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Spin-Off Fever: Endorsements and Product Placement by Sage Sweetwater
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edited: Saturday, December 28, 2013
Posted: Saturday, December 28, 2013
Companies that place products in box office movies tend to have a ten percent increase in stock price starting ten days before the movie's release lasting for three weeks after the movie's release.
Plot integration, products that are integrated within the plot of a movie are remembered. Product placements connected to the story are instantly recognized, the moviegoer able to recall the brand.
Producers seek out companies for product placement. Some placements provide productions with below-the-line savings such as props, clothing, and cars loaned for the production's use..
And I'm still reeling from when Clark Gable took off his shirt and didn't have an undershirt! I guess undershirt sales and stocks plummeted for sure!
I tend to notice the cars in some movies and know that a certain manufacturer was supplying them. As for liquor and cigarettes, clothing and the like. Those little props don't affect my buying one way or the other.
I'm sure without the endorsements, some movies wouldn't be able to garner enough investment to finish production.
During the 1960's a young soldier struggles with basic training, a bully sergeant and his own inner demons. A tale of struggle, redemption and survival.
Just a simple gathering of the Gay & Lesbian Activist Association of New Birch and Sipsboror (GLAABS) and we plunge down a hilarious ride to perdition.
I tend to notice the cars in some movies and know that a certain manufacturer was supplying them. As for liquor and cigarettes, clothing and the like. Those little props don't affect my buying one way or the other.
I'm sure without the endorsements, some movies wouldn't be able to garner enough investment to finish production.
Ron