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The new Trivago ad-bad lip synching
Has anyone noticed the newest Trivago ad? There is a delay in the sound and his mouth moving, my gut feel it isn't him talking and that the actor and voice over are out of synch, it makes for a shitty advertising experience.
Here is the visual evidence. The question, does this inspire confidence in the company?
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I've seen other commercials where it's clearly obvious that the dialog is dubbed over the original. The one example I can think of is a UK advert for some dishwasher cleaner. There was a Canadian commercial that I saw on a UK channel dubbed over with people with British accents. Cost savings is likely the primary reason.
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Muffaraw Joe wrote:
Has anyone noticed the newest Trivago ad? There is a delay in the sound and his mouth moving, my gut feel it isn't him talking and that the actor and voice over are out of synch, it makes for a shitty advertising experience.
Not an ideal experience, I'd agree.
This particular campaign's audio work is an AI production actually - one real actor on-screen (a UK one), but multiple languages (and potentially accents like your above "US" one) generated:
Here's the French version for example:
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I don't know if these ads are still on but Dove used the Canadian ads on US TV for various commercials. Saw them on US OTA TV and CNN. One ad had a shot of Thomson Hall and surrounding park area.
The oddest thing was when they showed the product at the end, the labelling still had the bilingual English/French writing. Not really prominent, but it was there. Anyway, these ads ran for about a year and may be still on in Canada. I did see them pop up occasionally on non sim subbed US network TV and CNN quite a few times in 2023.