Creative+Commons+video

**Creative Commons license video**

 * Production Values**

The first video, //Defense Comes First – Oldsmobile//, plays much like a newsreel you would expect to see at the theaters in the 1940’s. Oldsmobile emphasizes their part in the war effort (//World War II//). The commercial is presented in black-and-white film and features the B44 Oldsmobile series car. In contrast, the Newport Commercial plays in color. Some of the production assets are a soundtrack of a contemporary tune and an accompanied jingle. Special effects are incorporated as well. Notice how the couple on the beach jumps out of the television and into someone’s living room. This techniques is still popular with today’s film making where actors are shot in-front of a green screen. Virtually the same technique was utilized in the 1960’s however a blue screen was used then.


 * Content**

The Newport commercial plays out much like a sitcom of that era in which the leap into the supernatural was popularized in the 1960's by sitcoms like Bewitched and I Dream of Jennie. The content of the Oldsmobile commercial is rich in historic value. The time period this was made was during World War II. Industry within America was primarily focused on production for the military and the war effort. Oldsmobile is certain to mention their part.

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 * Defense Comes First With Oldsmobile**

media type="file" key="newport_4_512kb.mp4 (video mp4 Object).mp4" width="300" height="300" [|newport_4_512kb.mp4 (video mp4 Object).mp4] Source: http://www.archive.org/details/newport_4 cc licence: no rights reserved
 * Newport Cigarette Commercial**