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Advert analysis
Analysis of advertising
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Everyone who owns a television has seen the “Somewhere in America” commercial at least once, which was published by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. This commercial is full of emotions and most people, “Always change the channel because they can’t take it anymore,” (McLachlan). The most depressing parts of this commercial is the pictures because the dogs and cats are all beaten up and suffering from being abused and neglected by their owners. As a matter of fact, they are trying to make the audience feel sympathetic so they can join the ASPCA. The ASPCA tries to encourage audience monetary donation by using ethos by their tone, logos and pathos from the pictures and the statistics.
The commercial uses everyday scenes. We see these women have jobs, ride the bus, live in a house, and do other every day activities. It uses cultural aspects in the fact that the women are lesbians and they adopt a Hispanic child who is deaf. This commercial was part of a campaign that Wells Fargo released. The company is trying to communicate that they have a diverse group of customers who all have their own needs.
more emotional effect on the reader because they’re the last words their minds process, and thus more bound to resonate with them. After a paragraph that specifically described Trump and Cruz supporters as small-minded and vicious, “shivers” is likely to produce a sense of alertness and possibly fear. Therefore, the word “shivers”, used as both evidence and to build pathos, Bruni appeals to the readers emotions, reinforcing the terrifying truth that there are individuals in America fully supporting Trump and Cruz. In an effort to appeal to pathos, Bruni effectively uses sentence structure to question the reader’s values and cue the audience to Trump and Cruz’s absurd behavior.
For pathos appeals Carson uses emotions such as fear, alarming, and concerns. This appeal is strong for this argument because of the use of pesticides and chemicals. An example for alarming, Carson poetically asserted that “to still the song of birds and the leaping of fish in the streams, to coat the leaves with a deadly film, and to linger on in soil” (Carson 645). The audience can create a polluted and an unclean stream of land that is deeply contaminated. Carson uses this song as a concept to show the purpose and create such fearful emotions.
In “This I Believe” (1952), Jackie Robinson claims that free society allows change for the better among people. Robinson elaborates by stating that when people in a free society are allowed “room to breathe and time to think” that the failings of the civilization will “disappear”, though Robinson recognizes that without being willing to “fight for it” people as a whole will not surpass these shortcomings. He writes in order to motivate people to “find the greatness of tomorrow” by impressing upon people the importance of working towards a perfect society. Robinson utilizes an inspirational tone in this speech to garner attention from the American public, encouraging people to fight against the injustices they see, and reassuring them that they
The first advertisement chosen is the “Cover Girl” video commercial about skin foundation. The intended audience is females, who want to wear makeup and want lighter, cleaner and soft skin. In this video famous music artist Taylor Swift claims that if you had not bought Cover Girl foundation, your skin would have not seemed lighter and fresh as it would be with Cover Girl foundation. This video addressed Aristotle Rhetoric three appeals. Firstly, Pathos occurs when buying Cover Girl’s foundation conveys the feelings of confidence which is shown by the colors, music and actions portrayed in the commercial.
Trump uses Hillary’s words against her to convince people who will soon vote (Hard working people) for the 2016 Presidential election, that she feels that they are unworthy or a disgrace. The music being played in the background also makes it feel as if something bad is about to happen. Strong font texts are used to really pinpoint the argument against Hillary’s statement at the end with a picture of her in the back. Trump uses logos by appealing to the people offended by Clinton's statement. As for ethos, he provides audio stating how he approves the message made by the commercial with a picture of him holding his thumb up.
The ad starts out with clips of Americans from all walks of life--farmers, cafe workers, office workers, parents, and more--engaged in their careers. The ad then transitions to people enjoying themselves at Bernie Sanders’ rallies, and shows Sanders actively seeking them out and addressing them directly. This is accompanied by a folk-style song from Simon and Garfunkel. The ad continues to show clips of massive groups of people cheering for Sanders. A standout video clip is shown, matching the song lyrics, that says: “They all come to look for America.”
On September 7, 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson released a campaign ad called “Daisy”. The “Daisy Ad” was unlike any campaign ad before. One author even states, “You can love ‘Daisy’ for its power or hate it for its excess… but it changed political advertising forever,” (Babb). In the past, many political advertisements had been lighthearted with catchy slogans, this ad was different. For example, one of John F. Kennedy’s campaign advertisement contained a Frank Sinatra song with the lyrics, “Everyone is voting for Jack, ‘cause he’s got what all the rest lack,” (Babb).
Introduction Hook: I never knew that one day, one idea could have such a big impact. That one thing could change the history, set up the rest of the country to follow suit with this specific topic, and things that need a change in general. Background: Over 50 years ago, on March 7, 1965, now known as bloody Sunday, segregation was still prevalent. At the time it was not allowed for blacks to vote at the time.
Similarly, Clinton attempts to use this strategy to convince voters as well. In Clinton’s ad she uses shots of average American citizens to get her beliefs across. Moreover, she features both men and women performing day-to-day tasks (getting ready for work, feeding your children etcetera). Like Trump, she uses strong visuals in an effort to appear relatable and to remind you that she has everyone 's best interest in mind.
The wife’s reaction to the men in the commercial showcases how women were expected to act back in the 1960s. When the husband got upset with the wife for making terrible coffee, insinuating that her only purpose in life is to please him, and that if he is not happy she should feel guilty because it is all her fault. The wife running off immediately to the market to fix the problem so that she can mend the relationship with her husband. The wife’s life is portrayed in a way that suggest that women are supposed to live only to serve their husbands. The commercial also portrays the mentality that the only concerns women have are related to household chores, and that a woman’s whole existence revolves around housework and family.
The music that plays in the background of the ad is slow and depressing at first. But then it starts building and builds anticipation. Finally it reaches the point of being hopeful and happy. This helps build emotion because people’s moods and outlooks can be influenced by music. Paired with the music is a voiceover.
Every year Doritos creates many memorable commercials that air during that year’s Super Bowl. These commercials often display many humorous and violent situations as well as attractive people, who are mostly women. Doritos advertisements also display similar characteristics and concepts that are in their commercials. In Jib Fowles article, “Advertising’s Fifteen Basic Appeals”, he explores the fifteen needs that advertisers use to appeal to their target audience. One of them is the need for attention, which is simply the desire to exhibit yourself in a way to make others look at you (283).
Most commercials hire models or celebrities to better sell a product; however, using real everyday people speaks to the audience that not only are our employees relatable but they also seem like a friend, sister, neighbor, or anyone you trust in to making your visit a positive one. This relates to emotion by the matches of words and pictures. The word real when placed beside food and people brings a sense of authentic when consuming the dishes or interacting with the team. This emotion presented in this example is honestly when trusting the food industry. Figure 5: Ending image in Noodles and Company commercial.