The General Thread of PIFing, PSAs and Shockvertising

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PIFs, PSAs and shockverts have quite the fanbase, and as someone obsessed with them since a very young age, I have long been keen to share analysis and thoughts about them. I'm sure there are fellow fans out there too.

Feel free to post videos, try and keep it to 2 in each post, if you're posting more it'd be advisable to link them.

So then, happy analysis. :p
 
I have no idea what any of those things you mention are.
Don't we already have several gif threads encompassing everything?
 
W3HS
Don't we already have several gif threads encompassing everything?
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This is for advertising discussion. Specifically PSAs/PIFs, but I added shockvertising because as a recognised standalone art form, I guessed there'd be some fans out there too.
 
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I have no idea what any of those things you mention are.
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PIF- Public Information Film
PSA - Public Service Announcement
 
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PIFs, PSAs and shockverts have quite the fanbase, and as someone obsessed with them since a very young age, I have long been keen to share analysis and thoughts about them.
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Call me crazy but it you've like them that much, surely it would be a wise idea to post a few of your favorites? Then if nothing else I'd know what the point of this thread is.
 
You can't have a thread on PIFs without the classics...





 
TB
Call me crazy but it you've like them that much, surely it would be a wise idea to post a few of your favorites?
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Edit: @daan to the rescue!

Edit 2: apparently Singapore were mad for these PSAs a few decades ago.
 
TB
Call me crazy but it you've like them that much, surely it would be a wise idea to post a few of your favorites? Then if nothing else I'd know what the point of this thread is.
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I was on my phone with a terrible connection, I was planning on posting some this evening when I hopped on a computer.
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Edit 2: apparently Singapore were mad for these PSAs a few decades ago.
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AFDFS Guinea Pig is almost unwatchable. It's not particularly graphic, nor all that well structured, but the atmosphere and some of the imagery is sickening.
 
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Shockvertising is not an acceptable word. I don't care how common it may or may not be. I hate it already.
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Don't worry. It's American. Not English. :P
 
Found this gem earlier today.



The other one from this campaign was the pneumatic drill spot; even though they come from the same campaign, they have two very different tones to them. The humour is much better than a blunt message of "loud noises annoy you", and I think it makes the real life cut that little more impactful, too.
 
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