I have always liked emotional commercials, they grab my attention and make me feel strong emotions while watching TV. Seeing Derrick Coleman’s commercial made me hopeful and made me feel like anything is possible. In the beginning of the commercial Coleman is a kid with hearing aids and he talks about how kids picked on him, how he was always picked last, and how his football coaches didn’t know how to talk to him because he was deaf. Everyone told him to give up playing football but he kept playing even when he wasn’t picked to play in the NFL right away. He trained hard and at the end of the commercial it shows him walking out on to the Seattle Seahawks field with the stadium lights glowing and everyone cheering. I believe this commercial had a lasting powerful effect on the people that saw it because it made you feel emotional, the story supported Duracell’s argument, and people admire and trust Derrick Coleman.
Overall I thought this commercial had many strengths. I thought its biggest strength was the emotional appeal. The fact that they used a deaf professional football player’s life story really drew people in. I believe the moment when
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he says “some people said I was a lost cause” automatically made people feel emotional because from the beginning of the commercial the audience could tell that Derrick Coleman really wanted to play football. Another strength is that they showed short clips of his life growing up. For example, of him playing football as a teenager with his hearing aid falling out after getting hit. After seeing that, people really started to understand his struggles, and what he pushed through to get to where he is today. Some people might say that a weakness of this commercial is that Coleman didn’t directly say that he used Duracell Batteries but I disagree. I believe that if they had him say that it would make the commercial tacky. In my opinion, I think this Duracell commercial was very influential and put their message out in a great way. This commercial indirectly presented very strong reasons as to why Duracell batteries are the best. The things that Derrick Coleman says in this commercial make you believe that he never stopped working, just like the Duracell Batteries. For example when he says: “People told me I should just quit but I’ve been deaf since I was three so I didn’t listen.” When Coleman says this it makes people subconsciously believe that Duracell batteries work that hard and never quit just like him. Along with what Derrick Coleman says, visually the commercial kept switching to different pictures and scenes fast which makes people think of energy and power. The music also added the same feeling at the end when he is training for the NFL. Some of the scenes in this commercial included close ups on Derrick Coleman’s face and eyes and he always has an intense powerful look on his face and in his eyes. Those scenes added to people subconsciously thinking of energy and power too. Also, at the end of the commercial it says “trust the power within” which refers back to Derrick Coleman trusting his power to eventually make it to the NFL and it also refers to the audience trusting the power within a Duracell battery. The way the commercial showed its reasons as to why Duracell had the most powerful batteries was clever and clear at the same time. This Commercial, you would think, would most likely appeal to Seattle Seahawk fans because they know Derrick Coleman well and they support him but, I believe this commercial attracts more people than that. In my opinion, the audience for this commercial was targeted toward everyone because every person who sees this commercial should feel some type of emotion toward the story of a deaf professional football player struggling and then succeeding to the NFL. Out of everyone that sees this commercial, I believe it mostly grabs the attention of people who are, or know people with hearing problems. Since people with hearing deficiencies don’t get very much support and attention like cancer or heart disease, it was a huge deal for a big company like Duracell to use a deaf professional football player’s story in their commercial. I believe that everyone who sees this commercial believes that Duracell has the most powerful batteries because Derrick Coleman is in their commercial. Since he is a well-known and admired NFL player, a lot of people will believe Duracell when they say that their batteries are the most powerful. People think, if Derrick Coleman trusts Duracell batteries I should too! People think this because at the end of the commercial he says “And now I’m here with a lot of fans in the NFL cheering me on, and I can hear them all.” When he says this it solidifies that he trusts Duracell batteries in his hearing aids during his NFL games. That is a huge deal and Duracell did a good job discreetly saying that Derrick Coleman trusts their batteries. I believe emotional commercials always grab the attention of audiences better than any other type of commercial.
Weather it makes the audience feel depressed, hopeful, or happy it always gets a good message out. The message behind the Derrick Coleman commercial is to work hard and never give up on your dreams. He never gave up on his dreams and now he is a very successful NFL football player on the Seattle Seahawks team. This commercial did a great job covering the ideas of pathos, logos, and ethos. The emotional aspect was definitely the strongest, the reasons behind the commercial were very strong, and because they used a well-known football player covers the character and credibility of this commercial. I believe Duracell did a very good job of getting a powerful message across while clearly advertising their
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The look on the man’s face when he looks up portrays the emotions that the audience is feeling: shock, joy, and relief. Finally the sun comes back out and the man has both his dog and his horse back at home. There are many rhetorical strategies that Budweiser uses in their advertisement. The biggest being pathos. They use pathos in almost every aspect of their commercial. By changing the lighting, music, and overall relatability they are able to change the audience’s emotions. They also use ethos in their commercial by always reminding you of their brand.
Simple commercials can been more effective than complex and long commercial if the simple short commercial gets to the point and that is what the Spieth commercial did. I also believe that the Lebron James commercial was effective, because it got me to buy Nike shoes and the commercial was unique and the commercial had an credible
Did you know that Joe Montana grew up in a town where many other great quarterbacks grew up for example Dan Darino and become one of the best to ever play. Joe had a amazing life he won many awards and become very famous over the years. He has a beautiful wife and two kids. Joe montana is one of the greatest football players to ever play.
According to Robert Scholes, author of On Reading a Video Text, commercials aired on television hold a dynamic power over human beings on a subconscious level. He believes that through the use of specific tools, commercials can hold the minds of an audience captive, and can control their abilities to think rationally. Visual fascination, one of the tools Scholes believes captures the minds of viewers, can take a simple video, and through the use of editing and special effects, turn it into a powerful scene which one simply cannot take his or her eyes from. Narrativity is yet another way Scholes feels commercials can take control of the thoughts of a person sitting in front of the television. Through the use of specific words, sounds, accompanying statements and or music, a television commercial can hold a viewer’s mind within its grasp, just long enough to confuse someone into buying a product for the wrong reason. The most significant power over the population held by television commercials is that of cultural reinforcement, as Scholes calls it. By offering a human relation throughout itself, a commercial can link with the masses as though it’s speaking to the individual viewer on an equal level. A commercial In his essay, Scholes analyzes a Budweiser commercial in an effort to prove his statements about the aforementioned tools.
Walter Payton was born in July 25, 1954. Son of Peter and Alyne Payton, Walter Payton was born in Colombia, Missouri. Walter’s father wasn’t really into football as much as people thought, Peter Payton was a semi-pro baseball player. Walter was had one older brother Eddie, who was born 3 years before Walter but in the near future wasn’t the one to be a football star. Eddie learned a lot about football from his dad, but when Walter was born, he knew he would have competition. At a very young age Walter and Eddie would have pickup games in the backyard. When Walter was 5 he started to play in a little league. Coaches were shocked to see Walter play football, almost every time he touched the football, touchdown. Not only his parents, but the players, and the coaches noticed that the harder Walter works he could go far.
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This commercial has an upbeat feel to it while simultaneously advertising its product effectively. The commercial tries to cover a wide range of audiences. It tries on emotional levels to connect with multiple individual and does a very good job in portraying examples in their situation. This commercial definitely advertises its product effectively. It was timed well, and it used quality examples of rhetorical analysis throughout the entire
In this generation businesses use commercial to persuade different types of audiences to buy their product or to persuade them to help a certain caused. If you analyze commercial you can see how certain things play a major role in the success of a commercial. The ad I decide to analyze as an example is the commercial snickers used during the Super Bowl in 2010;”Betty White”-Snickers. This commercials starts off with guys playing a game of football with an elderly women know as Betty White. As Betty White tries to play football she is tackled to the ground. Her teammates refer to her as Mike when they come up to her to ask why she has been “playing like Betty White all day”. This helps inform the audience that Betty White is not actually playing but instead represent another teammate. As the guys keep arguing Mikes girlfriend calls her over and tells her to eat a snicker. Betty White takes the first bite and then suddenly a man appears in her place ready to finish the game. At the end of the commercial the statement "You're not you when you're hungry" is shown followed by the Snickers bar logo. What this commercial is trying to show is that hunger changes a person, and satisfying this hunger can change you back to your normal self. They use different types
I thought the Alexa Loses her Voice was the most persuasive in many different ways.This commercial showed many different sides of emotion and understandings.With Alexa in the center of it controlling how people might feel. Alexa will have many different voices though because of her loosing her voice so it might be different pop stars of actors.These pop stars and actors all have very different personalities too in how they act that changes the person who the are talking to moods.
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The victories of the Olympians shown in the commercial indicates that no one come across success just by hoping for it. You need the strength of mind and body to struggle and work hard to reach your fullest potential. You also need the sponsor of others, in this case, moms, to help you set the right attitude and drive towards success. P&G reveals the importance of hard working and how they work hard every day to make quality products and services that improve people’s lives. One theme carried through the entire video was a nonviable language—failing. The whining babies, the crying children, the falling kids and so on. But they considered failure as stepping stone and never given up. P&G also thinks of its failures as gifts and parts of its growth and development. The real connection between P&G and the Olympics is moms. Behind Olympic athletes, there is the loving support of dedicated moms who are out there putting all their efforts for their child. Procter & Gamble celebrates the role of mothers played in the careers of several of the Olympics stars. With heavy emotional music and spare use of language, this campaign has a significant impact conveying love for the mother, fulfillment for the athlete and self-reflection for everyone. “P&G, Proud Sponsor of Moms”, P&G is in the business of helping and honoring
It has long been debated as to who is the best athlete of all time, yet nobody has ever really had a legitimate answer to the question. There has been so many amazing athletes over the years, from many different sports. It is hard to compare athletes from different sports to each other but, there are definitely a couple that stick out as the best of all time. A few that come to mind are Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth, Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, and many more. As for me, there is no doubt in my mind that Bo Jackson is the greatest athlete of all time.
Invoking feelings and bits of emotions like advertisement do, causes viewers to feel more connected to whatever is being advertised or presented. The use of feelings and emotions in a persuasive manor is referred to as using the pathos persuasive technique and is one of the most popular techniques used in our culture today. The feelings created from an ad like this could range from anger, to jealousy, sorrow, and even fear. This specific ad is oriented towards the specific emotions of determination and fearlessness that a quality competitor should have. Its displays the message to not ever give up and push on because the failures that even the greats of the sport have had motivated them to be better and become who they are today. The use of pathos helps Gatorade make it sound like anyone can succeed if they use their product by determining the viewers and providing that little bit of a push. This is meant to light that fire of emotion inside someone to do their best. Gatorade has been able to do the same thing with each of their commercials and that feeling you get when you watch commercials like that is due to the pathos persuasive