Commercial Analysis: The Wonderful Pistachios

The Wonderful Pistachios commercial, Dominatrix, starts off in a wide shot bright white room with a black chair. A dominatrix wearing a leather black and green suit walks into the room, she has a single pistachio in her hand and places it down on the chair, she backs away and with her whip cracks the pistachio open. While she's doing that a male voice over says "Dominatrix do it ... on command". Towards the end of the commercial a happy jingle is played while the male voice over says "Wonderful pistachios, get cracking".

The white room is perfect for this commercial because there's nothing to distract the main idea. The voice over is timed perfectly because it allows the audience to hear the dominatrix come in, hear her set the pistachio

As soon as the commercial starts you can hear the dominatrix heels. Another big sound effect is when she sits the pistachio down the chair, the sound is so clear that you can hear an echo coming from the pistachio. The dominatrix most important and notable accessory in this commercial is her long black whip. You can hear the loud whip when she uses it on the pistachio. Not only can you

The dominatrix outfit is only black and bright green. Those are the main colors that the package for Wonderful Pistachio uses. Black reappears again this time and it's the chair that's black. It's important that the chair is black because it goes with the color scheme that is being used. It would have been odd if the chair wasn't black or even bright green. Let's say if the chair was red, wouldn't some of the audience think that was peculiar? That the red chair is a hidden message of some sorts? The main and most obvious color being used is white. White is a fantastic color to use in this commercial because it doesn't take away from the plot. It helps keep the focus on what is going on between the dominatrix and the pistachio. Not only does the color white appears during the beginning of the commercial, it stays to the end.

Alongside of the pistachio, the dominatrix is the greatest nonverbal element. Even though she doesn't speak her actions are loud. When she walks into the room, you know she's determined to do whatever she needs to crack open the pistachio. Not only are her actions loud but her outfit is too. To many people it's obvious what she is by what she is wearing. The character has on a daring outfit that consists of a black collar, black and green leather PVC corset, underwear, leather thigh high boots, and her trusty whip. The pistachio is the