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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” background_color=”#ffffff” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” padding_mobile=”on” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” custom_padding=”10px||0px|”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” custom_padding=”||0px|” padding_mobile=”on” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_divider admin_label=”Divider” color=”#ffffff” show_divider=”off” height=”25″ divider_style=”solid” divider_position=”top” hide_on_mobile=”on”] [\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text admin_label=”CATEGORY HEADING” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”center” text_font=”PT Sans|on|||” text_text_color=”#bcbcbc” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” text_letter_spacing=”2px” custom_margin=”||0px|” custom_padding=”||0px|”] DIARY OF AN ADMAN [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”HEADLINE” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”center” max_width=”660px” text_font=”PT Sans||||” text_font_size=”72″ text_text_color=”#1d1d1d” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” custom_margin=”18px||80px|” text_line_height=”1.1em” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” text_font_size_tablet=”52″] Advertising Plays Fun Role in David Ligon Films [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label=”Section” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” transparent_background=”off” background_color=”rgba(89,135,163,0.18)” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” padding_mobile=”on” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” custom_padding=”0px|||”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”on” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” custom_padding=”0px|||” padding_mobile=”on” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” custom_width_px=”620px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”DAVID THUMBNAIL IMAGE” src=”https:\/\/ligonmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/blog_photo.png” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”on” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” custom_margin=”-48px|||” alt=”Sacramento Ad & PR Guru David Ligon” title_text=”David Ligon Wrote This Awesome Article” url=”https:\/\/ligonmedia.com\/copywriter-sacramento\/”] [\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”DAVID LIGON AUTHOR” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”center” text_font=”PT Sans||||” text_font_size=”18″ text_text_color=”#323232″ text_line_height=”1.4em” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” custom_margin=”14px||0px|”] David Ligon<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, Creative Principal, Sacramento [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”DATE” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”center” text_font=”PT Sans|on|||” text_text_color=”#363636″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” custom_margin=”0px|||”] September 16, 2014 [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”on” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” custom_padding=”0px|||” padding_mobile=”on” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” custom_width_px=”620px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”ARTICLE PARAGRAPH 1″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” max_width=”620px” text_font=”PT Serif||||” text_font_size=”24″ text_text_color=”#363636″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” custom_margin=”40px||0px|” text_line_height=”1.4em” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet”] S<\/span>ince my last article <\/a>dealt with clich\u00e9d local ads, I thought it might be fun to post some of the silly ads that I have done in my short films. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”ARTICLE PARAGRAPH 2″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” max_width=”620px” text_font=”PT Serif||||” text_font_size=”20″ text_text_color=”#363636″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” custom_margin=”30px||0px|” text_line_height=”1.5em” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet”] While writing the last post, I realized that advertising is a consistent theme in my movies.\u00a0(hint: mouseover name\u00a0of film\u00a0for a brief synopsis)<\/em>.\u00a0Either I create commercials inside the movie (\u201cas advertised<\/span>\u201d; \u201cInside Scoop<\/span>\u201d; \u201cTerror Detectives<\/span>\u201d), or a phony brochure (\u201cMeow!<\/span>\u201d); or discuss advertising (\u201cPortrait of a Red Light Woman<\/span>\u201d; \u201cM\u00e9nage \u00e0 Ted<\/span>\u201d); or simply used\u00a0actual creative work\u00a0as a\u00a0backdrop for an office because the\u00a0character presumably works in advertising (\u201cPilgrimage to Becca<\/span>\u201d). Since I create comedies, I try to make it humorous too.\u00a0 I assembled this little montage of advertising in my films<\/a>. Although out of context, they\u2019re still kind of fun and I think safe for work \u2013 ish. (although if you are easily offended, I would recommend not watching).\u00a0 Unfortunately, most of these are pre-high definition. 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In order of clips \u2013 \u201cas advertised<\/strong><\/span>\u201d (actor: David Ligon; vocals: Dan Wallace)<\/em>, \u201cTerror Detectives<\/strong><\/span>\u201d (actors: Sean Morneau, Cameron Johnson; vocals: Dan Wallace)<\/em>, \u201cInside Scoop<\/strong><\/span>\u201d (actors: Rae Wright, Vincent Dee Miles; vocals: Dan Wallace)<\/em>, \u201cMeow!<\/span><\/strong>\u201d (actor: Galen Howard; voiceover: Mark Hoffman)<\/em>, “Portrait of a Red Light Woman<\/strong><\/span>\u201d (actor: Sean Morneau)<\/em>, \u201cPilgrimage to Becca<\/strong><\/span>\u201d (actors: Kelly Symone, Galen Howard)<\/em>, “M\u00e9nage \u00e0 Ted<\/strong><\/span>\u201d (actors: Cameron Johnson, Sean Morneau, Vincent Dee Miles, Justin Blenkle, Rae Wright (on computer screen))<\/em>\u00a0and \u201cas advertised<\/strong><\/span>\u201d (actor: David Ligon; vocals: Dan Wallace)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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[dropcap]S[\/dropcap]ince my last article <\/a>dealt with clich\u00e9d local ads, I thought it might be fun to post some of the silly ads that I have done in my short films.<\/p>

While writing the last post, I realized that advertising is a consistent theme in my movies.\u00a0(hint: mouseover name\u00a0of film\u00a0for a brief synopsis)<\/em>.\u00a0Either I create commercials inside the movie (\u201cas advertised<\/span>\u201d; \u201cInside Scoop<\/span>\u201d; \u201cTerror Detectives<\/span>\u201d), or a phony brochure (\u201cMeow!<\/span>\u201d); or discuss advertising (\u201cPortrait of a Red Light Woman<\/span>\u201d; \u201cM\u00e9nage \u00e0 Ted<\/span>\u201d); or simply used\u00a0actual creative work\u00a0as a\u00a0backdrop for an office because the\u00a0character presumably works in advertising (\u201cPilgrimage to Becca<\/span>\u201d). Since I create comedies, I try to make it humorous too.\u00a0 I assembled this little montage of advertising in my films<\/a>. Although out of context, they\u2019re still kind of fun and I think safe for work \u2013 ish. (although if you are easily offended, I would recommend not watching).\u00a0 Unfortunately, most of these are pre-high definition.<\/p>