Thursday, February 21, 2013

Advertising in Movies

http://www.cracked.com/article_16574_the-10-most-shameless-product-placements-in-movie-history.htm

We have all seen advertising in many movies but this article makes it clear how far companies will go when it comes to getting their products seen in specific movies.  When watching a movie sometimes you do not even notice the advertising of products that is taking place, but after reading this article it becomes very aware of the advertising in the movie industry.  In the article they specifically talk about reeses pieces in the movie ET. I am sure that many people have seen this movie and never though anything of the fact the ET is attracted to reeses pieces. I know that for me watching this movies would not make me want to buy or not buy their product.  But, in this article you can see how far companies can go to put their products in a feature film.  People go to the movie in order to see the film and not buy products so does this advertising really work? At least for myself I feel feel that these advertising have no affect on me in movies, but obviously companies would not be doing this if they did not see an increase in sales once the movie has hit theaters.

Do you think that advertising in movies has a large affect on the viewers?

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