UCD ad campaign, I cant stop lauging

Stabshauptmann

http://www.myucd.ie/

Some people might be offended by what I find so funny, but watch some of this and you might figure it out

delta_bravo

I wonder does anyone here know any of these people? What forced them to do this

Red Alert

I heard they were paid to do it.

CantGetNoSleep

Ha yeah I know one of them, remember her telling me that at the end of last year

I think they said they were paid and got loads of other free stuff too

delta_bravo

I think that Ronan chap is the guy who got 8 A1's in 2006. Not sure though

Red Alert

I wonder what the advertising standards authority in ireland would think of this?

delta_bravo

Red Alert wrote: »

I wonder what the advertising standards authority in ireland would think of this?

A lot of it is incorrect. 'You can do anything you want' etc. You cant really, its only 2 modules and places are highly limited and often restricted

panda100

Lol,I know Naomi,sound girl so what on earth possesed her to do that?!

boneless

Hmmm, interesting... no mature students...

Blut

Jeese, youd think theyd at least get attractive people to front their ad campaign. They (mostly) manage to do that for all the main welcome images on the UCD homepage, why couldnt they do that for this?

Stepherunie

delta_bravo wrote: »

I think that Ronan chap is the guy who got 8 A1's in 2006. Not sure though

yeah he is, he's one of the Irish Scholars too.

delta_bravo

boneless wrote: »

Hmmm, interesting... no mature students...

Its geared for prospective students doing their leaving cert. Theres not gonna be mature students on it for that reason. Theres also 5 girls and only 2 guys, not sure if that was intentional though

Umaro

Oh God.

Stepherunie

Heh heh it's kinda mad, the radio ads are funnier as the sound byte editing is weirdly done, they just took it from those clips.

I know the guy who designed the original Horizons advertising, how i wish he hadn't retired now...

Riamfada

Ill take my bastardised degree with my semester in astrophysics, french, archaeology, sports management and accounting and get a job in ......

......eh

.............em

...........................eh

Allied Irish Banks because im not qualified to practice ANYTHING!

Stabshauptmann

Degrees dont make you qualified for anything anyway, the qualification of the professional body you want to join does.

Zippitydoo

I can definitely see the humour value

"I wanted to take up something new... like judo!" (up pop a little judo drawn suit- couldn't stop laughin).

Stepherunie

Redeye:

Until the Health and Social Care Professions Act comes into force Radiographers do no have to be a member of any Society to Practice as a Radiographer, they have to have a UCD degree to practice freely in Ireland or have there degree validated.

Riamfada

Kaptain Redeye wrote: »

Degrees dont make you qualified for anything anyway, the qualification of the professional body you want to join does.

you know what i mean

and thanks Steph

Stepherunie

Pedantics 0 Steph 1.

What i'm still not getting is why they're calling the whole gimick myucd.ie. Yes personalise it etc but like - do they think incoming college students are like 12?????

I feel like it's vaguely similar to the time I was 12 deciding what secondary school to go to...

Riamfada

I really think

"NOT AN ACTOR"

should be flashing when they talk

Stepherunie

Isn't one of them in Dramsoc?

Oh and how much did Jazzsoc pay to be the main society mentioned - they're in the radio ads and everything.....

mloc

hehe i know naomi too... major slagging next time I see her!

Riamfada

Yeah i head the Jazzsoc thing . Man the girl in that add does an awful lot. Where does she find the time with constant continuous assessment?!

Stepherunie

I dunno - it magically appears - I should know better than to take on loads of stuff but i still do it.

How I miss how unstressful previous years were...

Riamfada

Speaking of which. I have my finals tomorrow. Ah jaysus and the Judo club are meeting, and my dog is sick and JAzzsoc have a gig on that im running.

Jesus really chose to be born at an inconsiderate time .

Stepherunie

Heh heh.

Tuesday be my D day. If I have to see one more tumour today I may lose it. Pity the entire module is about them then.......

Personally I'd like to see myucd have my exams in more considerate locations for me. This is myucd. My bedroom as an exam venue anyone??? I'll supply chocolate.

Tá Mé Gaeilge

delta_bravo wrote: »

I think that Ronan chap is the guy who got 8 A1's in 2006. Not sure though

9 Actually- sound lad- he's living in the Irish house on campus and hates people bringing myucd up.....

PennyLane

Stepherunie wrote: »

Oh and how much did Jazzsoc pay to be the main society mentioned - they're in the radio ads and everything.....

Clearly, it's because JazzSoc has "an exceptional reputation in the market as a dynamic and reputable society who can deliver when you need it". Or something.

Stabshauptmann

none of the societies paid to be mentioned, of that Im certain.

My understanding is that the people in the ads are UCD students and are in fact involved in the things they claim to be in, and a good few are mentioned.

Stabshauptmann

Tá Mé Gaeilge wrote: »

9 Actually- sound lad- he's living in the Irish house on campus and hates people bringing myucd up.....

how did he get involved. Was it advertised and he applied or was he approached by someone from the university?

seraphimvc

the whole website...the stuffs come up when they speak...the video editing...it is very obvious they put money on that...look fancy but that makes it looks really commercial(shouting 'buy me buy me buy me' in my brain when i watched)...who would really believe that cr*p??:p another failure i guess...but i think it is meant to attract new students......*sigh*...i prefer they are rather spending money on others right stuffs tho...

Thomas_S_Hunterson

ugh


cringe

delta_bravo

Kaptain Redeye wrote: »

how did he get involved. Was it advertised and he applied or was he approached by someone from the university?

I would say they picked the students with a high gpa and also get involved in extra cirruclar activities to enhance the image of the college. They werent gonna pick wasters. Some of these people may even be on scholarships, i would say this applies to ronan due to his excellent results in the lc

Scraggs

Afaik they're UCD ambassadors also.

Stabshauptmann

delta_bravo wrote: »

I would say they picked the students with a high gpa and also get involved in extra cirruclar activities to enhance the image of the college. They werent gonna pick wasters. Some of these people may even be on scholarships, i would say this applies to ronan due to his excellent results in the lc

Do you think that is an informative post/answer?
From watching the ad anyone can easily deduce why they used the people they did (which are fairly obvious reasons); that doesnt add any clarity on whether the students sought to be involved or the university approached certain students.

Compare it to Scraggs post, she too is speculating but she has added value to the discussion my mentioning UCD Ambassadors.

Stepherunie

And yet yours is so much better......

He gave a good reasonable argument and you, you pointed out you didn't think it was great and how scraggs' was better.

Now was yours an informative/ helpful post???



And i'd agree with scraggs - more than likely they are ambassadors - makes sense to use them, I know one of them is at least.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Kaptain Redeye wrote: »

Do you think that is an informative post/answer?
From watching the ad anyone can easily deduce why they used the people they did (which are fairly obvious reasons); that doesnt add any clarity on whether the students sought to be involved or the university approached certain students.

Compare it to Scraggs post, she too is speculating but she has added value to the discussion my mentioning UCD Ambassadors.

Do you think that is an informative post/answer?

Note post to which you reply is indeed speculating that the students were approached by UCD. The poster opened:

I'd say they picked

Not that that is of any relevance:rolleyes:

delta_bravo

Kaptain Redeye wrote: »

Do you think that is an informative post/answer?

Yes

MatthewVII

I must mention to Naomi that she made us meds seem like awful people. I wonder how much money is needed to make people give up their dignity like that?

Also, i like how they gave the students little icons that looked nothing like them and made them all look like Rosanna Davison.

imarugbyball

delta_bravo wrote: »

I think that Ronan chap is the guy who got 8 A1's in 2006. Not sure though

Yeah i thought that as well. God it's some gay website all the same tho!]

Such a shamer doing it.

Pretty hilliarious, good find.

stolenwine

Ha is it just me or is everyone getting very tetchy these days on the forum ...hmm I wonder why. Anyway thought we discussed myUcd already and decided it was a crock of ****. I don't blame the people who did it bet the money was good. Er, what kind of surgery is the medical student doing now....?

Pythia

The drawings make people look much better looking than they actually are.

TheThing!

delta_bravo wrote: »

Its geared for prospective students doing their leaving cert. Theres not gonna be mature students on it for that reason. Theres also 5 girls and only 2 guys, not sure if that was intentional though

They were girls?

Stepherunie

Ah that was a bit harsh.

TheThing!

Stepherunie wrote: »

Ah that was a bit harsh.

I am like the russian police, harsh, harsh but fair

gubbie

delta_bravo wrote: »

I think that Ronan chap is the guy who got 8 A1's in 2006. Not sure though

I think it was 9... I remember when he came into engineering... everyone in the orientation groups were like "did you see the 900 pointer...". He's really nice

Tá Mé Gaeilge

gubbie wrote: »

I think it was 9... I remember when he came into engineering... everyone in the orientation groups were like "did you see the 900 pointer...". He's really nice

yes it was 9 and i can pm you his number if u want it gubbie

caridee2

oh. my. god.

would LOVE to know what they got paid to do that! or where the horizons people even found them?!

gubbie

Tá Mé Gaeilge wrote: »

yes it was 9 and i can pm you his number if u want it gubbie

OY!
Ha ha I was an orientation guide with him this year and if I wanted his number I'd just go up and get it! (plus I'm not a cradle snatcher-it looks wierd, my wrinkly skin is getting even older)

Jam400

Jaysus the cartoon versions of them birds where well deceiving!