directing commercials (or music videos) is a good way to practise filmmaking, especially the visual side of it. There are a lot of directors who prove it, i.e. Ridley Scott, David Fincher, Michel Gondry or Spike Jonze. The most recent example is Francis Lawrence, who directed Constantine, which is visually really stunning. So I don*t think it*s a shame to have a commercial background. What do you think? What*s the ideal of a director? Should she/he have gone to NYU? Should she/he have done film school at all?
    Posted: 8 years 5 weeks ago
    on the post: What are your favorite movies and why?
  • I guess there will always be the people who ask before doing research or thinking. Could be lazyness. I think FAQ is good enough for a description, HELP!? would be good too.
    Posted: 8 years 5 weeks ago
    on the post: FAQ (Frequently asked Questions) clearly isn*t clear enough
  • >>For an example of "directors touch" check this ad out and keep an eye out for the bulldog with headgear. >> >> >>http//adland.tv/120142.php Yeah it*s a good joke, but that doesn*t necessarily have to be a director*s touch, does it? Maybe the writer of this spot described the scene with the dog and the director just executed it. So what*s a directors touch? The cameo by the director or blonde women in the movie (see Hitchcock)?
    Posted: 8 years 5 weeks ago
    on the post: Directing skills

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