This rhetorical analysis paper will be about Allstate insurance. Allstate insurance has a very popular advertising figure named mayhem. He is known for creating havoc on everyday people by portraying himself as unlikely objects that would cause trouble, while maintaining a confident swagger about himself. Mayhem is known to be very funny, which can be seen in the commercial that was chosen for this paper. All of the commercials involving him often end with someone saying “Mayhem is everywhere.” This commercial is about allstate insurance and their popular advertising figure, mayhem. The commercial starts out with mayhem portraying himself as the spring breeze. He goes on about himself, mentioning that poets write about him, and that he has …show more content…
It is a very light feeling of intimidation. The consumer can feel this when they see mayhem portraying himself as the spring breeze. They know that he is mayhem and that something bad is getting ready to happen. This creates suspense and creates interest in what Allstate is advertising. Another reason why the rhetorical strategy is funny fear is that there is tragedy involved. The tragedy within the commercial creates fear within the viewer. The tragedy that occurs in the commercial is that the spring breeze, or mayhem, blew paper towels into a burning stove eye, catching part of the house on fire. This makes the viewer want to consume their product, which is insurance. Tragedy not only creates fear within a consumer, but this kind of tragedy can create good humor. Another reason that the commercials main rhetorical strategy is funny fear is that the commercial is funny. There are many things about this commercial that make it funny. It starts out as a man portraying himself as the spring breeze, which is very different and unique. Then he blows paper towels into a burning stove eye. What are the chances of that happening in real life? This kind of tragedy makes people laugh and that is one way this commercial captures the attention of the
Pathos of these characters attracts an audience because there is conflict between them as well, correlating to the chainsaw. A more relatable approach from an audience is if while watching this advertisement, they have a spouse. An audience watching may have a conflict, such as fight or disagreement with a loved one, their emotions change. At the end everything come together, as emotions change from gloomy to happy, similar to emotion of the actors changes, as the body language of the woman and man changes as she goes from holding the back of the motorcycle to holding her husband/boyfriend and
This commercial during the 2012 Superbowl by Jeep with a voice over of Oprah Winfrey, definitely did a good job tugging the heartstrings of the viewers. This is a very good example of pathos being used in a commercial. Jeep uses pathos to persuade the viewers to get excited about the war being over and their loved ones coming home. One can clearly tell that this commercial is focusing solely on the United States Army and those that are deployed overseas.
I also wanted to use very strong pathos because if the readers feels emotionally sad, then that can persuade my audience a lot more. The way that I did this, was use sad music in the background of my commercial. I also used a video in which the renter was blocking his door because the landlord was kicking down his door and trying to get him out. I wanted to get an actual video about landlords abusing renters because it shows that my resources are true and that can persuade my reader a lot more.
Then, to end the commercial of all things to occur it begins raining frogs. The raining of frogs ends the commercial on a memorable note, solidify the Chevy brand in the minds of Super Bowl
This allows the audience to connect with the characters and creates the sense that they are hearing the young boy and his father in real time. Additionally, this creates the feeling that the audience is reliving Rory’s childhood through the means of the commercial. This methods connects, like the other rhetorical features in this advertisement, to the rhetorical appeal, pathos. The connection that the audience feels with the young boy and his maturation and development into a successful player is what drives the advertisement to be
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
This commercial draws on the viewers emotional well-being through the dialogue of the characters. The first words said in the commercial are, " Never give up on the ones that you care about and, always remember the good things." That statement is strong and will immediately catch the reader 's attention. The little boy also said, “I looked everywhere.
Pathos is described in chapter five of The Structure of Argument as “emotional appeal combines with logical and ethical appeal to sway the audience” (132). So the appeal they used was pathos because the ad made them feel angry and confused about how their T.V. was changing the channel from the biggest event in our nation. Using pathos was a great tactic because being a super bowl ad it had millions of eyes, it was short but tapped into almost everyone's feelings. Another great part about this advertisement was it had everyone chit-chatting about their product, which created buzz or interest surrounding what they had to
The beautiful Clydesdale horse, strong, protecting, and sweet, lives at an idyllic farm. The logical conclusion of the puppy going home to his Clydesdale friend's farm is just what our hearts were hoping would happen. Throughout the entire commercial, the rhetorical effects pathos, ethos, and logos were effectively
The basis of this assignment was to select an advertisement or commercial and analyze it by demonstrating my understanding of the rhetorical strategies; ethos, pathos, and logos. I choose a Super Bowl commercial put out by Budweiser depicting a feel-good message about drunk driving. The famous beer company traded in the Clydesdale horse for an adorable puppy to play the part of a dog who was left at home while his owner is out partying for the night. In this analysis, I address the intended audiences that the Budweiser commercial was catering to while addressing the subject, language, and predominate images used in this advertisement. I aimed to determine the overall purpose and stating whether or not the commercial was effective in persuading
It’s commonly known as the emotional appeal. For example in the ad, the old man misses his past as an astronaut. He’s sits in his couch and thinking about the great life that he had before. It’s very relatable because you have those moments where you think to yourself I wish I can go back to this day because it was the best day of my life. For the old man, it was when he first flew into space.
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”.
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.
No one would think to do a rhetorical analysis on such a humorous popular super bowl commercial. I discussed the author by giving a breakdown on the company and providing statements of how long they've been around and how they have continuously been one of the most popular laundry detergent brands. When talking about the audience I provided some insight in who the primary audience is and how tide switched up from making generally feminine aimed ads. Finally within the text I broke down the main components of Ethos and Pathos in the paper and how it strengthened the ad. At first it took me awhile to understand what to write the paper on, but while watching the Super Bowl I had the idea to select an advertisement from there.
Old Spice is known for having different commercials from the other body wash companies as their commercials are really intense and fast pace. “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like” starts off with a handsome, tall man with a towel wrapped around his waist showing off his athletic body. He starts by greeting the ladies and keeps on going by saying “look at you man, now back to me…” and keeps going back an forth he finally stops to introduce the body wash by saying “if your man uses Old Spice he could at least smell like me” he than moves on to being on a yacht and shows tickets and diamonds to the ladies showing us that he is wealthy. The commercial than takes a turn and the narrator is now on a white horse and says “ Anything is possible if you man smells like old spice and not a lady.” At the end they have their very iconic whistle to put an end to the