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jimv1 Great Old One Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Total posts: 2734 Gender: Male |
 Posted: 18-09-2013 11:51 Post subject: Clock hands |
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Someone recently posted something on the positioning of clock hands in advertising. As I used to work in advertising, I could confirm that the hands were indeed set around 10 to 2 or 10 past 10 to create happy, smiley clock faces and a more positive reaction from the viewer.
So watching the excellent Dave Gorman (Life is Goodish) last night was something of a revelation in that the rule is so ingrained it's become the norm for at least one phone company to use 10:08 digitally in their photos.
Just type htc into google images and you'll see what I mean. |
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| XBergMann Grey Joined: 22 Jul 2009 Total posts: 15 Location: Kiev, Ukraine Gender: Male |
| Posted: 18-09-2013 15:17 Post subject: |
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I have a clock where the hands run backwards for the last hour or so before the batteries run out.
It is so bewildering that I have a habit of putting old batteries in it now just to enjoy what happens.
It also explains why I am often later for appointments. |
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| liveinabin1 Great Old One Joined: 19 Oct 2001 Total posts: 2140 Location: insert witty comment here Gender: Female |
| Posted: 18-09-2013 20:16 Post subject: Re: Clock hands |
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| jimv1 wrote: | Someone recently posted something on the positioning of clock hands in advertising. As I used to work in advertising, I could confirm that the hands were indeed set around 10 to 2 or 10 past 10 to create happy, smiley clock faces and a more positive reaction from the viewer.
So watching the excellent Dave Gorman (Life is Goodish) last night was something of a revelation in that the rule is so ingrained it's become the norm for at least one phone company to use 10:08 digitally in their photos.
Just type htc into google images and you'll see what I mean. |
I recall discussing this with friends one evening. My friend didn't believe my so we looked at the Argos catalogue online. We also notice that digital clocks show 10.08 too. |
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