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Old 18th Nov 2020, 6:56 pm   #48
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Default Re: Television Advert 'Warning' Symbol

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Originally Posted by Welsh Anorak View Post
Hopefully still OT - does anyone remeber the Channel Four red flash to warn viewers the next bit was naughty? It certainly got the viewing figures up, at least for recording so the more interested viewer could fast search till the red fash appeared, which I think was the opposite of the intention.
When a TV (or even a cinema film years ago) showed the cue dot I'd get a bit fidgety as I used to be a 16mm projectionist at school and on a ship and old habits die hard....
There was one really cheesy attempt at a horror film where they had things called "The fear flasher" and "The horror horn" which went off at times they suggested sensitive people might want to look away. The end product was so awful that it met itself coming back and put it on the boundary between almost funny and tragically pathetic.

Channel 4's red flag may have boosted viewing figures but this production didn't!

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