The tape is Jason Simon's "Production Notes: Fast Food for Thought." I believe it is available through Video Data Bank. Eric On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 06:42 PM, Max Dawson wrote: > Greetings. I'm a first time poster, new to the list, and thought this > might > be just the place to track down some info I've been unable to find on > my > own. > > In my preparations for a class I'll be teaching this semester - > Teaching > Television - I'm attempting to locate a copy of a short video whose > title > escapes me. Its a particularly well-known piece, one I've seen in a > number > of classroom contexts. In it a number of famous 1980's American > television > ads (one for McDonalds, one for Mars, one for a malt liquor company > aimed > towards working class black men, etc) are played, replayed, and paired > with > voiceovers of mock ad industry memos outlining the advertisers > objectives, > targeted audiences, desired aesthetics, etc. > > Ever heard of this one? Know anyone who might have? I think it would > make > a nice compliment to a unit on advertising I'm working on putting > together. > > Any help or leads would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > > Max Dawson > School of Media and Communications > University of New South Wales > Sydney NSW 2052 > AUSTRALIA > > ---- > To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF > Screen-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > > Eric Freedman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Director, Certificate Program in Film and Video Florida Atlantic University 777 Glades Road Boca Raton, Florida 33431-0991 561.297.2534 fax: 561.297.2615 e-mail: [log in to unmask] ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu