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    • Anonymous
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    June 29, 2011, 11:24:17 PM
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    The commercial starts zoomed out from the planet earth. Sounds of media and radio spout relevant news of our current political and economic turmoil.

    *music starts to play, consisting of upbeat, technical bass-like tones*

    A filtered satellite stream begins zooming into Capitol Hill Washington with media feeds growing louder into pure crowd-like chatter. Then with a flash-of-light it shows our politicians looking to Obama with his smug-like glaze. Then another flash and with a black, captivating background:

    APATHY

    Then another flash showing SWAT teams, police vehicles and violence in the streets. Then it transitions to an image of IMF leaders, Ben Bernanke and with newspaper headlines flowing transparently throughout.

    Then with a similar background as apathy:

    GREED

    A feed of our US printing presses and workers stacking money. Shots of the buildings of Freddy and Fannie Mae, Bank of America; Wall Street with its stock tickers and trading pits.

    Then:

    CORRUPTION

    Shots of Greece and protests. People getting mad with our current our system. Yells, screams and excitement.

    Then a giant...

    HOPE

    It gradually fades away. ...and what's that? What's that shining dot in the center? It's growing larger! OH, IT'S BRIGHT! It's a... BITCOIN!

    A ending drum sound, bass --whatever will bring attention-- plays.

    A url to a informational Bitcoin website shows below the Bitcoin. Then the same sound.

    A final flash to...

    WHAT IS BITCOIN?

    With the same URL at the bottom. Then cut.



    Your thoughts? Who wants to help me put this on TV?

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    June 29, 2011, 11:34:09 PM
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    Quote from: Atlas on June 29, 2011, 11:24:17 PM
    The commercial starts zoomed out from the planet earth. Sounds of media and radio spout relevant news of our current political and economic turmoil.

    *music starts to play, consisting of upbeat, technical bass-like tones*

    A filtered satellite stream begins zooming into Capitol Hill Washington with media feeds growing louder into pure crowd-like chatter. Then with a flash-of-light it shows our politicians looking to Obama with his smug-like glaze. Then another flash and with a black, captivating background:

    APATHY

    Then another flash showing SWAT teams, police vehicles and violence in the streets. Then it transitions to an image of IMF leaders, Ben Bernanke and with newspaper headlines flowing transparently throughout.

    Then with a similar background as apathy:

    GREED

    A feed of our US printing presses and workers stacking money. Shots of the buildings of Freddy and Fannie Mae, Bank of America; Wall Street with its stock tickers and trading pits.

    Then:

    CORRUPTION

    Shots of Greece and protests. People getting mad with our current our system. Yells, screams and excitement.

    Then a giant...

    HOPE

    It gradually fades away. ...and what's that? What's that shining dot in the center? It's growing larger! OH, IT'S BRIGHT! It's a... BITCOIN!

    A ending drum sound, bass --whatever will bring attention-- plays.

    A url to a informational Bitcoin website shows below the Bitcoin. Then the same sound.

    A final flash to...

    WHAT IS BITCOIN?

    With the same URL at the bottom. Then cut.



    Your thoughts? Who wants to help me put this on TV?



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    June 29, 2011, 11:38:30 PM
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    Quote from: Atlas on June 29, 2011, 11:24:17 PM

    Your thoughts? Who wants to help me put this on TV?


    How about putting it on YouTube? It's a lot cheaper, and if it goes viral it will end up on TV anyway. For free. Smiley

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    June 29, 2011, 11:42:14 PM
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    The Ad zooming to capitall hill of the Washington ... 2/3 of the world lost any interest about what it is about, they already knows that it will about Apathy, Greed, Corruption ... They will not wait till Hope part ...

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    June 29, 2011, 11:43:50 PM
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    I think the first set of ads should have a very positive spin, let the anti-government ones come out second wave (because I'm pretty sure all the anti-government nuts are on Bitcoin, and ad would be to get the general public, no?)
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    June 29, 2011, 11:45:53 PM
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    Quote from: BitcoinPorn on June 29, 2011, 11:43:50 PM
    general public

    Everything is about to get really bad. Actually it already is. A good portion of America is jobless. They have every right to be upset and this ad can connect with that.

    The general public can be and is politically interested.

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    June 29, 2011, 11:49:24 PM
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    Seriously, it's only going to take an easy to use smartphone app to go viral to send bitcoin skywards. As long as it checks the market, uses a barcode scanner, has a secure wallet, and is fast, we will have a useful ninja currency. Make a commo about that.
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    June 29, 2011, 11:50:55 PM
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    Is there any way this could be done as a public service announcement?

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    June 29, 2011, 11:56:07 PM
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    Quote from: Atlas on June 29, 2011, 11:45:53 PM
    Everything is about to get really bad. Actually it already is. A good portion of America is jobless. They have every right to be upset and this ad can connect with that.

    The general public can be and is politically interested.
    I disagree, I see so many people around avoiding politics like the plague.    I will say though it depends on the group, there is no one commercial that would work for all, but I would just try and hit things as big as possible.

    Anyways, if you want to get very serious with your ad, might I suggest using Google TV Ads, cheaper, better targeting (might as well find the best audience for your ad if it is listed), ease of use of course  http://www.google.com/ads/tv/   
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    June 29, 2011, 11:58:28 PM
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    Quote from: BitcoinPorn on June 29, 2011, 11:56:07 PM
    Quote from: Atlas on June 29, 2011, 11:45:53 PM
    Everything is about to get really bad. Actually it already is. A good portion of America is jobless. They have every right to be upset and this ad can connect with that.

    The general public can be and is politically interested.
    I disagree, I see so many people around avoiding politics like the plague.    I will say though it depends on the group, there is no one commercial that would work for all, but I would just try and hit things as big as possible.

    Anyways, if you want to get very serious with your ad, might I suggest using Google TV Ads, cheaper, better targeting (might as well find the best audience for your ad if it is listed), ease of use of course  http://www.google.com/ads/tv/   
    : )

    It's exactly where I am looking. Thanks.

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    June 30, 2011, 12:04:43 AM
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    Quote from: Atlas on June 29, 2011, 11:58:28 PM

    : )

    It's exactly where I am looking. Thanks.
    Awesome, the fact that you said that makes me see this as "oh shit, this commercial really might happen"

    I have never created one, but had went through their whole process and regulations as far as video, just never used it for what I needed to, but still always felt the service was awesome, and if I had extra money, I would have a commercial for my penis every week.
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    June 30, 2011, 12:11:41 AM
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    Be careful about using "Hope" as the main point of the commercial, it reminds me a bit much of Obama's running campaign.

    Anyway, if I wrote it, it would have more humor and less fear tactics, but that's just me.

    Anyway, good luck!
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    June 30, 2011, 12:52:43 AM
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    Atlas,

    How long would the running time be? I'm just curious, because I think I could do that in a relatively short time, being familiar with nonlinear video editors and the like. Let me know, and I'll try my hand at it.
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    June 30, 2011, 12:59:14 AM
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    i like it. anyone will donate or bounty of its completed ? will take some man hours but ill toss 1-2 coins in the pot if anyone does it.. I have a video guy on staff for my media/marketing company he might tackle it... Just takes a lot of hours to do something nice Smiley

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    June 30, 2011, 02:23:31 AM
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    BOOM. GLOOM. DOOM. SENSATIONALISM. BOOM. APOCALYPSE. GLOOM. CORRUPTION. DOOM.

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    June 30, 2011, 02:33:37 AM
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    Have two concurrent stories.

    1.A guy buying something with his credit card and his wife finding the statement and him ending up homeless because of it
    2.He used a bitcoin to buy something and is still living with his wife and family because theres no bitcoin statement for her to find.
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    June 30, 2011, 03:55:41 AM
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    Quote from: Anonymous on June 30, 2011, 02:33:37 AM
    Have two concurrent stories.

    1.A guy buying something with his credit card and his wife finding the statement and him ending up homeless because of it
    2.He used a bitcoin to buy something and is still living with his wife and family because theres no bitcoin statement for her to find.
     Smiley

    Another two concurrent stories:

    1. A sad fellow looking at his income statement of his website sees sales (expressed in $) are down.
    2. A woman (or any other demographic besides a white male) smiles while viewing her increased sales (expressed in BTC).

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    June 30, 2011, 04:03:52 AM
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    Another two concurrent stories:

    1. Retired couple in rural Kansas gets a frantic call at 2 a.m. Sunday morning from their backpacking granddaughter and her friend visiting Kenya. They've just been robbed and need money NOW.

    2. Obvious parallel when Bitcoin infrastructure is better established.

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    June 30, 2011, 04:16:02 AM
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    Quote from: spruce on June 30, 2011, 04:03:52 AM
    1. Retired couple in rural Kansas gets a frantic call at 2 a.m. Sunday morning from their backpacking granddaughter and her friend visiting Kenya. They've just been robbed and need money NOW.

    Sorry no money - trollback in progress =)

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    June 30, 2011, 04:23:13 AM
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    Quote from: spruce on June 30, 2011, 04:03:52 AM
    Another two concurrent stories:

    1. Retired couple in rural Kansas gets a frantic call at 2 a.m. Sunday morning from their backpacking granddaughter and her friend visiting Kenya. They've just been robbed and need money NOW.

    2. Obvious parallel when Bitcoin infrastructure is better established.

    Or we could change the voice-over in this commercial from $ to BTC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0uFqsI1vy4
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