With all the excitement winning the BET this might seem a little off topic. I have been watching those MU promotional adds over many seasons now. Are they real students in those adds. If so do they audition?
I've wondered about that too. I hope they are students but understand completely if actors were chosen for the promos. To me, the final quality of the promo needs to the determining factor. That most likely means professional actors. The promos are really good and focus on the student's/actor's excitement rather than spending too much time on the university's offerings. I like that personal appeal approach.
Pretty sure they are students who are paid.
Quote from: The Sultan of Semantics on March 12, 2023, 10:54:25 AM
Pretty sure they are students who are paid.
If the promos are university made, I'd be shocked if the students are paid. I know many students (including myself, back in the day) that have been in such promos over the years, none were paid. Most didn't even know they were featured until they saw it on TV.
Students sign over permission to use their NIL for university purposes when they agree to enroll.
Quote from: The Sultan of Semantics on March 12, 2023, 10:54:25 AM
Pretty sure they are students who are paid.
I would really like that and hope it's true. The girl getting accepted and her contagious enthusiasm in the promo simply seems to me to be a performance by a professional actor but again...if she is really a student,
great!
Quote from: forgetful on March 12, 2023, 11:49:21 AM
If the promos are university made, I'd be shocked if the students are paid. I know many students (including myself, back in the day) that have been in such promos over the years, none were paid. Most didn't even know they were featured until they saw it on TV.
Students sign over permission to use their NIL for university purposes when they agree to enroll.
Sounds like a law suit.
Just want to say, I thought MU's new commercial was great. They've stepped up their game in that regard.
Quote from: cheebs09 on March 12, 2023, 08:10:34 PM
Just want to say, I thought MU's new commercial was great. They've stepped up their game in that regard.
On a related note, Georgetown's (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy4OUpcsHgk) is so, so tired. They've been using the same commercial since at least my daughter's freshman year (2017). When I used to stream their volleyball games, this is
all they played during any breaks in the action...back, to back, to back... I've probably seen (or more accurately heard) that damn commercial a thousand times. Marquette's is so much better than Georgetown's.
Quote from: StillAWarrior on March 13, 2023, 03:58:43 PM
On a related note, Georgetown's (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy4OUpcsHgk) is so, so tired. They've been using the same commercial since at least my daughter's freshman year (2017). When I used to stream their volleyball games, this is all they played during any breaks in the action...back, to back, to back... I've probably seen (or more accurately heard) that damn commercial a thousand times. Marquette's is so much better than Georgetown's.
That's because they can't make a new one. There are clips in there of people having a good time watching GTown basketball. There is no more recent footage.
Quote from: StillAWarrior on March 13, 2023, 03:58:43 PM
On a related note, Georgetown's (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy4OUpcsHgk) is so, so tired. They've been using the same commercial since at least my daughter's freshman year (2017). When I used to stream their volleyball games, this is all they played during any breaks in the action...back, to back, to back... I've probably seen (or more accurately heard) that damn commercial a thousand times. Marquette's is so much better than Georgetown's.
I never saw a video with SO many backs-of-heads! Wonder who the genius was who came up with that idea.
I think Xavier's is pretty original. It has more of a humorous tone. I am not sure this is it, but it is very similar to what I saw when I was rewatching the game yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/v/cO4LlqGKx7Q&ab_channel=XavierUniversity
Quote from: Scoop Snoop on March 13, 2023, 10:34:07 PM
I never saw a video with SO many backs-of-heads! Wonder who the genius was who came up with that idea.
Which is ironic because the video is named, "Georgetown Faces"
Quote from: StillAWarrior on March 14, 2023, 07:43:48 AM
Which is ironic because the video is named, "Georgetown Faces"
Given the quality of basketball there, you sure the second word of that title isn't Feces?
Quote from: warriorchick on March 14, 2023, 12:05:20 AM
I think Xavier's is pretty original. It has more of a humorous tone. I am not sure this is it, but it is very similar to what I saw when I was rewatching the game yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/v/cO4LlqGKx7Q&ab_channel=XavierUniversity
I agree Chick. It's fun but it conveys a very strong message about the quality of Xavier's grads.
Quote from: warriorchick on March 14, 2023, 12:05:20 AM
I think Xavier's is pretty original. It has more of a humorous tone. I am not sure this is it, but it is very similar to what I saw when I was rewatching the game yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/v/cO4LlqGKx7Q&ab_channel=XavierUniversity
The Musketeer Mindset - That one is new for this school year.