Feeling loopy? I am sure that after looking at the advertisement found in HGTV magazine that feeling of loopiness starts to happen. If so, eat a Snickers candy bar. It is said that Snickers candy satisfies one’s hunger. It is a well known candy bar that many different people love around the world. It can be seen at many different places. One does not have to go out of their way to find a Snickers. This Snickers ad is definitely not the first ad of its kind. There have been multiple different ads about Snickers. From commercials, magazines, and signs throughout grocery stores; Snickers has ads of all kinds. This advertisement effectively persuades readers of HGTV magazine to purchase their candy bar through the use of ethos, logos, and pathos. …show more content…
He is wearing glasses that are crooked and his left eye is higher than his right eye. There are stars on top of his head to make him look as if he is dizzy. His arms are made out of the vine of a pumpkin. They are made to look like he’s scratching his head out of confusion. There is a Snickers in his mouth with the word “loopy” written on it. Sitting next to the carved pumpkin are some smaller pumpkins. The pumpkins are sitting on some straw. There are Snickers fun size bars scattered on the ground. The background is a dark brownish-green color. There is a glow effect around the top half of the carved pumpkin. Centered on the top of the page it reads “Happy Valentine’s Day,” in bold white lettering. On the bottom of the page, also in bold white lettering it says, grab a bag of “Snickers, fun size bars this Halloween.” To the right of this slogan there is a Snickers Halloween logo. The Snicker bar is repeated throughout the ad along with its famous colors; brown, white, red, and …show more content…
They do not have to have facts about Snickers. The reader knows how great a Snickers is, so they do not need information about it. The advertisement is supposed to be a simple and an attention grabber based on looks, not logistical information. The reason for this advertisement is to persuade the reader to go and buy a Snickers. The ad is explicitly selling Snickers candy. It is implicitly selling the fact that “you’re not you when you’re hungry” therefore, they want to make the reader eat a Snickers to satify their hunger. Of course everyone knows that Snickers is not what should be eaten to satify ones hunger. Snickers has put a fun
172). The attention is focused on an irrelevant situation as one of the boys as he asks the other, “Have you tried these berries and cream Starburst?” While the other boy answers by shaking his head side to side, a man’s voice is overheard asking “pardon me, what kind of Starbursts did you just say?” The voice is unfamiliar to the audience, so curiosity arises about who is speaking and why because the man sound interested, excited and foreign. A man who appears to be from the Victorian era is then revealed as the voice that was speaking which suggests that the candy is favorable by all sorts of people. When the Victorian man starts clapping while he chants an improvised song about the candy and performs a dance, humor is being used to make the audience interested (A.Graf, personal communication, 3/10/15). The commercial ends by showing is a picture of the Starburst candy which will have a lasting effect because it reminds the viewers what the product is (Aronson, Wilson, & Akert, 2012, p.
Oreo Cookie and Six Flags Commercials - Nostalgia for Sale Many television commercials choose to feature a contrast between youth and maturity as their subject. An “Oreo Cookie” commercial, for example, features a little girl who is about four years old mimicking her grandfather’s actions in eating a cookie. Another commercial advertises the popular theme park, Six Flags Great Adventure. This commercial, entitled “The Six Flags Dancing Man,” features an elderly man dancing like an enthusiastic child.
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.
Of course we cannot stop there, but it is a good place to start. The advertisement starts off with how a soon to be couple (spoiler) met. As predicted, Sarah drops her books and Juan helps here. However, after this moment, the advertisement takes a new turn. Sarah offers the guy a piece of Extra Gum. Now, why is that important? This is important because Sarah uses that piece of gum as a gateway to get past the initial social awkwardness when you first meet someone. At this stage, it portrays Extra as a way to swiftly bypass the awkwardness and go directly for social interaction. (i.e. Talking)
Late night driving home, and a strange man is on the side of the road with an axe, but hey, he has Bud Light so why not offer him a ride? In this video ad of Bud Light a couple is lost at night in what seems the middle of nowhere. Seeing a man with an Axe carrying Bud Light Case, the male seeing that he has Bud Light wants to offer him a ride; they pull over and he gets in the car. A glass and bottle of Bud Light appears and the words “Always Worth It” displayed (Viral 0:24). Later, they run in to a mask man with a chain saw and is also carrying Bud Light, and so the male again was to offer him a ride and leads to the commercial ending (Viralstuff 0:28). In this ad, it attracts a white male, and female audience that has low income, and between the ages of 21 and 30, which makes sense because Bud light sell more to Hispanic males that have low income rate, and are between the age of 55-65 (Bud Light Consumer). The commercial will try to persuade you using ethos, logos and pathos. The ad shows that avid Bud Light drinkers will in
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
During John F. Kennedy’s political campaign, there were many issues present that the candidate had to address: there was tension due to the communist threat, tension among American citizens due to the Civil Rights movement, and a recent recession that was very sluggish in recovering. Relating to these issues President Kennedy’s slogan was “getting America moving again”; these topics are addressed in a fast and effective manner in his minute-long television ad that was endorsed by the group: Citizens for Kennedy-Johnson. This ad was the best way to reinforce President Kennedy’s stance on the emergence of a new frontier. He was able to depict himself as a man of change and new beginnings due to his fresh perspective and young age which was a
It conveys the thought of Snickers chocolate bars satisfying our hunger and returning your normal character. Specifically, using a historically honest figure such as President Lincoln and displaying him as a lair when hungry suggests the idea that being hungry interferes with the morality and individual’s characters. Mars Incorporated developed this advertisement campaign to captivate the attention of everyone – the young, old, black, white, male or female. The specific purpose of the advertisement is to raise the popularity of the candy bar. Using an infamous figure as President Lincoln boosted the advertisements popularity greatly and allowed it to resonate with the audience more. When a famous person is used, a bandwagon is created for civilians to jump on. Consumers tend to believe the advertisementvertisement more when celebrities and historical figures are used. Consumers are also more interested to try the product when they are leadvertisement to believe the product influences the president’s
The Lunchables ad represents Lunchables as “bursting with fun” and implies that children will be happy and enjoy school if they have a Lunchables. Lunchables placed this ad in a magazine to target moms and children to get them to buy their product. They are trying to convey, like most advertisements do according to Croteau and Hoynes (2014), that “happiness and satisfaction can be purchased” (p. 179) if mothers buy their children Lunchables. Lunchables (Lunchables Parents) advertise as being “packed with what kids love” and “giving your kids what they want”. They include a hand tray with a main entrée, drink, and dessert. The brand delivers on the idea of fun and interactivity of building your own meal and “mixing up” your lunch. Lunchables
This commercial implies that one must satisfy their hunger in order to be their normal, tamed self. The only way to do that is to eat a Snicker’s bar. In a similar manner, organized religion claims to have the quality or object that will fulfill the desire that they have. They persuade the individual that their religion is the only way that they will be satisfied. In the use of religious rhetoric and imagery, the commercial is consider to make something religious, when it is based on performing an action and fulfilling a purpose.
A small smile, a booming laugh, and a little play on words helped Pepsi’s ad “Scary Halloween” reach viral status on social media in 2013. Ads can be a triumph or a failure depending on how well the rhetorical appeals of logos, ethos, and pathos are used to convey an ad’s message. This ad’s largest draw was its use of pathos, making the viewers laugh and smile alongside Pepsi over their sly jokes.. “Scary Halloween” also engaged the audience by causing the viewers to cringe at the thought of their chosen soft drink being replaced. Pepsi also has massive amounts of credibility in the soda industry since it has been on the market for over 100 years, giving it ample room to poke at its competitors. Pepsi’s Halloween ad was successful because of
Since I was a little girl, my mother always made it clear that a husband was unobtainable if a woman could not properly tend to his needs. I learned how to cook, how to clean, how to do laundry, and I even learned how to take care of my younger siblings all because, according to my mother, these responsibilities were a woman’s duty; it was her job. For centuries, this has been the mindset of every woman, which has been passed down from generation to generation. A stereotype that has influenced a culture and defined a human being. In this 1930’s Kellogg’s PEP Cereal advertisement we witness yet another stereotype defining women into this sexist housewife persona. Through the use of clothing and appearance, text and audience the ad conveys a
An analysis of the signs and symbols used in Patek Philippe Geneve's "Begin your own tradition" advert.
It was during this time when critics, fueled by Cold war era paranoia, claimed that “mind control techniques” were being used to persuade the public into spending. (History: 1950s) In reality, this was because of the use of motivational research. Using psychology, this allowed advertisers to appeal to their consumer’s desires for acceptance, security, sex, and success. By analyzing buying habits and people’s attitudes towards products, advertisers could gauge which ads were more successful based on brand association, color, and packaging. Advertising research has confirmed that ads “emphasizing the aroma, taste, or texture of a food product […] establish their product as the relevant one for the consumer making a choice.” (Marchand xx) By using similar techniques on non-food items, those products become associated with the primal reactions of taste and
How many of us in our busy lives stop and really examine the countless advertisements placed in front of us? Being something available to all students for viewing, the communication employed by the advertisement is cunning and deceptive. The appeal to ethics in the Ben and Jerry's "brownies that do good" advertisement is simple tactic to distract the viewer. David Wall in "It Is and It Isn't" refers to this as a social assumption which builds off of cultural expectations. There are countless concealed messages and symbols within the Ben and Jerry's advertisement that contain these social assumptions and require closer examination of content.