Yesterday in class you watched a movie called "The Merchants of Cool." In the comments section write about your reaction to the movie. Include such things as:
- Is there anything you learned from the movie?
- Did anything surprise you about how companies market to teenagers?
- What do you think about how companies learn what is "cool"?
Be sure to put your first name, last initial, and hour at the beginning of your post.
128 comments:
Austen P. 3rd Hour
I learned that company advertise on shows that the average teen would watch. Nothing suprised me about how they target teens most ads have sexual or beautiful people in them. Companys learn whats cool by going in teen stores, talking to teens, see what teens do say and act.
Jeffrey T. 1/14/09 3rd hour
There was nothing i really learned from the movie. Nothing really suprised me in the movie. I think how the companies lear what is cool is simple and a good idea.
Xzavier B. There were a couple of things i learned about the movie i now know that lots of teens have the same life style and act alot alot alike. i know that lots of teens look at ads and be ready to go buy that ad form the store that same day or the next day but the people made alot of sence when they put msot ads out to teens age kids because they be ready to buy it.
Brandon F. 3rd
I thought the merchants of cool was pretty interesting i learned stuff like people can get paid to answer questions like what is cool and what kind of stuff do you wear also if something cool goes on t.v. it will probably no be cool anymore.
Maggie F.
I learned quite a few thing from the video yesterday. One thing I learned was that teens are actually paid to just go in and answer questions. It's kind of wierd if you ask me. It also sprised me that there are people who all they do is ask teenagers question all day. it seems like a waste of time, even though you are getting paid for it.
What I think abot they way companies learn what is cool is strange, but it does in a way work. They eventually figure out what is cool and try to get it out early enough.
no I didnt realy learn anything from the movie that I probably couldent have guess and nothing suprised me. I think its a good a idea to pay teanagers to tell them whats cool and whats not.
mikaela B.
I was not here yesterday so i didn't see the movie.
Andrew H. 3rd hour
From the movie I learned that people go around and they take surveys so they can sell more of there product. nothing from the movie suprised me about how companys market to teenagers. i think that they should survey them like they did in the video and they should send other teenagers to see what most teenagers think is cool.
Isis G. 3rd period
I think it was cool how they tried to get in the minds of today's geration of teens. I like the fact hoe they took time to interveiw kids and find out what is hot on the market for teens. I also like the fact that they took the time to make this video to show others how things work. I found out some things that I didn't know like how the sprite heme was hosted on MTV. Over all i kinda of enjoyed the movie but as it went on and on it kind of lost my interest.
Tiara B
3rd hr 1/14/08
I learned that the really big companies did alot to get teenagers attieon.
The way they got the teeagers to buy their prouduct didn't suprise me. If it was some that wasn't popular in the generation we wouldn't watch it oor buy it.
I think it is weird they way they would god up to random kids and take their pictures of what there wearing to help get their attion for their prouduct.
Torin B 3rd hour
I did not learn anything from movie.
Yes because they went around taking pictures of teenagers clothes.
I think that the companies are smart by surveying and taking pictures of teens. Also seeing how teens think.
Tristian S.
I learned that they actualy interview teens. I was surprised that they payed kids to tell them what they like. I also coundn't belive how they walked around and took pictures of random teen's. But overall liked it. I learned a couple of things.
Crystal R. 3hr
What I learned from the movie was why the shows we watch or the books we read have all the stuff aimed to what we like such as for most kids they like watching or reading about friends, sex, or drugs. If companies make shows and books with that stuff they can be sure to have the sales or views skyrocket because us kids like that stuff. One thing that suprised me was that they pay kids to go to parties and look cool, talk good about their products on websites or blogs and have the kids tell them what is cool.I think that companies learning about cool is good because their products get up to date.
Rashaud N. 3rd hour: The movie was kinda boring in the beginging, but when we really got in to the movie it was very intesting.I thought the way the produce tried to make their product popular was a good idea. Finally I like the way they put the products in clubs and t.v commerical for teenagers.
Tierra P. 3rd Hour
I learned that ads are in teen shows. It suprised me that ads yous alot of sexual content. Companys learn about the style by tv and watching teens.
Cynthia D. 3rd
I learned that teens are actually paid to just go in and answer the question and they have to answer all questions.
The companies tries to figure out what teens like and try to make ads that teens might like. They also tries to figure out what cool is. which they find out eventually.
Lexi M 3
The video yesterday was surprising at what teenagers do. The sprite commerical was very annoying the second one the first was better. The commericals seen on the video were very distribing . Having teenagers see all those things with sex or doing it is a waste of money for the advertisers . I personally watch MTV and that's all but advertisers should think what they do instead of publishing it.
Kyndall S. 3rd hour
I really didn't learn anything from the movie. There wasn't anything that surprised me at all. I think the way they target teens is a good idea.
cody w.3rd peroid it was interesting to see what they think we like and to know were being targeted is kind of dumb because they cant really be sure what we like because other people like different things
From the movie that we watched yesterday, I learned that companies will advertise basically anything that they think will try and sell the product.
The only thing that surprised me when I saw the video was that they used sex to advertise. And I think that using sex to advertise a product is inappropriate because little kids could be watching that commercial or ad and think that sex is okay at a young age.
I think how companies learn what is "cool" is a good idea because, they interview real people and go onto the street and find trend setters and see what style they are into.
cody w.3rd peroid it was interesting to see what they think we like and to know were being targeted is kind of dumb because they cant really be sure what we like because other people like different things
Jessica G. 3rd hour
From the movie yesterday i learned the way to get teens attention for adverising products. It suprised me that adults wernt the main people that bought products from advertising even though adults have jobs.
christian o. 3rd
i learned that people learn whats cool from actual teeenagers. i was very suprised that we were the target because i would have thought that it would have been adults the target since they have jobs which gives you money. i think thats a stupid way to learn whts cool because once you expose it it wont be cool anymore.
Tonya M. 3rd hour
Nothing really suprised me about the movie, to me it was a waste of time. I mean we all know that to get a persons eye you have to use a sexy person because sex sale and we all know this. we also know that you can use a famous person and people that like this person would want to buy the prouduct.
Kayla J.3rd hour
Thing that surpise me the mosthow money teenager "the cool suff" then the parent spend double that ammount. That they pay tenns to them what hot on the market.
Kayla J.3rd hour
Thing that surpise me the mosthow money teenager "the cool suff" then the parent spend double that ammount. That they pay tenns to them what hot on the market.
Amber R. 3rd Hour
I learned alot from the movie yesterday. The main thing I liked that I learned was how MTV goes to teens houses and interview them to find out what type of stuff they like. I thought that was kind of cool. It suprised me how much money teens can make from just answering questions about what they like. It also suprised me that they payed people to go to the Sprite.com party. I think its nice how those companies leaarn what cool. They are really trying to learn what we like which shows that there interested.
Brionna L.
I was Absent yesterday!
Jeremy L.
I was absent.....yesterday
Austin M 4th Hour
I learned that companies advertise on most shows teens watch whether we realize it or not. I also learned that a company will sometimes pay teenagers to come to their parties to look cool and have other teens buy the product. And that a company will ask teens to learn what they think is cool.
Chris H. 4th hour
Well was interesting that i found out about "The merchants of cool." is that us teens don't talk about sex we talk about baseball. I'm glad people talk to teens and see what they do as teens and how they talk to others. I learned that what a company advertises on a TV show an average teenager is usually watching it.
In "The Merchents of Cool" I learned that teenagers were the main target of advertising which suprised me. I would think that the adults/parents would be the main target because the adults have more money than teenagers. This movie suprised me by how much advertisers go for teenagers.
Shane K. 4th Hour
I learned that companies advertise mostly through shows that teens watch. Companies pay teens to talk about what is cool. They also pay teens to show up at events where their product is advertised, used, and based around.
In the movie i learned a lot of things. One thing i didn't know was that teen were the main target for advertisments and that teens spent the most on products. I also learned the different types of advertising types and how they apply to the real world.
Diamond D. 4th hour
Their was nothing that I learned from the movie. Nothing really suprised me either you can pretty much tell when you see a commercial and the company is trying to be so called "cool" and it's like then instantly not cool anymore. I think it's a good idea how the companies find out about whats cool, and it's a smart idea. It's so simple all they have to do is talk to teens, seeing what teens say or do, and going to places teens go to.
Jeremy L. 3rd hour
Was absent.....yesterday
Marqui G. 4th Hour
I was absent yesterday
Taylor C, 4th
In the merchants of cool i realized that we are the target for most of the products out today. Something that suprised me is how much sex they have out there on tv shows that air while little kiddies might be watching.I think companies learn about the "Cool Hunting" thing from what kids say and do. I think that they know that its important to say what kids are feeling, and to give them what they want but also making sure that they're selling their products.
Lucas W. 4th
I learned that people pay kids to ask them questions about what is "cool". Nothing suprised me about how they used sexual and sex cells to attract teenagers. i think that people in ads are doing it all wrong to get whats cool from teenagers they just need humor and that about it.
Gilly C., 4th Hour:
From "The Merchants of Cool" I learned that people actually study teenagers to find out what "cool" is. I wasn't really surprised that they make sexual ads and TV shows, specifically to target teen's. I actually think it is sort of weird for specialists to "study" teen's, to try to figure out what "cool" for us is. The thought of someone watching, or "studying" me, or teen's in general, is just sort of creepy to me. Specialist's find out what "cool" is by going to places where teen's would hang out. They talk to the teen's and see what they have to say about what's cool, and what isn't.
michael o.
I learned about how much work companies will do to get to teens through advertising. I did not realize that they conduct that many surveys of teens just to see what we like. The only problem is... most of us dont like ads and commercials.
Carlos Gary
4th denton
I learned that teenagers are the ones that advertisements aim for. Mostly because teenagers spend alot of money and spend alot of time on the computer or watching tv. I am surprised that they actually study teenagers and that it is all a scam. The things we se on tv aren't as they seem.
Cassidy W. 4th hour
I learned in the movie that advertising groups have groups of teenagers to try and figure out whats cool. It suprised me how much company's use sexual actions to attract teenagers. I think it is a good idea on how they find out what is cool. When they go to teen stores, teen hangouts, or sit down and talk with a bunch of teenagers to find out what is cool is a smart way to do it.
Ryan G. 4th hour
In "The Merchents of Cool" I learned that teenagers were the main target of advertising which suprised me. I would think that the adults/parents would be the main target because the adults have more money than teenagers. This movie suprised me by how much advertisers go for teenagers.
Alexis E. 4th Hour
I learned that the way companies target their teens is not very hard to do.Most parts of the video did not suprise me or entertain me at all. I did learn that they target most teens on what they do, like, or stuff they say. Or new stuff they see most teens doing know like the kind of clothes they wear what movies intrest them as a teenager. So they have a easy cycle on getting updates about things teenagers does.
Ciarra C. 4th hour
I lerned how some companies uses tacticts and get teens to use there parents disposal money to buy their product . And nothing really suprised me yesterday..... i just wondered how they can put that stuff on tv with no coast but anyhow.... And i don;t think that , that is a good way 2 find out what is cool cause most of the people i know what not dress like that.
Adrian C. 4th Hour
I learned that company advertisments try and manipulate the younge mind of teens I understand that there trying to sell a product but there going at it like every one ecept for certain people are followers I mean I drink sprite myself but only because of the taste and not because some lame advertising company asked me to. but thats my opinion. also I have learned that they interest kids my age with sex sells band wagon and Humor.
Shaylynn D.
4th Hour
I learned a lot from he video that we watched yesterday. I was suprised that they have sex commercials that are for everyone to see on t.v. to advertise a product of course to advertise but I think they should not have sex commercials because little kids can be watching those commercials and think sex is okay at young age. I think that companies learn and find out what is cool by talking to them and just watching what they like and ask them what they would pick out of a store if it was there 1st choice. The thing that also suprised me was that they got paid for saying what they like and the guy got paid for asking them. I think that is a really easy way to get money by just asking questions or answering them back.
Dylan k. 4th hour
I learned that the company that advertise on shows are some times not what teens need like beer and other stuff that young teens do not need.
Robert W. 4th hour
I learned that advertising groups go in a room and discuss about what is cool. Nothing realy suprised me. The companies know what is cool by taking pictures of what teens where and go into stores where teens shop at the most.
Brandon H. 4th hr.
I did not really learn anything from the video. no it did not suprise me how they target most teens, by showing famous people use the product. I think companies learn what cool is by talking to teenagers.
Ti'kyarra i learned that about teens act and it was nice that the people in the ads got all the teens together in this ads and was talking to them about sexual things .
Charnette T. 4th hour
Yesterday when we watched "The Merchants of Cool", I found out interesting things about advertising. I didnt know people would go through so much, when advertising a product. It was amazing how people would wanna know so much about teenagers, I think that teenagers can be awkward and go through different stages in life, because I am one. So to really know so much about a teenager, you have to be a teenger. I was also suprised about the Sprit pop. I think it was very cool to throw a Sprit party for teenagers, being that we did help Sprit grow. Now, Im kind of understanding why teenagers is the target in certain products, when it comes to the advertising industry.
Diyana s 4th hour
I learned alot about company advertise and how they make most advertisment are mostly for teens.and how they put more sexual ads or beautiful people to get more vewers.
Ari J. 4th hour
In the movie i learned how companys target teens in ways i never knew.I learned companies advertise in adverage tv shows most teens watch,like MTV.Companys tarfind cool is get us cause we have money and we want to spend it.Companys think if we got money then they want us to buy their product.Companys target teens because we spend the most money each year, so companys think why not have them spend there money on our product.The way companies find cool is that when they find it and try to sell it its not cool anymore.As sellers they need to catch up on whats cool or they'll never sell any thing.
Rose R. Hour 5
From the movie, I learned how the companies that market their merchandice to us get their information on what is cool and popular for our age group.
Nothing really surprised me on how companies market to teenagers. I think that it is nice how companies ask us what we think is cool instead of just making such things up. I kinda liked the movie because it showed us how advertising has progressed and how they decide what to advertise to us.
Jamario M. 5th hour
nothing in the movie really interested me. the only thing that really supprised me was how far they will go to find out what is cool and what is not cool. They people from mtv actully went into some kids house ad asked him what is cool and what isnt.
Jornay R. 5th hour
From the movie, I learned that how important it was to some people that what teens like and what teens like to wear. I remember from the movie, that some guy said "the answers that these kids will give us, is worth a million dollars" and I didnt realize how important it was to them. But that's all I learned from the movie to sum it up.
Autumn P. 5th hour
I learned that companies market to mainly teens because they ususally get "guilt" money.
I was surprised that they take someone's style and try to claim it as their own.
I think it's not fair because they sneek their way into our lifestyle and attempt to pose as though they understand us.
josh h. 5th hour
I learned only a little bit from the movie. I think that they should have a different aproch on the teens on the street because it was kind of creepy. I found it was suprising about how many ads a teen sees by 18.
Ronald W. 5th hr.
I learned that most companys can start off at a very slow pase and come up real quick.I always thought that people just bought the products and that was it. but now i know that it's more to it then that.
Kylee R. 5th hour
I learned from the video yesterday that cool goes out of style pretty fast for these companys to keep up with it. Nothing suprised me about how they reach teens in advertisment because i see that everywhere so i wasnt suprised by it. I think the way companies learn about cool is acctually not that helpful to them. They pay these teens lots of money to not cooperate with them.
Sam Walker 5th hour
I learned that company advertise on shown teens would watch and what teen like and what is cool thats what most companys would advertise. I didn't know that they would go to teen house and ask them what they like and what like to wear. Knew they would have sexual or beautiful people in there ads.
Alyssa K. 5th hour
I learned that most companies advertise to reach out to the teenagers because they have the most disposable money to spend. I found it interesting that companies actually talk to teenagers to see what they want. Also, how they go and take pictures of unique styles that teenagers are wearing. Nothing else really surprised me about how they target teens.
Kayla P. 5th Hour
I was really entertained and shocked. I learned that most teenagers are the same. I didn't think that advertisers had directly always wanted to target teenagers. The process that the advertisers go through just to have a good selling product. I like the idea of how teenagers where interviewed to tell the advertisers what cool was.
i learned that they have company events that more then just one company is at. Like the sprite event were sprite had a bunch of singers sing and a payed croud and it was mtvs cameras that video taped it.
i learnd some things yesterday like how they do every thin to target us teenagers.
Natalie H.
I learned that company's do a lot of things just to find out what's cool for a teenager. I wasn't to surprised about how company's market teenagers, its the same thing though, all of the ads or shows have beautiful people and show some type of sexual content. But I did think that it was pretty cool how compinies learn what is 'cool', by just talking and asking the average teen what is cool and what isn't.
Nick S. 5th hour
I learned that sometimes when people are advirtising something that they pay people to go to the place that there advirtising the product. Nothing really suprised me how they target teens in ads because they always use sexual ads. Most companys learn what's cool by seeing what teens are wearing and talking to teens about what they like and what they think is cool.
Amanda H.
5th hour
First thing I want to say is that movie was really dirty. I also realize that there is a lot more commercials that just target teens than I thought. I also learned that teens are actually paid to go and say what is cool. No, it did not suprise me that people use sex sells to advertize teens. I don't like how companies figure out what is cool. They just pick out some random people and take their pictures. The thing is, are those people really "cool"? They ask people what is cool, but do they actually know what is popular?
Kevin M.
I didn't find the movie very interesting.I didn't really larn anything from the movie.I did learn anwering some questions can make me some money but that was the only thing in the video that caught my attention.
Diamond P 5th hour
yesterday I learned that they started using sexual content so that people would watch the show. Also I learned that companies advertise on shows kids watch. Something that suprised me about the way they market to teenagers is that they used some sexual contents. I like the way most companies find out whats cool because they ask us and let get involved. I also liked it because they use random people to take pictures of.
Kristina H. 5th Hour
I learned a little bit from the movie we watch like the teen they pick seem to be your everyday average teens. I wasn't really surpised by what I saw because most of the things they were saying I already knew. The company learn that they need to pick teens from different group of teens so they can see how people like different things.
Michael H. 5th
I learned that in the movie they show how companies get teenagers attenton to them. Nothing suprised me how they target to teenagers because companies have been useing the same ideas for a log time. Companies learn what we like by asking us see what teens do or by what we talk about.
Jessica R. 5th hr
I learned in the movie yesterday that the teens were paid to go in and answer questions. What surprised me most of all is they have enough to go up and down asking teens questions. What I think about the way the companies get there information is smart.
Cleora T. 5th hour
In the movie Merchants of Cool, i learned how the market aims toward teenagers. They try to figure out what is cool so they can stay with the teenage generation. Some marketers have a hard time keeping cool because teens change all the time. I think the way they research about what is cool is affective. Going and taking pictures and asking teens wherever you go about what is cool can help in the business. I am surprised how they try to learn more abut teens then any other age group.
Nicole W. 5th Hour
I learned that companies target teenagers the most because we have the most money to just spend and not think about it later. It suprised me that most advertising done for teens uses sex or music to keep teens interrested. What i think about the companies ways of knowing whats cool is ok but if they dont keep updates they will lose in the long run.
Khushbu M. 5th hour
There are some things i learned from this movie. I learned how companies get people to buy their products and where they get information on whats in. One thing surprised me about how companies market to teenagers. It was surprising that they set up actual appointments at kids houses to see what they are in to or like, or they take time to see a group of teenagers and interview and survey them about things they like and don't. i think it is good how companies learn what is cool because they get actual tennagers to tell them what is cool at that time.
Holden H. 5th Hour
I thought the movie was very informationalbecause it showed us how the "big" companies market to kids, by showing actors and actresses promoting different things like sprite and lipton ice tea because kids know who the people are and want to do what their favorite celeberity's are doing. i actually thought that they did that but i did not know that it was to that extent. i didn't think that the companies would go to peoples houses and ask them what they like to do and what they think is "cool" also i thought that they just looked at what kids are buying and how much of it but i did not think they went to their houses.
Shayla D. 5th hour
I learned the most bussiness and other companys target teens the most. Now teens have more of a big influence on there parents money. They what to learn whats in or whats cool. So to do they ask some teens the popular ones who leads an example the trend setter so questions about whats in. No I was not that suprised about the way they advertise for teens the have to do things to get or catch our attention. I like the way they try to figure out whats cool but I think next time they should go to a high school.
Kevin W. ,5th hour
Ilearned that they have people called cool hunters who look for teenagers that is what i learned in the movie. What surpised me was how they would send people to go look for teenagers it kind of weird and i would be scared if a old guy came up to me asking if he can take a picture of me and im not famous and what i think about how the companies lear teenagers out to find out what,s cool it is weird to have some stranger in your room with the door closed you don't know what they could do the whole movie was kind of weird and bad at the same time thats what i thought about the movie.
ScottH. 5th hour
I learned that companys that advertise target teens. Nothing suprised me about how the companys use sexual or beautiful people to advertise. Companys talk to teens to see whats hot and whats not.
i linder thet the compnes pay peple to sowe wote they wont.but i sord of all rede neew theis becas my mom all rede did thes be fore in a mall. it had her look at a picter and say withech won was buter.
joey o 6th hour
ilearnd that people pay people to tell them whats hto and cool know.nothing susprised me that they try to target us because we are the next generation. companys know whats cool by interviewing and seeing what people do and say.
Devin M 6thhour.
i learned that when teenagers change the businesses have to change along side with them. If they dont change the teens will not i mean WILL NOT buy there product
I was absent yesterday!!! Hi Ms.Denton!!lol
Chris B. 6th Hour
There was nothing that suprize me at all. But it was some good advertisements on shows that people like a little are age and older would watch.
Anthony S.6th
from the movie i leared that teenagers are the most of all people who watch advertisments and they re the most who buys the product. And i lered that intervewiers come to your house and ask you questions about what you like in the advertisments.
cassandra b.6th
there was nonthing that surprised me.i reaaly did not learn anything from the movie.companies ask teens what is cool to find out what is cool.
Alec W. hour 6
Some things I learned is that teenagers are the ones who keep companies selling their products. Nothing really suprised me. And the companie surveyed a couple of teens and asked them some stuff they like to wear, drink, or do.
De'Monza R.
There was nothing I really learned from the movie. Nothing really suprised me in the movie. I think that the companies learned what's cool is a good thing.
Colleen T. 6th Hour
There wasn't much i lurned from the movie but i did lurn a little bit. Like how tricky advertisement can be. I think that the companys how teenagers act everyday and how they live their lives and also what there opinions are. I was kinda supreised about how much sexual content there was cause it being school i thhought that there wouldn't be ANY sexual content.
There was some parts that i learned from the movie we watch in class the movie was funny, what suprised me was when the lady was moving that was cool to me and that teens are all alike, i think the companies that made the movie lear that you can still do cool thing in movies and that they had good idea to make the movie.....
Sha'corra d.!
Hour 6th......
Gina C. 6th hour
I learned from this movie that they bring out the underground clothes in style for money. It surprised me that they make alot off money off of teenagers, nto only with clothes but with other things like soda. I think that the way they learn from teenagers of "what is in style" is a bed way because, they pick just ordanarie kids. They should pick teenagers with different styles. Not only the ones that dress the same.
EMON.S. 6TH HOUR
I learned that companies come to your house and vist teens to see what the next big thing is. I belive that teens define whats cool and what is not. so thats why brand go after teens so much
Fernando M 6th hour
What I learned about the movie Is that it shows what cool means to teenagers. The movie also shows some clips of some popular shows.I also learned that some people are cool and some aren't.
R.Karl 6th Hour
I didn't learn from the movie and wasn't interestedfor the companies tring to be cool and I thought they were some lames stalking kids to learn how to be cool.
what suprised me is how they get people to buy there item its almost a trick because they use famous people to get you to buy something or they are like almost briving you to buy what they are trying to sell.so when ever i se a commercial.,i look at how they try to get teenagers to buy there product.
Essence m 7th hour
I learned that company advertise on showa that the average teen would watch. I know that lots of teen have the same lifestyle and act a lot a like. I know that when kids see certain ads they like they go to the store and get that product because the advertisers made the product look so good and sound so well that people either go and get the product when they first see or wait these are some things i learned by watching this commercial video
DRAKKAR F A.K.A GORE-ILLA
I DONT REALY MIND THE MOVIE OR SHOW OR WHATEVER BUT THE WAY THEY TRY TO PUT OUR UNIQUENESS IN SOME MARKET BUSSINESS SUCKS HARD CORE
Kimberly B. 6th Hour
I learned that teens do different things as they grow. Nothing suprised me on how they market teens. I think that it is good that companies what is cool for teens.
Tia T. 5th Hour
I learned that once a company declares something as "cool" then teens stop buying that product. Nothing really surprised me about how companies market to teens. I think the way companies learn how things are "cool" is simple ans smart.
Ilearned tyhat average teens would watch this show. They try to put most ads at the teenagers level.
john t 6th
it techt me thet the compnes had kids tell them wathe they like.becas i ges the can not thenink wat the like by them sives. so it most rilly help the compnes out.
Sommer Lemle 6th hour
Overall i didnt really learn anything from the blog besides that many people can be influences by what they see.Their wasn't really any surprises in the movies in my opinon but my in otheirs people opinion it does. This movie did not really affect me, well maybe some of it did but not alot of it.Companies do alot to catch peoples attention espeically teenagers so theirs really no suprise. Most companies learn stuff is cool by making a survey or by asking kids what they like or what they think before they post it even by how kidds react.
david d.
i wasn't here.
Jamie P,
I didnt watch the movie, I left early.
Micah Burden 1/20/09 7th Hour
I learned how many advertisemnt companys were related to teen.Not much suprise expect those comanys that were mostly related to teens and i learned how kids go out and want to buy what they see ina ad the next day of the same day when they the ad or something and i also learned how not to be tricked by some of those ads because some people from the companys are not really telling the truth so they lie to get money
Eric V.
I learned that marketer's don't just use commercials to sell things. They get around other ways and actually go with the flow. I think that ways marketers see what's cool or anything Is kinda weird because they actually come and question us when we could just not be interested anyway. The way merketer's go and do that is a good idea but also not. Then It suprised me on how they actually have concerts and clubs with big ads.
{(Brennen M. 7th Hour)}
I learned that company advertisments are on some shows I don't know or never herd of...I didn't really get surprised when I saw the ads using sex to lure teens into stuff. They figure out what's cool by surveying teens and going into top teen bought stores and so on...
Jahmeela M. 7th hour
I was not able to watch the movie
i learned that alot of people are because if they see there favorite celeb eating, drinkin, or wearing a companys product then they'll do it to. nothing suprised me when they asked kids what there favorite product is. companys use teens to see what they say, where they eat, an what they wear.
Essence M
I learned that company advertise on shows that most teens watch.Teenagers was the most targeted for advertising. other things that suprised me was that in the video they had asked the kids that were getting paid some questions and the questions that they had was very personal that you wouldnt ask on television. These are are some of the things that i learned while watching the video"The Merchants Of Cool"
DaTara James. 7th hour
what i have learned from the video was, that they really want too know what we like, and what kinds of things that we are interested in. And how much they really want to know. But to me it feels like they are trying to use us. Because they are not really do not care about us., they just want to know what we like, and what we are interested into. and then how many details can we give them or ideas, about what we like and things like that. it kindds of feel like scary because they take pictures of people and all these things just to really only see what we are interested into........and this is what i really feel about this.
Destinie m. 7th hour
i learned that people who want to know what we like will go to a far sometimes it didnt really suprise me how many companies want to have teenagers to buy there stuff i knew that there are alot that try hard and we buy there stuff cause its cool i that some are cool but then they try way to hard to be cool
david d. 7th hr
The merchents of cool was a movie that was pritty boring but i learned a lot about many companies.i learned a lot about how companies look for what i going to be the next big thing and what kids will want to have. Also i learned that companies try to use sexual adds to attract teens.
Jeremy G.J.
I learned that companies will say just about anything to get you to buy their product. What suprised me about the way they they found out what was "cool". They went up to random people and asked to take their picture, which if you ask is a little creepy. Companies found out what is cool by paying teens to talk to them and going to people house and interveiwing them.
Was absent on the day of the movie
Kristen D. 7th Hour
From the movie, I learned that companies are willing to do a lot of things to learn what is "cool". I also learned that people actually pay teenagers to ask them questions all day. Frankly, I think that's wierd. It surprised me that people would just walk up to teenagers & ask them if they can take their picture. I find that inappropriate, but they do what it takes. I think the way companies learn what's cool, is very strange, but I guess they aren't afraid to get out there, they go straight to the source. & it kind of surprised me to see that teenagers are actually a lot alike.
Megan R. 7th hour
From the movie I learned how companies target teenagers for products. What suprised me was that the actually go and hire teenagers just to figure out what they think is cool. I think how companies learn what is cool is a little creepy, people go around on the streets asking to take pictures of cool teenagers and they will even go into a teenagers home and interview them and go through their things to see what's cool.
Brandon T. Hour 7th
What I learned about in the Merchants of cool was, that they used teenagers to test out their project and the other thing that I learned was, that I did not know yesteerday was, most companies did target teenagers most of the time.
Reail Page-Pollard
I liked the The Merchantes of cool because it tought me don't get involved in everything that goes on in the life of teenagers.
BUT IM
Aneshia N.
7th hour
The things that had suprised me was that i didnt know that they actually payed teens to dance and make everything look cool.i learned that you dont have to be cool to fit in with the in crowd just be yourself
DeanteY 7th hour
Was absent on the day of the movie
Anthony M 7th hour
What I learned about was how companies how compaines come up with new ideas and how they know what teens like. it surpised me how compaines pay teens to drink or wear there product. the compaines leran wht cool is by teens.
Kamal Harper I learned that people go out and ask kids about whats in style.No any thing did not surprise me. I think companies that get info from them will help there advertisment
terra v 7th hour
i learned alot from the movie for example companies like sprite used alot of color and music.
also when they used different things happen ..
Angelica .S. 7th hour
i learned that companies like sprite tro to make seem they are just like us. also that thet pay to get buisness. WOW! That doesn't totally surprise me. What did surprise me was that they go to teens homes and interveiw them.Thats kind of scary and stalkish.:) :(
Tash'e F. 7th hour
What i learned from the movie "the merchants of cool" that teens get people get cool from teens.I also learned that cool goes out of style and the companies who sell the stuff they pay kids to advertise in there video or commercial.
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