Essay on A Comparison of Two Television Advertisements

Most commercials that advertise products often throw them in the viewer’s face. Companies believe that their product is the best and people should buy it because of their many different reasons. Commercials normally share important information about the product; maybe how much it costs, the special features that make it so great, and how someone can get their hands on it. This one is different. The Chevrolet commercial “Maddie” creates positive attitudes and emotional connections to promote its product with a down to earth, heart touching story that audiences can relate to.

In this essay I have chosen to compare two adverts. I chose two from a magazine called ‘VOGUE’, I chose them as they both were linked by the theme of fashion but were advertising different products, this will help me show differences between the adverts but the fashion theme will help me to also highlight similarities. The first advert I chose was by a company called ‘Garrard’ they make fashion accessories such as leather accessories, silverware and also jewellery which is what they are mainly known for. The advert I chose has specifically advertised jewellery in this case a ring and a necklace. On face value the advert has a ring and a necklace laid on a picture of a of the U.K flag. Part of both pieces of jewellery look like wings and

In ad A, the scene opens with dramatic music, fast camera shots and a tense narrative, all of which create a stressful mood. This tense beginning leads up to a shot of doctors huddled around an operating table, which soon emits a buzz. As soon as the camera pans down on the table to reveal the man from the Operation game, a voiceover introduces Geico. Because the patient is a game character, the mood of the scene immediately becomes much more lighthearted. Furthermore, the dramatic music and fast camera shots stop as soon as the voiceover introduces Geico. Because both the change in mood and the introduction of Geico occur almost simultaneously, Geico creates an association between the two instances. Along with ad A, ad B uses cinematography to create a harsh contrast between the tense atmosphere before the mention of Geico, and the relaxed one after the voiceover introduces the company. At the start of ad B, two armed guards and another man briskly walk down a dimly lit hall into a room where a prisoner and several other men reside. The dark lighting, realistic guard costumes and the intimidating sounds of armor clanking all contribute to the eerie and tense mood of the initial scene. In contrast, after the guards leave and the Ping-Pong table flips back dowm, the only sounds become those of men cheering. This drastic change in mood from an intimidating atmosphere to a festive and inviting one occurs at the same time as the voiceover advertising Geico, thus illustrating how the ad uses cinematography to create an association between Geico and pleasant environments. Similarly, ad C employs the same techniques in order to emphasize the fact that Geico relieves stress in tense situations. In this particular ad, the initial scene involves beeping alarms, flashing lights, sparking machines and a factory in disarray. With frazzled men and women panicking and

Over 17 million cars and trucks are sold around the world every year. Amongst the plethora of car companies aiming to convince shoppers that their car is paramount, marketing teams ought to go the extra mile. By developing a persuading advertisement, companies are more likely to sell their products. On February 6, 2011, Volkswagen aired a Superbowl commercial for the first time in over ten years. This commercial would be one that awakens the inner child of millions. By employing pathos, ethos, and logos rhetoric techniques, Volkswagen is able to appeal to consumers in order to sell their new car.

According to Hein, Music is a major influence in marketing today, “ There have been 1,050 references of about 66 different brands in songs ranked in the top 20 through the beginning of October, according to San Francisco- based brand consultancy LucJam”(Hein 346). Keeping up with the techniques of advertisement for marketers will help with the increasing demands of future generations.

Geico is a car insurance company which has used several advertising techniques that address many of the fifteen basic appeals, described by Jib Fowles, to gain potential customers (Fowles 1). For instance, the need for affiliation has been catered to through advertising depicting Geico as the best there is. People tend to affiliate themselves with top companies. Emotional appeal is catered to primarily; the premise being to invoke the idea that getting Geico insurance will make you happy. A series of “Happier Than” television advertisements were aired (Geico). Each episode portrays a random scenario, followed by two Bluegrass pickers named Ronny and Jimmy, performing a slapstick routine on a small stage. Each event

Automobiles are the most interesting ads for people, because everyone is always looking for a car with good gas mileage. Like the Nissan Leaf, which says that you will save money on gas mileage, and is more economically efficient than most cars. In their ad, “What If” it shows that their cars are electric, and demonstrates that the driver skips the gas station. Which means less trips to the gas station, and leads more people wanting to save money on gas. The ad shows them driving through parks, and the city. The Chevrolet Volt ad shows that you need to charge your car, instead of putting in gas. The ad features a car parked at a gas station, while the guy goes in the

Another illustration of the music in the advert reflecting the mood of the scene is during the world cup setting. The pace of the melody picks up and the dynamics increase to show excitement, joy and energy. It gets louder and even more instruments are added. In the millennium setting, the tune is at a very fast pace with many diverse instruments all playing at the same time, which gives strong emphasis on the environment’s joyful and ecstatic setting.

Imagery and emphasis can create memorable commercials. Emotions inside of commercial viewers are used to sell products in modern day society. Commercials are careful of how they use symbolism inside of their advertisements. Vivid coloring can inspire powerful positive feelings in a viewer, but grim coloring could create a negative feeling. People could feel positive feelings when considering to buy a product such as the Apple iPad. Scenes within the Apple commercial help to inspire the thought through strategic marketing. The commercial makers were careful in their placement of imagery and product placement. They also had intelligent choices in who they chose to narrate their commercial.

The ad’s background music ‘Count on Me’ by Bruno Mars is upbeat yet calming. Instead of sitting on the edge of our seats every time the son almost gets hurt, the song lightens the mood and almost makes us forget that the son is endangering himself. The song also fits perfectly with the ad. ‘You can count on me like 1, 2, 3, I’ll be there’ are only a few of the lyrics Mars sings. The ad successful captures the father’s love for his son. In each scene, the father makes sure his son does not get hurt, and in the scene with the piñata, the father is willing to put himself in danger. In the final scene, Hyundai alludes that the father and the car are the same. The voice-over confirms that by saying, “Remember when only dad could save the day…,” thus saying that the car will make sure, just as the father did, that the son is out of danger’s

Creating the idea of style floating across the human brain to culturally change social life. Since humans never make a choice on there own, its influence by everything surrounding humans. Therefore, obtaining the latest style inspires people to feel hope, and feel reconnecting with society. As well, in the middle of the ad with the image of the “green car driving through the green pine trees, open landscapes, with a cheerful couple inside of it” portrays the resurgence of a new found life (Mercury). When away from a love one for an extended period of time, thoughts creep into the mind of wanting to see them again. So, exemplifying the joy of cruising around in a Mercury with the one person that Veterans think about while fighting, attracts the attention of war Veterans to develop interest into purchasing the Mercury. Along with the joyful couple the color of green is right in the middle of the ad, being the biggest car of the three as well. Therefore, the color of green as the car showing the most meaning for the ad represents the American Dream because it expresses that life in the open is always healthy, as the leaves in the summer

Music is usually play in the background of the television commercials to induce emotional feelings of the audiences. It is able to influence responses and behaviors of listeners as it is being given for different meanings and interpretations from the listeners (Aesmah et al, 2013). Music in television commercials functions as entertainment to attract attention, connection between different scenes and visual images, enhance the audience memorability towards the commercials and deliver

This chapter examines a very contemporary advertisement’s music and the probed emotions, comparing it to that of the previous advert. The second advert is one that’s premier, is an event in every marketing calendar and one that has high expectations every year to tug on the people of Britons heart strings- The John Lewis Christmas Advert. More specifically, the focus here will be on 2015’s moving image of ‘The Man on the Moon’. The 2 minute, 10 second long advert was created by Ben Priest from Adam&EveDDB and took 8 months to develop from idea to hitting the screens in November, just in time to get the nation ready to embrace the festive period.

The main objective of this paper is to compare the effectiveness of subtle and prominent product placements with the effectiveness of 30-second commercials for the same brands. Two experimental groups were exposed to TV- drama series and 30-second TV commercials in the break of the

Advertising has had a major impact on society. Some may be considered positive and some negative. Take a look around, advertisements are placed everywhere, television commercials, billboards, newspapers, and even on the sides of buses. Advertising is the basic form of marketing and trading throughout the world. Today’s society knows it as marketers trying to influence or persuade consumers into buying something. It also serves as a medium for services and businesses. There are many advertising strategies, but television commercials will always remain the number one strategy. Think about it, how much television is watched a day, probably a lot. What better way to advertise a product or service? Advertising has a positive effect on our economy. It does not only influence and persuade consumers, but it also benefits them in many ways. It also benefits manufacturers and their company, and the world as a whole.