View Full Version : Adverts on TV that really annoy you
DanDare
17-01-07, 10:50 AM
Several spring to mind:
1. Oil of Ulay ad with the annoying tight plastic ' I can't smile correctly anymore' faced women talk about beauty secrets.
2. The latest Glade Air Freshner ad with that stupid kid on the toilet saying 'Its all gone'
You shouldn't of shat yourself then eh!
3. Any with that Tw*t Barry ' I have to F**king shout so old Ladies can hear' Scott.
:lol:
3. Any with that Tw*t Barry ' I have to F**king shout so old Ladies can hear' Scott.
PMSL :lol:
All of them.
I turn the sound down for the ads. Has anyone noticed how much louder they are then regular TV?
3 ozzy tarts singing about car insurance in a pink car :smt013
3. Any with that Tw*t Barry ' I have to F**king shout so old Ladies can hear' Scott.
PMSL :lol:
here he is
http://upload5.postimage.org/257330/imagesCATRDXSR.jpg (http://upload5.postimage.org/257330/photo_hosting.html)
Calm down dear :evil: :smt075
Supervox
17-01-07, 01:14 PM
Sky+ is a wonderful thing !!
Ads are even better when watch at 30x speed !! :lol:
fullstop102
17-01-07, 01:17 PM
I don't watch adverts much as I hate them all. But I saw one last week that I love.
PG tips ITV digital monkey and Johnny Vegas! A Must watch
All of them.
I turn the sound down for the ads. Has anyone noticed how much louder they are then regular TV?
That's done on purpose. TV broadcasting companies assume you'll go out of the room during the ads, to the programs are at a lower volume, so when you go out of the room, you can still hear the TV ;)
PsychoCannon
17-01-07, 01:30 PM
3. Any with that Tw*t Barry ' I have to F**king shout so old Ladies can hear' Scott.
PMSL :lol:
here he is
http://upload5.postimage.org/257330/imagesCATRDXSR.jpg (http://upload5.postimage.org/257330/photo_hosting.html)
Try this one instead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Wm805huhI&mode=related&search=
Any Random Perfume/Aftershave ad. . . . . . . . WTF are they all about?
the_runt69
17-01-07, 01:40 PM
Dont watch the ads, go channel surfing when theyre on, hate anything that trys to make you buy something you dont want.
Esp hate ones trying to get you to donate to charity by playing the sympathy card, the money spent on them could be put to much better use.
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I particularly hate all the foreign ones that have been dubbed into English, the yoghurt (sp?) and the boiled sweet lollipops.
the new rice crispies campaign.
the so called "cutsie" kid and her mum.
learn to speak properly, without the lisp.... :evil:
the new rice crispies campaign.
the so called "cutsie" kid and her mum.
learn to speak properly, without the lisp.... :evil:
Thats stpeechist :lol:
Ceri JC
17-01-07, 02:37 PM
All of them.
I turn the sound down for the ads. Has anyone noticed how much louder they are then regular TV?
You're quite right, they do get louder. They use what's known as a "compressor" to boost the sound to the maximum your television will play at its current volume. Normal TV doesn't use compressors even a fraction as much.
The reason they do it is two fold; mainly because we pay more attention to loud things, secondly, if you're out of the room getting a cup of tea/whatever, you're more likely to at least hear the advert, even if you don't see it.
Other sneaky tricks include including the sound of a baby crying right near the start of the advert if its for anything to do with young children. People (even men, although less than women) have an inbuilt biological response to it that makes them listen.
Tricky divils, those advertisers...
Filipe M.
17-01-07, 02:43 PM
You're quite right, they do get louder. They use what's known as a "compressor" to boost the sound to the maximum your television will play at its current volume. Normal TV doesn't use compressors even a fraction as much.
I'd say it's more of a limiter, maximiser, or anything that reduces overall dynamics to 0.1 dB! :evil:
the new rice crispies campaign.
the so called "cutsie" kid and her mum.
learn to speak properly, without the lisp.... :evil:
Thats stpeechist :lol:
its whatnow? :D
Ceri JC
17-01-07, 02:50 PM
You're quite right, they do get louder. They use what's known as a "compressor" to boost the sound to the maximum your television will play at its current volume. Normal TV doesn't use compressors even a fraction as much.
I'd say it's more of a limiter, maximiser, or anything that reduces overall dynamics to 0.1 dB! :evil:
I'm sure it's a compressor- normalising it or soft clipping it, whilst it would make it louder in places, wouldn't make it consistantly loud throughout, which adverts tend to be.
Filipe M.
17-01-07, 02:57 PM
You're quite right, they do get louder. They use what's known as a "compressor" to boost the sound to the maximum your television will play at its current volume. Normal TV doesn't use compressors even a fraction as much.
I'd say it's more of a limiter, maximiser, or anything that reduces overall dynamics to 0.1 dB! :evil:
I'm sure it's a compressor- normalising it or soft clipping it, whilst it would make it louder in places, wouldn't make it consistantly loud throughout, which adverts tend to be.
That's what a maximiser does ;) multi-band compression with a really low threshold, so that it processes virtually all the signal going through it, a very high ratio with soft knee to even out the transition (although the soft knee won't make itself noticed if all the signal is already above the threshold), and make-up gain to push it up to 0 dB FS, effectively normalizing the signal while pushing the quieter parts up.
:oops: sorry :oops:
Ceri JC
17-01-07, 03:06 PM
That's what a maximiser does ;) multi-band compression with a really low threshold, so that it processes virtually all the signal going through it, a very high ratio with soft knee to even out the transition (although the soft knee won't make itself noticed if all the signal is already above the threshold), and make-up gain to push it up to 0 dB FS, effectively normalizing the signal while pushing the quieter parts up.
:oops: sorry :oops:
Ah, I've always used as a maximiser as a limiter (just to stop clipping): never used it in the place of a multiband compressor before. I take it the soft knee is why you don't get the 'pumping' sound often associated with a very quick attacks on compressors?
Filipe M.
17-01-07, 03:17 PM
That's what a maximiser does ;) multi-band compression with a really low threshold, so that it processes virtually all the signal going through it, a very high ratio with soft knee to even out the transition (although the soft knee won't make itself noticed if all the signal is already above the threshold), and make-up gain to push it up to 0 dB FS, effectively normalizing the signal while pushing the quieter parts up.
:oops: sorry :oops:
Ah, I've always used as a maximiser as a limiter (just to stop clipping): never used it in the place of a multiband compressor before. I take it the soft knee is why you don't get the 'pumping' sound often associated with a very quick attacks on compressors?
The pumping is usually associated with a too quick release, as the compressor will "let go" of the signal too fast after it falls below the threshold, raising it to the "original" level. If this level is above what the compressor was putting out after the release time, you'll hear the "pumping" sound (long decay sounds are perfect for this, it's too easy to scr*w it up).
The soft knee allows for a softer transition during the attacks so that you don't have the "ducking too fast" feeling with sharp attack sounds.
Shall we stop derailing now? :lol: :wink:
Ceri JC
17-01-07, 03:22 PM
Shall we stop derailing now? :lol: :wink:
Aw, but I was having such fun!
Ta for the info. I've had my CD returned from my label because there was some clipping on one of the tracks and I've been told to remaster it, so it's clearly something I need to pay more attention to. :lol:
Ablazze
17-01-07, 03:24 PM
Shake n vac ( guess im showing my age )
Any of the lazy yank ones dubbed ( badly ) with an brit accent .
Jas...
Filipe M.
17-01-07, 03:25 PM
Shall we stop derailing now? :lol: :wink:
Aw, but I was having such fun!
Ta for the info. I've had my CD returned from my label because there was some clipping on one of the tracks, so I've been told to remaster it, so it's clearly something I need to pay more attention too. :lol:
Oh, the black art of remastering!... 8-[ Fun stuff all around! :lol:
I particularly hate all the foreign ones that have been dubbed into English, the yoghurt (sp?) and the boiled sweet lollipops.
Oh I hate that blonde little brat in the Danone ads... the word is STRONGER you ignorant garlic smelling little rugrat. NOT strongerer.
Yeah, let you kids eat Danone, their bones will end up like Wolverine's but they'll also need a speech therapist. :roll:
Barry Scott - he only has two volumes, 'Shouting' and 'ScreamingloudlywhileIstabhiseyesout'. :twisted:
I'm also with you on the guilt-trip ads for which the NSPCC are the worst.
Oh, and that one with the small girl who is just asking to be hit by a car - only please can you hit me a 30mph! Try looking before you cross the road! :evil:
What happened to taking responsibility for your actions - the Green Cross Code, the Tufty Club - y'know, actually reminding kids that venturing onto the strips of tarmac that are the habitat of large moving lumps of metal is dangerous. Sheesh.
While we're about it - does anyone else find the Iams Cat Food ad just a little - 'wrong'.
OK, so target those 30somthing professional women who have given their life's priority to career over relationships or children - yet are still feeling a little broody so have gone out and bought a cat.
Y'know the ones - it's like they are in training to move into a village after they have retired and be that mad ol' biddy with the shopping trolley and 50 cats.
But the line "I can't wake up without my furry alarm clock"! :shock:
And what's with the obsession with blue water? :wink: C'mon, we all know what colour things should really be.
Ceri JC
17-01-07, 08:19 PM
Yeah, let you kids eat Danone, their bones will end up like Wolverine's but they'll also need a speech therapist. :roll:
Genuine LOL @ that! :lol:
Fizzy Fish
17-01-07, 08:28 PM
the new rice crispies campaign.
the so called "cutsie" kid and her mum.
OMG I am sooooo with you on that one! sends shivers down my spine...
Sid Squid
18-01-07, 12:38 PM
You're quite right, they do get louder. They use what's known as a "compressor" to boost the sound to the maximum your television will play at its current volume. Normal TV doesn't use compressors even a fraction as much.
I'd say it's more of a limiter, maximiser, or anything that reduces overall dynamics to 0.1 dB! :evil:
I'm sure it's a compressor- normalising it or soft clipping it, whilst it would make it louder in places, wouldn't make it consistantly loud throughout, which adverts tend to be.
It's compressed, which is where all the variations in volume are squeezed into a narrower band, (which means some louder ones are lowered and some quieter ones are raised), then the whole volume level is raised to that of the loudest allowable
Result - it sounds much louder as there's little variation in the volume level, even though the actual peak volume is no higher.
Ask Empty, he does this sort of thing for a living, and has a keen ear for even the slightest amount of compression.
Confused. com - Great site, naff add.
Yakult...i give a toss about Dr Schroder and his friendly bacteria
Dalcoease...somethings just shouldnt be advertised
The new vauxhall ad - Its not a patch on the hide and seek one
The clover add - Why are they all crying ffs?
Random perfume Adds - Like Swiss says, WTF are they all about?
Anything badly overdubbed, even if its some famous bint that has a good voice
The BBC advertising thier own stuff
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