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Budweiser Argumentative Essay

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This Budweiser commercial was aired in 2014 as a part of the company’s campaign to reduce drinking and driving. This commercial was about the importance of finding an alternative ride home or a place to stay for the night if you have been drinking. By finding an alternative ride home or a place to stay would prevent you from causing an accident on the way home. The producers of this commercial used the bond between a yellow lab and his owner to show the importance of getting home safely after you have been drinking. They were able to achieve this by starting the commercial when the owner brings the dog home for the first time and then showing clips of them together as the dog grows older up until the night that the owner decides to go off with …show more content…

To ensure that this commercial was about the effects of drinking and driving and not just the dog’s relationship with his owner, Budweiser incorporated text into their commercial. As the day shifted to night, the screen goes black and the phrase, “For some, the waiting never ended … But we can change that”, shows up on the dark screen as you hear the dog whining in the background. After about ten seconds of these two messages being on the screen, the music switches back to the original happy music and the owner returning the next day. The commercial ends with another black screen with the phrase, “Make a plan to make it home. Your friends are counting on …show more content…

Since this commercial was only a minute long they were able to use the same song throughout the commercial. They chose a song that represented the bond between the dog and his owner but the lyrics would have also worked if it were two humans instead of a human and a dog. The producers were probably very careful when selecting this music because they wanted it to transition into everyday life and have not just be applicable with the relationship between the dog and his owner. This is evident in one of the lyrics of this commercial, “A lifetime is not long enough to show you what you mean to me.” If you were only listening to the song, then you would unable to know that this was not about a couple who were falling in love but about a dog who does not want his owner to leave him behind. Using a song that would also apply to many different types of relationships was a smart choice because it will have the ability to gather an emotional response even if some people do not like dogs. This song selection was also a smart choice because it was not overpowering the message of the Budweiser commercial but rather it enhanced the message that people and pets are waiting for you to return home safely after

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