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How about a faceless person staring out at a body of water?
TV shows just love moody images even if they all borrow from the same concept.
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Back in 2015 I noticed a publicity trend in which television shows were all using the same concept idea… a moody image of an actor photographed from behind and staring into a body of still water.
They included Foxtel’s Tassie drama, The Kettering Incident…
2013’s Top of the Lake, filmed by Jane Campion in New Zealand….
And ABC’s The Secret River miniseries…
But we’re not done yet with a recent promo image from Alone Australia (below) and Disney’s upcoming local drama The Clearing (pictured top).
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10 Responses
Yep good pick up. I vote for lazy promo department.
These people are dentists, so we can’t tell you their premiere dates..
I recall hearing an “expert” on the radio talking about dating app photos. It appears that women gravitate towards a man looking outwards into the distance. Maybe the same concept – there is something that draws us in when the person is looking away.
This image concept certainly has become popular in recent years. That being said, it is starting to approach the point where it is becoming a bit overused. It could begin to lose its signifiance to the audiance.
Like the producers the person in the photo is searching for that one good (unique) idea. At least Alone changed the gender
The Outsider kinda too. Unsure if the person is facing forwards or backwards.
In Alone though they are just hoping a trout jumps ashore.
They’re all dentists, so they can’t show their faces on television… or in publicity photos
As a person involved in video on a daily basis (its what I do after all), it can be looked at two ways. Either they all thought the first time it was used was such a good idea it was copied (ad infinitum) showing that imitation is the “sincerest form of flattery”, or the lack of imagination is so rife (and laziness plays a part too) that nobody can be bothered to think of something new.
I suspect the latter FWIW.
TV promotional materials today are never cliché 😉