Budweiser Commercial Analysis

First of all, the commercial has accomplished successfully of building its ethos (credibility). The ad is made by ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), a non-profit organization that receives monthly donations for saving animals from being abused or ignored. (Wikipedia) From ASPCA’s website, you can find its organizational structures, annual financial statements, policies and positions, etc. It provides a transparent way to process and broadcast organization resources. By doing this, for a person who is trying to donate, he/she can make sure the money is spent for a good reason.

Another thing they do in the commercial is make people feel bad or make them upset by playing sad music in the background. Also they show how injured the dogs/puppies are also how they are scared of things and how the dogs/puppies just want to be loved by people. Although this may be true but some people take advantage of adopting.

Using clever and borderline juvenile material Bud Light has seen much success in their targeted consumers in American males of the ages 18-49. With great success we believe Bud Light has the potential to increase its reach and share by advancing marketing opportunities to females and exploiting their other product lines. In doing so Bud Light must take a different approach from its perceived masculinity to an all-around and more suitable approach to our female audience.

The color gives a fun an youthful appeal. The heading is a supposed quote from the pup stating, “I enjoy licking faces. And toilets’ -Koji.” This ad also has a slightly medical appeal as it has the medical cross right at the top of the advertisement. This ad appeals to logos in the fact that it is promoting a product that boosts the immunity of your pet because “dogs will put their mouths on anything” and “every dog has his can” so this ad is saying that in order to protect your dog, pick this product, and that you can pin point which food to buy based on the buyer’s dog’s specific needs. This ad also appeals to pathos as it mentions that this food is going to not only be tasty for your dog but also have the healthy ingredients needed in order to protect them, letting the buys know they are making the right choice fro their animal by buying this product.

From start to finish in this commercial, there are video clips of poor and defenseless animals; some are in cages or in the arms of someone saving them. Some have lost an eye, cannot walk, or are extremely underweight. The only healthy looking animal seen in the commercial is a golden retriever that is lying next to McLachlan while she explains how the audience can help and be an “angel” to the animals by donating money to their cause. When the audience sees the golden retriever it looks very cheerful and upbeat to demonstrate how happy one of the potential pets could be once safe and given all of the medical needs it needs. This creates a feeling of hope and almost

An alcohol ad is very capable doing many things to people starting from the ages whenthey start to feel rebellious. The ad can hide many lies that help convince people to startdrinking. Things on the ad say that drinking can be fun, that it is good(healthy) for you, andcould help quench the thirst, as well as many other benefits. My opinion on this is that alcoholads should not be allowed to be shown around areas where there are people under the minimumrequirement of the drinking age.Right out, you can see that the people in this certain ad are “having fun”. At the sametime, the words on the ad helps reinforce the thought that it is fun to drink Bud Light, which is atype of beer. The picture on the ad hints at the idea that males would get more girls or have morefun while drinking Bud Light, encouraging them

The advertisement opens with a young man walking through his front door carrying a puppy and saying, “Welcome home buddy.” From there, we watch the two grow up together. They spend their days playing fetch, vacationing, barbecuing and even sleeping together. The two are inseparable until one night when the owner goes out with some friends to have a good time. The camera is focused on the case of beer one of the owner’s friends is holding, implying that the group will be drinking. What happens next is what affects the audience most, giving the commercial its strong pathos. The dog is seen staring out the window, waiting patiently for his best friend to return to him. The waiting continues all night long and Budweiser takes this opportunity to pause from the commercial and display the words, “For some, the waiting never ended. But we can change that.” When the words exit the screen the owner returns to his home, hugs his dog, and says, “Hey! I’m sorry. I decided I shouldn’t drive home last night. I stayed at Dave’s.” The darkness returns to the screen with the words “Make a plan to make it home. Your friends are counting on you.” Budweiser uses these screens to emphasize just how important it is to make it home, adding to its use of caring

The ad uses pathos, a rhetoric strategy to target the emotions of its viewers, by using a smoking toddler as the focus of it. Seeing a young child smoking a cigar will draw the attention of viewers of any age, gender, or race. The image will cause its audience to investigate the purpose of the ad. It makes people feel sorrow for the young, innocent child that doesn’t know what he is doing, and to feel disgust for his parents for their irresponsibility. Like most of their ads, PETA caused a lot of controversy with this image. Not only did people feel sad for the child but they were outraged at the ridiculous image. Now that PETA has their attention, they will investigate the purpose of the image. Its purpose could be of many things including: secondhand smoke, insufficient parenting, or cancer. When looking closer, they realize that the ad is meant to stop them and their children from eating animals by claiming that it results in the same physical diseases as smoking does. What they don’t realize is that using such outrageous content is how PETA gets their message across; The more controversial, the more people will talk about it and the more light that gets shed on the purpose of their organization.

This is suggesting that she has already fallen into the lifestyle of an alcoholic. She is minimizing her life’s problems. She is also directly implying that she still doesn’t want to conform to the normal girls in beer ads. She is representing herself as a different person in the ad but still glorifying the same concept. Which this concept being if you drink this beer you will…

The commercial appeals to the audience’s pathos more than anything. Animals, especially dogs, have a way of pulling with human heartstrings. “...they can be used to transfer desired meanings to the products with which they are associated” (Phillips 1). In other words, using animals in advertisements can link advertised products to the feelings that are associated

Even though the scenes were quick, the viewer could get a sense of all of the feelings happening within the video. Each scene contributes to the boy and his dogs life and the journey that they are taking. One thing that makes this commercial more fascinating is how the scenes could represent a persons life. Life goes so fast and you need to savor all of the memories that you create as a child. The directors choice to show the progression of the boy and dogs life is important because it shows how the dogs loyalty is constant throughout their life. From when they were little to when they grew up, the dog has always come when called, gave all of his love, and made amazing memories to commemorate life. In the first few scenes they both start out very young. They both begin life, new to the world and not as smart as they will become later in life. As they grow they grow and mature together. They experience fun and great days and they also experience hard patches. But, no matter what they always help each other get through it. However, as the boy gets older so does the dog. That is the way life works. But there is one difference. The boy gets stronger and begins to reach his peak in life, whereas the dog gets older and weaker because dogs age faster than

In the 2015 Budweiser’s “Lost Puppy” commercial, we immediately see a special bond between a dog, owner, and horse. The commercial starts off with the relationship between the horse and dog, and how they don’t want to be separated. Throughout the making of Budweiser commercials, Budweiser has created a strong connection with puppies. Budweiser has used the puppy to create a story line to create more than one advertisement. The commercial then gets to our emotions when the puppy goes missing after jumping into the back of a

Thus, this fits perfectly with the storyline of the ad picturing the baby and the dog. The two are different, but in the end, they are able to give the other the love it requires. This song makes the people watching from the comfort of

Through signifiers, it is easy to spot a gender discourse in the advertisement. The female and the dog are the most identifiable signifiers. Both main signifiers relate to one another. The dog supports the idea that the female is

The advert makes a joke about the sex industry in Asia clearly implying that Asian prostitutes are an object designed to give men immediate pleasure. The ad puts beer and prostitutes into the same category of things required to please a man. The fact that women are lower than beer in this category appeals to the stereotypical moron who thinks the most important things in life