Being from California, we have a Mormon prom every year. They go all out and make sure we have a great time. It's about 8 stakes combined and there are advertisements promoting it months before the actual prom. About a month ago I started getting a few texts and facebook messages from some friends from my home stake, and people I know who lived about an hour from me saying they saw me on the poster for Mormon prom! Needless to say I had absolutely no idea that they used my dance picture from last Mormon prom to advertise for this year's prom, so I was a bit shocked when I heard this and had my cousin send me a picture of the poster.
Even though I was completely surprised, it didn't bother me at all; in fact, it was a bit exciting! It's completely harmless and only going out to the Mormon community I'm sure, but it got me thinking about the issues that come up when celebrities have their photos taken and published without their consent. Taking photos of people and copyrite issues can become very complex and it's been interesting to have an experience to make me think about it first hand.
Wow, talk about annoying right? If you watched this commercial enough though it could probably give you a headache and get you to go buy the product! Who knows if that was actually the intention while creating the ad, but by repeating the same sentence over and over, the audience definitely has that commercial now branded in their minds. Whether it is because of annoyance or not, critics say that bad publicity is better than no publicity! Think about how many dumb products become successful because of their out there or annoying commercials. People make fun of them all the time, but I own a Snuggie; that annoying commercial worked on me! And as dumb as a pillow pet sounds, I really want one of those too. I hear people mocking commercials all the time, but even though they're terrible commercials their name brands are being circulated around. Sometimes the more annoying the commercial, the more effective it will be!
