NRA News; Natalie Foster
The folks at the NRA sent us a video by Natalie Foster who explains how gun companies aren’t as irresponsible as the media and the Left, in general, portray them;
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A good piece of PR. I saw one immediate problem, pardon my cynicism. She uses the terms ‘good guys’ and ‘bad guys’. That’s not PC anymore. In a sociopolitical culture where everyone is a special little snowflake and every child deserves a trophy – there aren’t any ‘good guys’ and ‘bad guys’ anymore. And therein lies our problem. Everything is reduced to being morally relative, and so the idea of suppressing or stopping a ‘bad guy’ isn’t nice.
@1 The most astounding part of that is the penchant for applying that moral relativity to any criminal perpetrator, no matter how violent, once they reach room temperature. You can stop an ax murderer, but the minute he starts cooling down, he becomes a “victim.” Go figure.
I’ve never seen one of her videos before–but is it just me or is she awfully similar to Colion Noir? The pace of the video, the dialog content/tone/delivery, even her body language is all pretty similar. It’s a bit weird. I wonder if maybe their material is written/directed by the same person. I mean it all seems like pretty true stuff in the vid, but I’m seeing so many similarities that I can imagine Mr. Noir doing exactly this video. NRA’s got a replicant cloning program–it’s the only reasonable answer.
This was really creepy. I don’t care that it’s to Portray the “industry” in a good light. When propaganda videos are trying to tell me how business cares for me it’s creepy. I’m sure the poison industry has less restriction on it than gun manufacturers.
Where did she get her necklace? I want one for my sweetie
#4 I have an honest, non-sharpshooting question for you: How could this have been done better, or what should they do instead of this?
Background: I believe Youtube videos will soon replace most public relations and political TV commercials. They must–they’re cheaper (more bang for the buck), and all of us record our shows and fast forward through the ones on TV anyway.
These are what companies and politicians are using now to get their stories out when the media won’t given them a fair hearing. (See the “What You Lose With NBC News” piece above.)
So what would be a better way?
Why do I ask? I will leave active duty soon (after more than 30 years of service), and I am planning on moving into the political management field. My first thought on reading your comment was “this guy doesn’t get it,” and I clicked on. I came back five minutes later because if YOU don’t get it, I bet a lot more of our side doesn’t get it. And it isn’t YOUR JOB to get it–it is the video producer’s job to communicate better. MY job, very soon.
So, Fatcircles0311 (and anybody else with ideas!) help a fellow infantryman out. How could I improve on what these guys did?
Thanks,
Patrick
And, as a special bonus to my readers, if you Google “multi-screen advertising,” and think about it a little, you will not only learn advertising’s “next big thing” ahead of your peers, but you will begin to see just how much info Big Data has on you.
This explains why, for example, after you watch your favorite midget porn video on your iPhone in the morning, in the afternoon when you log on to your work computer and check out a completely different porn site, you get little banner ads for a wide range of midget porn websites. They really do know what you read and watch! In my case, it explains why I get a lot of Left wing “suggested posts” on Facebook–I am reading their stuff, so Big Data assumes I am a fan.
Note that credit ratings companies have access to this stuff, and use it as they see fit.
Cordially,
Patrick
Ranger Pat, midget porn? Eeew.
I get Lenox china and tableware ads, CreateSpace ads from Amazon, and depending on how recently I went to the Dick Blick art supply site, Dick Blick art stuff ads, among other things. I get Purina a lot, and grocery coupon ads, and you’re right: they are tailored specifically for what you click on when you surf the net. If you even click the ‘mute’ or ‘stop’ buttons, you get ads for those products.
This particular video is just a bit repetitive of the Noir video ads. Don’t make your videos clones of each other. Let the girls be girls if you want to appeal to women.
Ex-PH2,
Eeew indeed. But it got your attention!
I found the video a little too long for our ADD world, but until your comment, I had thought the ad would appeal to women. Obviously, audiences want to hear from people who look like them, and I do not see that as pandering–it is communication. But clearly, the ads must get vetted by members of the target audience. From what you’re telling me, the NRA didn’t do that this time.
I am not familiar with the Noir ads, but I’ll have a look later on.
Thanks for educating me!
Best,
Pat
I guess my issue with this one, is that the NRA using two “commentators” which are nearly identical to each other (outside of a few cosmetic changes) makes them look a lot like they’re actually spokesmen or actors rather than “commentators” which I would expect to write their own material. Oh boy, the NRA had me fooled for months. I believed that Colion Noir could actually be a real person but really it looks a lot like he’s another marketing creation. How stupid am I? I had thought that the NRA might have been better than that. The more I’ve thought about this one the more it pisses me off.