{"id":12899,"date":"2014-11-12T06:59:06","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T11:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/?page_id=12899"},"modified":"2023-12-07T10:07:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T15:07:23","slug":"is-seeing-believing-advertising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/is-seeing-believing-advertising\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Seeing Believing: Advertising"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/isbads2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nDo you think the creators of this ad actually got<br \/>\nan elephant on top of this car?\u00a0 Read more <a href=\"http:\/\/autos.aol.com\/article\/smart-ad-elephant\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><b><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/dove_ad_controversy.htm\">Did DOVE Digitally Alter &#8220;Real Beauty&#8221; Models In Ad Campaign?<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo\" title=\"If true, the allegations that the Dove 'real beauties' were airbrushed could seriously undermine an effort that already has subjected Unilever to considerable consumer and activist backlash in recent months.\" src=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/images\/bin\/image\/photo\/dove050708.jpg\" alt=\"If true, the allegations that the Dove 'real beauties' were airbrushed could seriously undermine an effort that already has subjected Unilever to considerable consumer and activist backlash in recent months.\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Has Brad Pitt&#8217;s Waistline Been Retouched?<\/p>\n<table id=\"table2\" border=\"1\" width=\"76%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"472\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/bradpittjeansad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"327\" height=\"490\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Original ad:<br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fadedyouthblog.com\/tag\/brad-pitt\/\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">http:\/\/www.fadedyouthblog.com\/tag\/brad-pitt\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Has Brad Pitt Been Retouched?<br \/>\n<\/span><span id=\"zoom\" class=\"fbody\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">January 24, 2008<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/english.people.com.cn\/90001\/90782\/92901\/6344515.html<\/span><\/span><\/span>He&#8217;s won multiple &#8220;Sexiest Man Alive&#8221; titles in his time, but at 43, even Brad Pitt appears to need a little extra help keeping in shape.The &#8220;Fight Club&#8221; star sports an incredibly narrow waist in a new ad campaign for Japanese denim brand Edwin, prompting speculation he received a touch of airbrushing.Brad revealed last year that since turning 40, he has noticed his body isn&#8217;t what it used to be.He said: &#8220;One thing sucks, your face kind of goes. Your body&#8217;s not quite working the same.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But you earned it. You earned that, things falling apart.&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fake Drug Ad Websites (click on images)<\/p>\n<table id=\"table1\" border=\"1\" width=\"82%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"427\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.havidol.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/havidol.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"246\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.panexa.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/isbads1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"247\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><b>DIGITAL MANIPULATION IN ADVERTISING:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022<b> THE FORD PUMA<\/b> \u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022<br \/>\nSource: http:\/\/www.whoiszoefitzgerald.com\/crit.%20eval.\/advertising.html<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"444\" height=\"628\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"450\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td height=\"170\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">The advertising industry has been using digital manipulation and synthesis for probably as long as the film industry. Think of Guinness\u2019s \u2018surfers\u2019 advert where actual white horses appear to come out of the waves, and Ford Puma\u2019s advert, where footage of Steve McQueen from the film Bullit, effectively seems to bring him back to life and drive a Ford Puma.<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"133\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/guinness.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Figure 30: A still from the Guinness ad.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"150\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td height=\"160\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"147\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"350\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/st_mcqueen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"147\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Figure 31: A clip from the Ford Puma advert, with footage of Steve McQueen<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td height=\"200\">\n<div align=\"right\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"220\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"188\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/st_mcqueen_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"188\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Figure 32: Part of the stage set for the Ford Puma ad. The car used in the original film Bullit, beside the new Ford Puma.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">For the Ford advert, the advertising company took shots from the film Bullit which showed McQueen on a car chase around San Francisco, and started by identifying which scenes from the film they wanted to use. They then employed a technique called Flame to extract images of McQueen and superimpose him into new footage shot with the Puma. The advert worked, <b>\u2018Ford had hoped to sell six thousand Pumas over the first year, but ended up selling nine thousand and advance orders have constantly outstripped production\u2019<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<b>Link &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surfnet.fi\/~zargon\/mcqueen.html\">www.surfnet.fi\/~zargon<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"586\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"235\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/bermudaad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">ASSOCIATED PRESS<br \/>\nThis ad promoting Bermuda shows a model on a Hawaii beach. Bermuda admitted yesterday using pictures of other destinations to attract tourists, including photos of divers in Florida and this model in Hawaii.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"228\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/bermudaad2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"176\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">DOESN&#8217;T AD UP:<br \/>\nThis Bermuda ad doesn&#8217;t contain images from the island.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/archive\/lifestyle\/2001\/03\/28\/kings-dream-becomes-commercial\/c01cd85d-f642-4596-a3e3-e4bd9d865f9b\/\"><i>King \u2018Dream\u2019 Becomes Commercial <\/i><\/a>(Wash Post)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inthesetimes.com\/issue\/25\/13\/viewpoint2513.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/isb.ht1.jpg\" alt=\"wpe1.jpg (5557 bytes)\" width=\"119\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/MLK1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlkphoto1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"71\" height=\"95\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlk2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlk2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"69\" height=\"94\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCompare altered photo with original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/comparison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><br \/>\nclick photos for enlargement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you think the creators of this ad actually got&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-is-seeing-believing"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12899"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25222,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12899\/revisions\/25222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}