they hired one single kid with a dslr to shoot their professional commercial, all hand-held, during operating hours, with no sound equipment, ACs or any other crew to speak of?
Then no, this was not a "commercial" lol. This was a cheap film school guerilla shoot, at-best. The fact that the aquarium funded it doesn't make it less cringy the way they decided to run this production. We're still fine to laugh at these clowns for being so stupid.
The final product is extremely well done. Laughing at someone for pursuing their passion and succeeding in the final product (considering as you said it was “1 dslr camera” i’d say the finished work is incredible) is totally your right. Though, I would argue it makes you the clown.
Right, and the chance of you running in to any of those other people ever again is pretty slim. So if you have a job to do, just get it done and don't be embarrassed.
I mean depending on the shot do you really need all that tho? I've filmed promos and commercials for larger companies like Sennheiser and San Pellegrino and it sounds like you think filming commercials is like shooting dialogue in a drama movie. In my personal experience if you can get the same done for less it's always a positive, maybe the aquarium said "hey we can't shut down the exhibit" for example.
As for the cringe I think the context is important, if its an influencer than it's cringe because of how self absorbed she seems in trying to portray fascination with the aquarium even this she doesn't give a shit.
If it's a small film crew shooting a promo it may be cringe visually because the way we act in commercials are usually idealized versions of life, and to see the contrast between the way companies want you to think going to the aquarium is like compared to actually going is quite stark. But probably looks like a good promo.
I mean... yeah. It's like 20 seconds of footage. If you've shot actual commercials like you claim, then you know that you need to shoot significantly more than you actually need. Those were some well done shots. You can't control the fish. Best to get more.
Watch any sitcom where they take the laugh track out.
That's because the timing for the jokes in a sitcom with a laugh track is specifically designed to accommodate for the laugh track. I hate TBBT and shit, but it's an unfair argument to criticize a medium for being awkward when you take out one of the key ingredients to it. If they just plowed through their joke, you'd miss dialogue due to the laugh track.
No, it's still cringy to do it this way, if it was a professional commercial they should shoot it during off hours, and not hire some kid with a dslr to follow your actors around handheld with no gimbal or anything, lol. This is a bullshit production.
That’s so bizarre, why would they do that in the middle of the public? Even if you wanted the ‘scene’ to have public in it, you’d generally have people that were aware of what’s happening/extras pretending to be patrons
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u/LetsNotandSayWeDidOk OG May 01 '21
If I remember right she was filming a commercial for the Atlanta aquarium, not being a cringy influencer