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The Genesis Lifestyle Video

I lost interest after the overly long opening where we have to watch a tour of an empty house. And for the love of God, enough with the non-stop fast forward, fast cut, slow mo...fast motion...slow motion, jump cuts. It got old after first 30 seconds. Agree that it needed to be no more a minute. This mini movie didn't entice me to get a Genesis at all. Matter of fact, it was hard to even tell that was their goal.
It is a video created by the two real estate agents meant to showcase a partnership so of course it is going to have more house content in the video.

I will see if they can make a condensed version of the video.
 
Turn down the music! One thing that I think is distracting in a lot of ads, and in the G90 video, is that the music is too prominent. Music should support the visual images, not overpower them. It's analogous to fragrance. When a woman wears perfume or a guy wears some sort of cologne, the impression they should shoot for is that they smell nice, not that their fragrance does. It should be subliminal. Same with a sound track. You want the music to create a mood but you don't want the viewer to be primarily a listener unless there's a narrative. The focus should be on the visuals with the music almost subliminally supporting the mood and atmosphere the producers want to create.

There's actual research on how background conditions influence our perceptions and how an awareness of those conditions matter. Let me share a little bit of science related to contextual influence:

For example, a group of researchers did a study that involved randomly dialing to different area codes that had specific weather conditions at the time the calls were placed. Later, the same area codes were called when the weather had changed (so, places that were called previously on a rainy day were now called when the weather was beautiful and vice versa). Asa a result, for every location some people got calls on gloomy, rainy days and others on sunny days. People were asked questions about how they perceived the quality of their lives. People who were called when their local weather was sunny viewed their lives more positively than those who were called when it was rainy. But (and this is the relevant point), if they were asked, "how's the weather there today" at the beginning of the call, the weather was no longer associated with how they perceived their lives. When their attention was drawn to an external factor that could influence their moods --their local weather conditions -- they essentially (and unconsciously) recalibrated their perceptions to account for that fact.

Likewise with things like fragrance or mood music. If they're too obvious, people attribute their reactions to their presence rather than to whatever else is going on (like the person wearing the fragrance or the content of a video). When they're subtle, mood is influenced but people are more likely to attribute that influence to the person or video content than to the fragrance or music. So, the best use of fragrance is when people don't consciously notice that someone is wearing it but just find the wearer more appealing and the best use of background music is, similarly, when it reinforces the visual content without bursting into the viewer's awareness and becoming the focus of their attention. The exception -- an entirely different strategy -- is when a jingle is so catchy that it becomes a meme in its own right. Then, people go around singing the jingle and when people hear it they think of the product. But nobody is going to go around whistling or humming the music in that G90 video. And people who especially like it (count me out) will likely focus more on the music and less on the content of the video.

If you ask people how much they like a video, they may well like it better if it has prominent music they enjoy. But I'll bet they remember more about the content of the video and any products it presented if the music is a lot more subtle. And I also bet that subtle music will yield better results than no music. So subtle is the key. By subtle, I mean not too familiar and not too loud. Play my favorite song over a video and, unless the content relates closely to that song, I'm likely to enjoy the music while not paying much attention to the visuals.
Thanks for the feedback.
 
Here's an oldie with the purpose of inspiring interest in a luxury brand while focusing on a number of aspects: design & engineering, safety, comfort, pedigree, prestige, and performance. This particular model may or may not have been a dud, but the car is undoubtedly the focus of the promotion, not the driver(s).
 
Here's an oldie with the purpose of inspiring interest in a luxury brand while focusing on a number of aspects: design & engineering, safety, comfort, pedigree, prestige, and performance. This particular model may or may not have been a dud, but the car is undoubtedly the focus of the promotion, not the driver(s).

Oh yeah, back when a Jag had STYLE. Today they are just another box on wheels.
 
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The worst Jag's were the ones Ford made in the early 90's (?) that looked like a Taurus with a Jag logo. Truly horrible.
 
The worst Jag's were the ones Ford made in the early 90's (?) that looked like a Taurus with a Jag logo. Truly horrible.
In 1999, Jaguar became part of Ford's new Premier Automotive Group. My son had a 2001 Lincoln LS—a sweet-looking car but it came with a Jaguar-made V8. Motor seized and blew up at less than 48k.
 
In 1999, Jaguar became part of Ford's new Premier Automotive Group. My son had a 2001 Lincoln LS—a sweet-looking car but it came with a Jaguar-made V8. Motor seized and blew up at less than 48k.
My 1990 XJ6 Soverign (made just prior to Ford acquisition) has 120k miles on it and runs great.
 
Here's an oldie with the purpose of inspiring interest in a luxury brand while focusing on a number of aspects: design & engineering, safety, comfort, pedigree, prestige, and performance. This particular model may or may not have been a dud, but the car is undoubtedly the focus of the promotion, not the driver(s).

That was 2:02 well spent. Thanks.
 
Basically, the video is just emulating the TV show "Million Dollar Listing - Los Angeles" on the Bravo channel. However, those real estate agents drive Bentley, Rolls, Porsche and Masserati vehicles. Thankfully, that show also has a few attractive ladies in it.
 
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I also didn't really care for the G70 commercial. Seeing a dr who doesn't actually own the car doesn't do anything for me. I only own one suit. Maybe I should return the car as to not hurt it's image. Haha. But I love the car too much to do that. The ad didn't get me excited about the car or the brand. I'd rather something that highlights performance/tech/service and value compared to the competition. But that's just me...
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Wow, OP you really asked for it when you asked everyone here for their opinion.

I would have asked for feedback from the Edmonton members to gauge their reaction as they are part of the your local market.

The rest of Canada and the US market is not your demographic so don't base your marketing decisions on what we all like or dislike about your marketing efforts. Your going to drive yourself crazy with all the wide variances of opinion that have nothing to do with the Edmonton demographic.

Get some local advise!

Now if these are meant for dealers to use throughout all of Canada, then they will not work for Nova Scotia, and most likely not for the rest of Atlantic Canada either. The BMW 3 Series, your biggest rival, is marketed to a much broader audience nationally and Genesis Canada should do the same.
 
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Wow, OP you really asked for it when you asked everyone here for their opinion.

I would have asked for feedback from the Edmonton members to gauge their reaction as they are part of the your local market.

The rest of Canada and the US market is not your demographic so don't base your marketing decisions on what we all like or dislike about your marketing efforts. Your going to drive yourself crazy with all the wide variances of opinion that have nothing to do with the Edmonton demographic.

Get some local advise!

Now if these are meant for dealers to use throughout all of Canada, then they will not work for Nova Scotia, and most likely not for the rest of Atlantic Canada either. The BMW 3 Series, your biggest rival, is marketed to a much broader audience nationally and Genesis Canada should do the same.
I definitely got feedback from my market and the reception has been a lot more positive than that over here. :ROFLMAO: At the same time I felt like sharing the videos on here because I do have several customers here on the board as well. Either way, the video got more views so I appreciate it. :)
 
More like real life. I like it!

Haha. To be fair, I did do a road trip down to Portland from BC and I've been going out and around the province some. Almost at 10K KM. It also ignores trips around the world on business, I do go to fancy restaurants from time to time, and bump into random fans.

So not quite so drab as the video would imply.
 
Wow, OP you really asked for it when you asked everyone here for their opinion.

I would have asked for feedback from the Edmonton members to gauge their reaction as they are part of the your local market.

The rest of Canada and the US market is not your demographic so don't base your marketing decisions on what we all like or dislike about your marketing efforts. Your going to drive yourself crazy with all the wide variances of opinion that have nothing to do with the Edmonton demographic.

So since I live in the US I should stop drinking Moosehead beer? The Genesis is marketed to people with a little higher income and that appreciate the finer things in life. It does not matter if you are in Edmonton, Miami, Sydney, the basic market is the same. Genesis is targeting a demographic that can exist in most of the world.
 
Haha. To be fair, I did do a road trip down to Portland from BC and I've been going out and around the province some. Almost at 10K KM. It also ignores trips around the world on business, I do go to fancy restaurants from time to time, and bump into random fans.

So not quite so drab as the video would imply.

I looked at is if, life is to be enjoyed so, get up, the hell with breakfast, get out and enjoy driving you beautiful g70 all day, come back home, turn in. Rinse and repeat.
 
I looked at is if, life is to be enjoyed so, get up, the hell with breakfast, get out and enjoy driving you beautiful g70 all day, come back home, turn in. Rinse and repeat.

Haha, so positive. Love it.
 
A great way to advertise the Linus Tech Tips channel! 😉 Oops just caught my misspelling of Tips just in time. That mistake would have taken people to a Russian dating site instead. 😯
 
A great way to advertise the Linus Tech Tips channel! 😉 Oops just caught my misspelling of Tips just in time. That mistake would have taken people to a Russian dating site instead. 😯

Ha, it's actually just that I wear it every day at work. I feel obligated to after I took it from Linus' office.

"Colton says we have 2 of these hats, one is in props and the other one is. Here. Can I take it?"
"Sure, if you're actually going to wear it."
 
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