Why is that ...

.... when companies use a video of someone flyfishing to sell their
products they very often use a model who has no idea how to cast? I just
saw a advertisement clip for the BlackBerry cell phone -- the guy was
nearly clipping the water with his rod on the backcast. They seem to
pick some random person who "looks the part," dress him (or her) up in
waders, a vest, and a hat, and send them into the water to flail about.

Last year I was a model for a flyfishing brochure for a rafting company
(owned by some friends) that had very little experience with flyfishing.
They wanted a lot of line in the air, so I obliged, and the photographer
(another close friend) shot away. The photo they picked showed an
embarrassingly bad cast. I could supply a link, but I won't. :-)

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On 9 Nov, 18:18, rw wrote:
... when companies use a video of someone flyfishing to sell their
products they very often use a model who has no idea how to cast? I just
saw a advertisement clip for the BlackBerry cell phone -- the guy was
nearly clipping the water with his rod on the backcast. They seem to
pick some random person who "looks the part," dress him (or her) up in
waders, a vest, and a hat, and send them into the water to flail about.

Last year I was a model for a flyfishing brochure for a rafting company
(owned by some friends) that had very little experience with flyfishing.
They wanted a lot of line in the air, so I obliged, and the photographer
(another close friend) shot away. The photo they picked showed an
embarrassingly bad cast. I could supply a link, but I won't. :-)

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

It´s tradition! Years ago, there was a film with Cary Grant, and
I think Robert Mitchum, I can´t remember the title. Anyway, they go
fly-fishing, and when one casts, the sound of a whining reel ratchet
is heard! I always thought it was the funniest part of the film!

TL
MC

Mike wrote:
On 9 Nov, 18:18, rw wrote:

... when companies use a video of someone flyfishing to sell their
products they very often use a model who has no idea how to cast? I just
saw a advertisement clip for the BlackBerry cell phone -- the guy was
nearly clipping the water with his rod on the backcast. They seem to
pick some random person who "looks the part," dress him (or her) up in
waders, a vest, and a hat, and send them into the water to flail about.

Last year I was a model for a flyfishing brochure for a rafting company
(owned by some friends) that had very little experience with flyfishing.
They wanted a lot of line in the air, so I obliged, and the photographer
(another close friend) shot away. The photo they picked showed an
embarrassingly bad cast. I could supply a link, but I won't. :-)

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.


It´s tradition! Years ago, there was a film with Cary Grant, and
I think Robert Mitchum, I can´t remember the title. Anyway, they go
fly-fishing, and when one casts, the sound of a whining reel ratchet
is heard! I always thought it was the funniest part of the film!

TL
MC


I think the answer is that a bad cast looks better to an untrained eye
than a good cast.

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

It is also a very good demonstration of inaccurate propaganda. The
movies invariably display what whoever is responsible considers the
general public will imagine something to be. Anybody with any knowledge
on the matter either finds it disgusting that peoplle can be so stupid,
or just funny. The effect is also quite marked, and is responsible for
a lot of people believing total nonsense. Television is even worse.

TL
MC

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:52:42 -0700, rw
wrote:

Mike wrote:
On 9 Nov, 18:18, rw wrote:

... when companies use a video of someone flyfishing to sell their
products they very often use a model who has no idea how to cast? I just
saw a advertisement clip for the BlackBerry cell phone -- the guy was
nearly clipping the water with his rod on the backcast. They seem to
pick some random person who "looks the part," dress him (or her) up in
waders, a vest, and a hat, and send them into the water to flail about.

Last year I was a model for a flyfishing brochure for a rafting company
(owned by some friends) that had very little experience with flyfishing.
They wanted a lot of line in the air, so I obliged, and the photographer
(another close friend) shot away. The photo they picked showed an
embarrassingly bad cast. I could supply a link, but I won't. :-)

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.


It´s tradition! Years ago, there was a film with Cary Grant, and
I think Robert Mitchum, I can´t remember the title. Anyway, they go
fly-fishing, and when one casts, the sound of a whining reel ratchet
is heard! I always thought it was the funniest part of the film!

TL
MC


I think the answer is that a bad cast looks better to an untrained eye
than a good cast.

So, Giselle, is that your professional opinion based upon years of
experience in the trenches and focused study in the modeling sciences,
or just an educat...hmmm...ah, OK...

So, Giselle, is that the first thing that entered your pretty little
head or is that the first thing that entered your pretty little head?

Hey, hey - I am SO not trying to trick her - I just thought a
multiple-choice test would be easier for her if A and B were equally
correct...AND I typed very slowly, too...

Sheesh, try to give a girl a break, and all you get is grief,
R

"Mike" wrote in message
ps.com...

Years ago, there was a film with Cary Grant, and
I think Robert Mitchum, I can´t remember the title. Anyway, they go
fly-fishing, and when one casts, the sound of a whining reel ratchet
is heard! I always thought it was the funniest part of the film!

There seem to be several such automatic errors.
E.g. aircraft rubber tyres normally squeak at touchdown
on a paved runway: and when aircraft touch down on
grass in movies (e.g. Battle of Britain) the sound track
usually supplies the tyre squeak (which does not happen
on grass.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

"rw" wrote in message
m...
... when companies use a video of someone flyfishing to sell their
products they very often use a model who has no idea how to cast? I just
saw a advertisement clip for the BlackBerry cell phone -- the guy was
nearly clipping the water with his rod on the backcast. They seem to pick
some random person who "looks the part," dress him (or her) up in waders,
a vest, and a hat, and send them into the water to flail about.

Last year I was a model for a flyfishing brochure for a rafting company
(owned by some friends) that had very little experience with flyfishing.
They wanted a lot of line in the air, so I obliged, and the photographer
(another close friend) shot away. The photo they picked showed an
embarrassingly bad cast. I could supply a link, but I won't. :-)
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

We already know you can cast....
What the heck, show the link, it's Friday!
-tom

Tom Nakashima wrote:
"rw" wrote in message
m...

... when companies use a video of someone flyfishing to sell their
products they very often use a model who has no idea how to cast? I just
saw a advertisement clip for the BlackBerry cell phone -- the guy was
nearly clipping the water with his rod on the backcast. They seem to pick
some random person who "looks the part," dress him (or her) up in waders,
a vest, and a hat, and send them into the water to flail about.

Last year I was a model for a flyfishing brochure for a rafting company
(owned by some friends) that had very little experience with flyfishing.
They wanted a lot of line in the air, so I obliged, and the photographer
(another close friend) shot away. The photo they picked showed an
embarrassingly bad cast. I could supply a link, but I won't. :-)
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.


We already know you can cast....
What the heck, show the link, it's Friday!
-tom



Oh, OK. Here it is:

http://www.therivercompany.com/idaho...llery/fish.php

The REALLY BAD cast is #5 in the slide show.

My fishing partner, Tatiania (we called her "Tits"), is a sweetheart.
She's from Montana and she knows how to fish.

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

"rw" wrote in message
m...
Tom Nakashima wrote:
"rw" wrote in message
m...

... when companies use a video of someone flyfishing to sell their
products they very often use a model who has no idea how to cast? I just
saw a advertisement clip for the BlackBerry cell phone -- the guy was
nearly clipping the water with his rod on the backcast. They seem to pick
some random person who "looks the part," dress him (or her) up in waders,
a vest, and a hat, and send them into the water to flail about.

Last year I was a model for a flyfishing brochure for a rafting company
(owned by some friends) that had very little experience with flyfishing.
They wanted a lot of line in the air, so I obliged, and the photographer
(another close friend) shot away. The photo they picked showed an
embarrassingly bad cast. I could supply a link, but I won't. :-)
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.


We already know you can cast....
What the heck, show the link, it's Friday!
-tom
Oh, OK. Here it is:

http://www.therivercompany.com/idaho...llery/fish.php

The REALLY BAD cast is #5 in the slide show.

My fishing partner, Tatiania (we called her "Tits"), is a sweetheart.
She's from Montana and she knows how to fish.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.


Nice Photo!
It's not bad at all, love the composition and lighting.
-tom

On Nov 9, 1:16 pm, rw wrote:
My fishing partner, Tatiania (we called her "Tits")

I'm probably more PC than most, but I still gotta say, no matter how
affectionately that's meant, no matter how funny it may be, and no
matter how much that may not bother her, that's just wrong.

I'll temper that opinion with the confession that on one of the blogs
I frequent, I posted a diary railing against a toy manufacturer for
what I though was an incredibly demeaning sexist marketing scheme for
one of its toys. The blog is unquestionably on the "liberal" side of
things, and I expected a sympathetic audience for my rant. I was
wrong; opinion was split almost exactly 50:50. So what do I know.