Derren Brown - Subliminal Advertising

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[naughtypenguin52]

Oh, piss off.

[ITsATRAPPPP]

If this skit is true - and I'm highly skeptical - these creatives should get a raise immediately, as they exemplify exactly what it takes to succeed in advertising. They managed to take subtle clues in a small window of time to create an ad that reflects the culture that surrounds them. Nothing is original, just influenced, and this includes ads. Advertisements are as much an influence on people as people are an influence on advertisements.

[Cat Lover]

in another words unconscious mind does not exist for many people.even when the body is asleep mind is awake.what you are referring to as unconscious mind is call sub-conscious mind.

[Cat Lover]

This is not true. conscious mind can do way beyond. most peoples' mind state is sub-conscious. Have a look into meditation and stuff.you will realize what the conscious mind is capable of doing.

[marax4149]

Nice! I can't figure a lot of Derren's skits out, but I managed to get this one. I've noticed the key to many of them is the order he shows footage.

[Darknis133]

This reminds me of The Usual Suspects...

[Kinesthetiacmusic]

I'd agree completely. I think what you described is 80% of it.

[ITsATRAPPPP]

I don't necessarily believe in what this skit tries to tell us - the message being we are all sheep to marketers and advertisers, that they prey on us with subtle hints and mind control. That's what I walk away with after watching. I think there elements of truth within, but I don't buy the message as a whole.

I view advertising as more of an appeal than a trick; I think it takes a great deal of insight into an audience to motivate and influence them, and in that regard I see a two-way street.

[911domino]

ur unconscious mind is the biggest super computer... ur conscious mind just knows what 2+2 is ....

[JaniLintu]

full of shit your comment is. subliminal is real.

[Kinesthetiacmusic]

So now that you say that, "Advertisements are as much an influence on people as people are an influence on advertisements" then you could agree that this skit, or at least what is tells, is true

[abcdef8741]

He clearly has a clever way of switching the envelope, and all the 'subliminal' stuff that the guys 'saw in their taxi ride' were just filmed after. Do you actually see the guys in the cab watching the Harp-sweatered children walk by? No. You see the guys in the taxi looking out of the window, followed by footage of the Harp-sweatered children. They're suggesting to *you* that this is what the executives saw, but that's a false implication. Still, amazingly well put together.