GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
5/28/10 12:30 p.m.

A local company has made what may be the first "docuvertisement" - an advertisement disguised as a documentary. They hope to sell it to an international TV network. My company helped with this, it's screening upstairs right now, I just helped set up the equipment for it. FML.

WilD
WilD HalfDork
5/28/10 12:48 p.m.

I don't see what would really be new about it. Wouldn't it be sort of like the "promotional pictures" of the past?

aircooled
aircooled SuperDork
5/28/10 12:51 p.m.

Not new at all:

Not really an "advertisement", but the same basic idea.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
5/28/10 1:34 p.m.

That's docupaganda.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
5/28/10 1:35 p.m.

Hold on, does Battlefield Earth count?

SupraWes
SupraWes Dork
5/28/10 6:01 p.m.

Isn't that the same thing as an infomercial?

carguy123
carguy123 SuperDork
5/28/10 11:15 p.m.
SupraWes wrote: Isn't that the same thing as an infomercial?

That's what I was thinking. Plus if you look at shows like Glee, they are there for the sole purpose of selling stuff.

novaderrik
novaderrik Reader
5/29/10 2:28 a.m.

you can see "docuvertisements" on the History Channel on a daily basis- just watch any of those shows where they show how food is made.

maroon92
maroon92 SuperDork
5/29/10 9:00 a.m.

What was Truth in 24?

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
5/30/10 7:34 a.m.
novaderrik wrote: you can see "docuvertisements" on the History Channel on a daily basis- just watch any of those shows where they show how food is made.

Yeah this is more like it.

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