Japanese X100 ad.. wow!

It left me nonplussed. It's the kind of thing I would expect a teenager to produce. And I don't have much respect for ads that depend so heavily on sex; even less sordid sex. Further I don't appreciate the downbeat and depressing, which I think this is, and which is the easy option for the weak artist. Bittersweet is better (and harder) and more reflective of the human condition, in my humble opinion.
 
Cliched Hipster Wannabee Crap. Should come with a Prozac prescription.

I bet it rarely is run and instead gets circulated virally, which is smart marketing these days.
 
One of those absolutely brilliant marketing products (that mark the peak of a fad).

Anticipating thousands buying X100s to become "street shooters", Fuji announces a program employing the homeless as field support representatives. Don't be afraid when your group corners a shell of a man picking through a trash bin if he helpfully screams to turn off the fill flash and simulated shutter sound (in the SETUP menu). Look for the red Fuji Factory Support™ patch on their right shoulder.

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Kurosawa made a movie right after the war called "Stray Dog". I think the theme is a strong one for Japan.

I liked it-good ad. Cliches are OK every now and then. Besides, they're selling a camera, not producing a film for Cannes.
 
I'm not sure what ads would warrant respect. It is all saying the same thing --buy crap. If I'm going to be sold something, offer me sex as sordid as possible. Having a stance against the way someone slings product? hehe

Mr. Bill Hicks:

Advertising
 
... and the stray-dog photographer (Moriyama) himself made a promo tour for Olympus last autumn by driving route 20 in a roadster ... :D
 
Pretty funny and spot on: homeless, cats and women passing by, for what the "street shooter" does indeed shoot today, nudes and sex for what he really wants to shoot :)
 
I don't understand Japanese so from what I got out of this ad is that buying an X-100 will get you laid. That or leaving you so broke you'll be digging your dinner out of a trash can.:D

Perhaps Fuji should of marketed Neopan in such a way. Then perhaps it would still be around.;)
 
You either love it or you hate it, and both people are going to talk about it or have an opinion about it, so I guess they did their job as advertisers.
 
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You either love it or you hate it, and both people are going to talk about it or have an opinion about it, so I guess they did their job as advertisers.
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I rather got rejected. I rather buy things than obscure ideas generated by marketing depts. If they would start doing something real, world would be much better place.

edit: if there's place for such video, it should come from someone who has wandered around with camera. Better yet, as intro for exhibition. What it's now? Just another "we know what you want" fairy tale. I'll rather buy idea Coca Cola is tasty :D
 
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