Little boy lost his mum - quit smoking commercial
This commercial is based on anti-smoking bias and the author of this commercial persuasive the audience or the viewers by the perspective of a little boy who is left alone by his mother at the terminal.One could easily attach to this advertisement and the speaker in the video addresses the one rhetorical comment in the entire commercial, “If this is how your child feels after losing you for a minute just imagine if they lost you for life.” This is such a powerful line that it suddenly include individuals thoughts with the little boy's thoughts whether his mom will come back to him or not.
The purpose of the advertisement is to stop smoking.Here, the intended audience is parents, one who are
Attention: The commercial grabs the viewer’s attention by having a baby as one of the actors. First the viewer might have thought that the man was asking his boss for a day off. In reality, the man was asking his son for a day off.
The first point is the advertisement has an effective pathos. The picture describes the emotions on people who are smoking. It shows a man who is dying from smoking, which has a bad health. The picture will keep the person think about the emotions or feeling for the people who smoke. The advertisement shows that smoking will lead to many diseases
The sad background music immediately sets the tone and the speaker’s soft, mild voice only furthers the auditory strategies used throughout this commercial. This advertisement also evokes emotion through visual senses; for example, the images are very realistic and sometimes graphic. The combination of visual and auditory appeals creates an emotional advertisement that is hard to forget about. Sarah McLachlan, the speaker in the advertisement, said herself: “I have to say it was brutal doing those ads…I can’t watch them-it kills me” (Marquina). She is not alone in feeling this way; many viewers find the advertisement to be too heart-wrenching. Even if the commercial overwhelms these viewers, it still is successful in evoking their sympathy and lingering in their
The commercial had a deeper meaning throughout to depict the audience, purpose, content, creator’s reasons, and the structure of the video. The audience was aimed for teenagers, smokers, and parents. The purpose was to show how smoking was bad a bad effect on a person’s life. Throughout the commercial were phrases to influence people on how terrible to smoke. The creator of the video obviously wanted to show teenagers how that smoking will pull you away from your life. The structure of the commercial was well organized to leave a lasting effect on the reasons why smoking is bad for a
...r someone to quit. Instead of creating ads with the intent purpose to ostracize smokers, we should instead make ads to inform them.
Many people may think that creating a success advertisement is easy. That you can simply throw compelling facts and bright colors at an audience and it will grab their attention compelling them to buy your product. However, this is not this case. The advertisement needs to reach the viewer on multiple levels. A vintage Camel cigarette advertisement from 1946 does just that. It is a great representation of the complexity of creating a successful campaign.
The commercial emphasizes an altruistic parent-child relationship throughout. It shows all of the incredible ways a father sees his daughter grow through her first years of life and the impact she has on him. Using this relationship coupled with the nostalgia-inducing music played throughout the commercial provides the audience with a feeling of saudade that shapes the advertisement.
Like many mothers all over the world, the moms in this commercial are shown encouraging and supporting their children not only with their actions, but through the use of their words. For instance, when the mother and little girl are shown in a car accident together, the mother looks at her daughter and says, “You’re okay. You’re oka..” In another clip, when a mother and her son are on a rough, stormy plane ride, the mother says to her son, “Everything is alright”. Through logos, the audience is convinced that you can always count on moms for mental reassurance that no matter the outcome, everything will be okay. As the children in the commercial grow up to be extraordinary athletes, the mothers are still there for their children, regardless of their age. This is proven when a young adult athlete cries on the phone to his mother before he competes in the Olympic Games, proclaiming, “I can’t do this anymore”. Very lovingly, his mom responded to him, “Son, I know in my heart you can”. It is words like these that truly capture the audience seeing that most people have heard motivational phrases like these from their own mothers. Seconds before the commercial has finished playing, the note, “It takes someone strong to make someone strong. Thank you, Mom” is displayed. This is P&G’s final attempt at proving to the audience what their purpose for creating this commercial is. The logos shown throughout this commercial delivers detail and a sense of perception to the
“I’d walk a mile for a Camel.” Camel cigarettes advertised this popular slogan in the early 20th century. This slogan could be identified by almost any adult during that time because of the popularity of cigarettes, especially Camels. In 1915, only after two years of existence, Camel cigarettes had captured about 12% of the cigarette market (Randall 5). Furthermore, when the United States joined World War I, Camel’s market skyrocketed even more. Camel was quick to use soldiers in their advertising campaigns saying, “You can borrow the jumper brother, but not my Camels” (Zebrowski 1). By the end of the war, they controlled over one-third of the domestic market. Camel cigarettes as well as the rest of the cigarette market impacted Americans immensely in the early 20th century. Therefore, it is important to look at the history of tobacco as well as the specific birth of the Camel brand to better understand the pop culture of cigarettes during, leading up to, and shortly following World War I.
Adults may choose to smoke, even if they are well-informed about the dangers of cigarettes. They may smoke for various reasons such as to alleviate anxiety, combat weight gain or simply for pleasure. In most contexts, adults are permitted to make harmful choices that are primarily self-regarding (Thomas & Gostin, 2013). Nevertheless, as moral agents, individuals have the responsibility to maintain and protect others‟ well-being. Cigarettes are not only harmful to active smokers but also passive smokers. In Indonesia it has been estimated that 78 per cent of children aged 13-15 are exposed to second hand smoke in public places and 69 per cent are exposed to second hand smoke at home (tobacco-free kids 2013). Once more, the marketing of harmful products such as tobacco does not comply with the principles of virtue ethics. The ethical implications of marketing campaigns directed at well-informed customers are different to those targeted at children, who may not be able to make well-informed decisions, and who may not understand the persuasive content of advertising (McNeal, 1992; Nicholls & Cullen, 1994). Tobacco companies tend to design marketing strategies which are aimed at young potential smokers, targeting them not only with pro-tobacco messages, but also with sales promotional features (King & Siegel, 1999; Pucci & Siegel, 1999a; 1999b). In order to reduce children‟s exposure to tobacco marketing campaigns, the Indonesian government advises that tobacco advertising on TV and radio is restricted to the hours between 21:30 and 05:00 local time (Tobacco-free Kids, 2008). Despite this restriction, children are still exposed to aggressive tobacco advertisements on street billboards or during sporting events and music concerts. Children may also see cigarette logos during the sporting events and music concerts, which are broadcasted by television outside the restricted hours. According to a survey conducted by Indonesian
Many might argue that forbidding a company from advertising its product is against freedom of speech. This essay will show that the battle against smoking due to health problems has been ongoing, moving us closer to banning all advertising and promotion of smoking, an imperative step despite the argument that this drastic position violates the First Amendment rights of the cigarette companies. Anti-smoking advertising does not promote smoking, but will it have the effect they want? The campaign against smoking is spending millions of dollars to show the smokers of all ages (adds 10 years), vivid images of smokers fighting cancer, and surviving heart disease. The hope is that smokers will see this and want to stop, or teens will see it and never even try smoking.
Anti smoking campaigns and products are all over the world, attempting to bring to the attention of the public (especially youths) the vile consequences of smoking and the harm it can do to others
Smoking is not only bad for health it is also as bad for the people
One of the more recent advertisements including the late Gerry Collins, a man who campaigned against smoking as a lung cancer sufferer himself, touched all of the interviewees I spoke with, and seems to have touched the hearts of the nation as well. Unfortunately, as brave as Gerry Collins and others are to take part in these kinds of advertisements, they don’t seem to be working at all on the younger demographic they are aimed to. Many of my interviewees commented on how sad those advertisements were and how they were so upsetting. But they were quick to follow up with their thoughts about how old the people in the adverts were, and how they’ll never be a ‘hard smoker’ like them. A lot of the interviewees said they would simply switch the channel if an ad like that came on.
Big brands like Marlboro spend 70% of their profits on advertisements in 3rd world countries to try and get the people who do not know the consequences of smoking.In total tobacco companies spend over ten billion dollars on advertisement world wide. (who.int) The advertisement that is going on is on the covers are are cartoon animals and images that show if you smoke you will be