Analysis of the Peugeot 306 Television Commercial

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Analysis of the Peugeot 306 Television Commercial

The Peugeot 306 commercial has many persuasive elements, to help sell

the car. The commercial's overall effect is that it has a narrative

with a twist. It has firstly, a 'sexy' woman who wakes up and gets out

of her bed where her 'partner' is still sleeping under the sheets. She

then walks to the balcony, there she sees the 'workman' is washing the

car in a slow sexual way, he is attractive to women and it is obvious

the two want sex. The woman is seen as a person with low morals and

wants this man as 'a bit on the side'. The twist in the story comes

when the man and woman are about to make love in the kitchen, the

radio breaks causing the 'partner' to wake up. We then find out the

alleged 'partner' is the son of the supposed 'workman' and the 'sexy

temptress'. Lastly at the end of the commercial there is a slogan, the

slogan is 'Drive of your life' is taken from well-known phrases, 'Time

of your life' and 'Love of your life'. A well-known romantic song

represents, the romance and qualities of the car.

This commercial uses a lot of different camera shots, which helps the

audience get the right feelings and response to the car and the

characters in the Peugeot 306 commercial. The commercial begins with a

high angle close-up, and we hear the tuning of the radio, the camera

inverts 180 degrees to a high angle long shot. We are then introduced

to the 'sexy temptress' with a medium long shot also allowing viewing

the suspect 'partner' under the covers of the large bed. We get a

close up the sponge as the man wipes of the car in a slow, sexual way

with soap drizzling from it adding to...

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... This commercial is intended for upper middle class,

trendy and young people in there thirties. These people are the type

of people actually featured in the commercial. It is targeted at these

people because the people have the money and may be looking at

starting a family or already has.

Its scheduled at the evening around 7pm or later to target these

people and catch them at a time they'll be watching, after they have

got home from work.

The most important thing in the commercial is the twist because both

the points of view about the car they want present are shown. Before

the twist they are showing the car is sexy, stylish and a pleasure to

drive, they music help to show this the most. After twist they are

showing it is also a family car. The commercial uses sex as the main

theme to get their message across.

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