Bullying Advert Rejected.

AlexOC · 14-01-2010, 08:42 PM

Originally Posted by Voiceover.

the sewing is used as a metaphor to say she won't speak about it...

If it wasn't intended to scare they could have used tape, or stuff a sock on it, but they sewed the lips.

I don't think that will have a guilt affect on a bully, it doesn't nail the point seriously, How abouts an advert were it shows a girl really happy with her friends walking home, she says cya, bumps into bullies gets a load of mumbled stick off them then totally changes personality goes in her house and refuses to speak about it to family. I think that would make you feel guilty if you shot it the right way.

A sudden change of personality? , Yeh thats more hard-hitting and guilt-filling than someone sewing up their own mouth.

Accipiter · 14-01-2010, 08:52 PM

because thats all it would be? it would show the effect of the bully, not the idiotic point of a 50 year old who has never seen it happens idea.

Its, slow, the first 15 seconds or so are pointless, And a advert showing a person ruining a life, i'd dare say that would put more effect on it.

**FlyingJesus** · 14-01-2010, 08:52 PM

The point isn't to make bullies feel guilty watching it, it's to make the victims speak out.

Accipiter · 14-01-2010, 08:54 PM

but the point is to straight, its like my teacher said the other day, most social action adverts make you want to turn over, not want to take action. And i think this is one of them.

syko2006 · 14-01-2010, 11:55 PM

That's pretty freaky, but an effective way of getting the point they were trying to make across.

Has anyone else found themselves pouting their lips every now and then since watching this?

chantellehugs · 15-01-2010, 07:47 AM

Woah, I wasn't expecting the mouth to be all sewn up... :S
It was creepy for me, but it gets the message across

AlexOC · 15-01-2010, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by syko2006

That's pretty freaky, but an effective way of getting the point they were trying to make across.

Has anyone else found themselves pouting their lips every now and then since watching this?

What, to check if your lips have mysteriously sewn up? LMAO