The commercial takes place in a house with the son trying to help out with chores, only that he creates a mess. Then, the parents uses the Bounty paper towels to clean up the mess. With one wipe, the spills are completely cleaned up. The advertisement is successful in convincing the audience to buy their paper towels by using the three appeals; logos, and pathos, in the video clip. We all know the company, Bounty, it’s a well-known company. When we need paper towels, we could find Bounty paper towels in any store. This kind of presents the ethos of the advertisement. In the commercial, Bounty paper towels were compared with ordinary paper towels. With the same size of spill, it only takes one wipe with Bounty paper towels, but more than one
Aristotle had a method of persuading people that toyed with their emotions, this was one of the three Aristotelian Appeals called Pathos. Commercials are notorious for using pathos in order to make a viewer feel terrible about a situation, that in reality has no effect on that individual. In this response, the example used to explain Pathos will be an anti-smoking commercial. The commercial portrays a child walking into an airport with his mother and the more then disappears, for what we assume to go smoke, the child begins to cry for the fact he is no longer with his mother anymore. The first sign of pathos being used within this commercial would be when the mother disappears, leaving the boy completely alone in an airport while sad music
The “Jake from State Farm” was one of the first extremely successful comical commercials an insurance company has ever made. A husband at 3a.m. is talking on the phone to someone about insurance and his wife catches him on the phone. The wife doesn’t believe the husband that he’s talking to a man named “Jake” and thinks the husband is cheating on her. She gets on the phone and asks Jake what he’s wearing and it shows man in the office at 3a.m. and he responds “Ughh khaki’s”. This commercial was one of the most popular commercials of all time based on how an insurance company could somehow sell their product in a funny way and also shows that State Farm works at all the hours of the day to benefit their customers. When you think of insurance it sounds like a very boring and dry subject but this commercial made State Farm not be boring in the viewer
The Audi R8 Big Game Commercial, "Commander" talks about an old man who is thinking about his time as an astronaut. He misses it and he just stares at a wall and doesn’t talk to anybody. His son comes with his Audi R8 and he gives the car keys to his dad to drive it. He becomes happy and excited and it makes him relive his time as an astronaut. The commercials purpose was to promote the Audi R8 car. Watching the commercial, the intended audience for an adult man with a son. I say that because the main character’s are an old man and his son. This commercial instills values like the past meaning reliving what you loved and also family. It’s not effective because it doesn’t use the Rhetorical Appeals like Ethos and Logos but, it does include Pathos which makes it somewhat good.
The commercial begins with a soothing song and an immediate introduction to the two main characters of the ad. Within the first twenty seconds of the advertisement, there is already a foundation
The last way the writer persuades the audience to make the commercial effective is through logical reasoning and well-thought-out situations. The writer did not exaggerate advertising. However, the writer used a logical situation that would keep the audience’s attention and allow them to see the product multiple times within the commercial. For example, if the writer of the commercial stood in a room and said buy our Chevy truck there would not be many people interested in the product. However, the writer used a logical situation, a dog and a young boy, to interest the audience and keep them guessing what the commercial is about.
In the “hump day” commercial, walking delightedly through a drab office, a dumb-looking camel keeps asking, “What day is it?” enthusiastically until a poker-faced employee responds, “It is hump day.” In strong contrast with the camel, all other employees are depressed and impatient. The commercial ends with two guys playing guitars. One of them asks, “How happy would someone be by saving hundreds of dollars on their car insurance by switching to Geico?” The other responds, “Happier than a camel on Wednesday.” (Wednesday is the hump of the week) (YouTube) This commercial does a great job of being memorable. It uses a hilarious animal image to entertain the audience. The Camel’s contagious laugh has attracted viewers since the ad appeared. Many viewers leave comments under the video on YouTube, saying they watched it again and again just for fun. According to Paul Davis in “Fifteen Percent or More”, the camel commercial “is even more than the combined total number of views of 60 popular Geico commercials that aired from 2009 to 2013 with a total number of over 11 million views.” (liberty.edu) This individual strategy- humor, is effectively persuading audiences to choose Geico insurance and reinforcing its brand. Through the hilarious image in the commercial, Geico makes people happy. The message is intended to make consumers think they will be “Happier than a camel on Wednesday” if they buy Geico insurance.
product that was being advertised, to than actually being interested in purchasing that product? Well that was their goal, advertisers have mastered the market industry by being aware of the fact that us humans are very concerned with our image. Advertisers know that we have a greater chance of buying a product if we can picture ourselves how we would like to be portrayed of course with the help of their product. In ads, companies want to provide an image that can be relatable to the viewers and what would want to appeal to them. For example In Old Spice’s commercial “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like” they create an image that men who use their body wash are manly, rich, and attractive, which I think most men would like to be represented as. Another example is in the Lux body wash commercial they create an image making it seem like every women using their body wash are happy, sexy, and stylish. To achieve these thoughts created by the audience advertisers use many different techniques
For many years, companies have utilized advertising as a useful tool to promote their brands, convey a message, or sell their products. In today’s world, advertisements can be seen almost everywhere from enormous billboards along highways to a diminutive ads on a phone. But not all advertisements are successful. To convey a message, advertisements must contain rhetorical devices such as pathos, logos, and ethos. A good example of how rhetorical devices are used to persuade an audience is the Edward Jones “Nine Days” commercial. This commercial uses rhetoric elements, such as a well-structured narrative, convincing imagery, and logical argumentation, in order to persuade the audience to believe that Edward Jones is the right company to handle their different types of
In this Geico ad, they use false dichotomy, which says that there are only two options. This ad uses bright green, delicious looking apples which appeal to viewers as the good choice. Representing “the other guy” they only provide a small portion of the apple to represent you getting less of what you deserve. A false dichotomy is a type of informal fallacy which something is falsely claimed to be an "either/or" situation when there is at least one additional option. Geico claims that the only choice you have is either them, or the other guy. This is an example of Aristotle's appeal to logos, which is making the consumer think that there are only two options brings a better chance of Geico being the number one choice. Though this ad only shows
In the “Squatty Potty” infomercial, the ad makers are trying to convince the audience to buy their product by explaining to them how using it helps prevent health problems. In the beginning of the ad the prince shows us how the unicorn is going to teach us how to use the squatty potty and how the squatty potty is going to give us the poop of our lives. The ad makers carefully crafted logos and ethos appeals to give reasons and knowledge for their audience to buy their product. They also used humor and comic to make the audience watch and feel more comfortable thinking about the proses of pooping.
Do you think soft drinks should be separated for women and men? Or do you think everybody should be able to drink soft drinks? Well if you aren't for sure, i am here to tell you. The company that owns Dr.Pepper, made a new soft drink that appeals to men, and it is called Dr.Pepper 10. Dr.Pepper 10 was developed after the company's research found that men shy away from diet drinks that aren't perceived (or to become aware) as "manly" enough. And while diet Dr.Pepper's marketing is women-friendly, the ad campaign for 10 goes out of it's way to eschew (or avoid ) women.
Have you ever watched "the Red Hearts" commercial? This is a commercial produced by Ben Lifson on November 24th 2013 that tries to convince people to purchase some form of health insurance. In the commercial, we watch people living as normal circumstances, and accidents might happen and do happen unexpectedly. Then, by using rhetorical situation, the commercial explains why people need to be insured to protect themselves and the people around them by using emotional functions effectively. According to his essay, Grant-Davie explains that the rhetoric situation is a discourse of a single subject by "several rhetors and audiences" (Grant-Davie 350). Rhetorical situations are also divided into three elements: rhetors, audiences, and constraints.
For many years now, advertising has managed to have an effect of everything around us. Good or bad, the true purpose is to clearly convey their message to the targeted audience. To achieve this, advertisers will commonly use rhetorical appeals to successfully persuade their desired audience. Secret Deodorant’s “Stress Test” ad utilizes various colors, and ethical and emotional appeals to effectively grab the audience’s attention.
What makes an advertisement stand out the most? There are many ways that advertisements can catch the audience’s attention. To create the most effective advertisement, the author or company may use an emotional appeal in the image, use a credible source to gain the audience’s trust and create a more believable ad, or by simply creating an advertisement that uses logic and makes sense. The advertisement that has been chosen, is focused on the popular issue of drinking and driving. “Absolute Stupidity” is written in bold words across the bottom of the image, mocking the alcoholic beverage Absolut Vodka. Two vehicles are shown in the road after a horrible car accident has occurred, there is an outline of an alcohol bottle nearby. The image implies that one of the drivers was drinking while driving, which resulted in the car accident. Someone has also lost their life due to this careless act. The advertisement shows in a horrifying way that is not smart to drink and drive – there are consequences. The ad “Absolute Stupidity” uses all three of the ethical appeals (ethos, logos, and pathos) that make an advertisement effective.