My picks for awesome, awful, inclusive and weird super bowl ads

For years, I did a post about my top 10 Super Bowl ads. I think this year warrants a different approach. I felt it was an odd mix. Sure there were some awesome ads and I’ll go through them first. There were some that I thought really missed the mark. In the current political climate, where anything inclusive is being wiped away from our government and the NFL had to remove “End Racism” from their end zones, there seemed to be a number of ads that went out of their way to be inclusive and honor marginalized people. This included
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A great way to get your brand or organization’s stories told in an authentic way is to conduct interviews with the people who have lived them and create videos out of those interviews. I’ve been directing interview videos for 15+ years now. Here are some tips I’ve learned about getting good responses to create compelling stories. Help Them Relax When you’re interviewing someone who is not used to being on camera, it can be pretty intimidating. Don’t have them staring directly into the camera. That’s a sure way to get that “deer in the headlights” response. I usually sit in
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