All My Children AMC: The Prospect Park Era (old production thread)

[Marco Dane]

Do you think PP can afford to air commercials of the shows on Broadcast Television?

[jfung79]

I'm sorry, I'm just being honest, don't think I don't want the show to succeed or won't watch -- but that promo didn't make AMC sound enticing, dramatic, or welcoming It needed some kind of exciting backing music. It felt like a bad trailer with choppily edited clips that you might see for a low-budget indie movie on a cheap DVD.

I think Angie comes off best from it, and Tad who won't even be on the show.

[cassadine1991]

No it doesn't... Looks hell of a lot better than any promo ABC has done

[Vee]

Oh, honey. Believe me, I've seen a million bad, low-budget trailers, too many of them. I know from good to [!@#$%^&*]. This was fine, nor was it a trailer. It could've been a little tighter on narration but it was pretty damn good.

[Marco Dane]

It was better than the GH 50th anniversary opening

[Vee]

I just deal in media promotional packages, both good and shitty, all day long, and having to fix them - this was very decent for the medium and the product.

[EricMontreal22]

Well said. I think both siblings won in the end, though--and I liked that both emphasized what I love about each soap.

[EricMontreal22]

What's most heartening about the AMC clip--and the OLTL clip--is that whoever put them together seems to--mostly--GET what fans love and feel connected with about these shows. They aren't just random.

[All My Shadows]

YES! It gets me at my core to know that someone involved sat down, and at some point, said "Okay, let me find a good clip of Charles Tyler to put in here." It's not even about the VETS!VETS!VETS!FLASHBACKS!FLASHBACKS!FLASHBACKS! as much as it's about the fact they acknowledge that while these shows are new, there are 40+ years of history upon which they are building, and there are legacies to get back to and to live up to. ABC forgot that at some point.

[AllMyDaysatGH]

What? That wasn't dramatic or enticing to you? WHAT?!

[Vee]

Was the footage of Angie telling David he'd lost a brother, two daughters, etc. new? Because for the life of me it looked like Debbi's hairstyle from the last few episodes on ABC, but it sure sounded like she was referencing Marissa - though she could've meant Leora, of course.

[AllMyDaysatGH]

Those scenes were old (9/15/11). Debbi's playing blind in that scene the two daughters she mentioned were Babe & Leora

[Vee]

That's what I thought, thank you.

[CookieMonster]

No! Not the Dara baby!

Poor David.

[Marco Dane]

lol