The Lost Puppy

Advertisements go through a long process before being filmed. Many factors are thought of when creating an advertisement that stands out and appeals to the audience. They bring in factors like ethos, pathos, and logos to attract the audience and make the commercial interesting. Specifically, The Teddy Bear Duracell commercial leans more towards pathos and incorporates ethos and logos to back up their claims. They created their advertisement in order for their audience to feel emotionally connected while watching it.

Rhetorical appeal is intended to persuade individuals to think a certain way, conduct themselves in a certain manner, or the purchase particular products. Unlike speech in which an individual relies on their persona and content of speech to get their point across to an audience or consumer, advertisements use images to enhance the impact and appeal of logos, ethos, and pathos.

Whenever you drive down the road you see an ad. Whenever you’re on your phone or watching T.V. you will see ads. Ads are all around you wherever you go; it is close to impossible to go a day without seeing one single ad. All ads have one specific purpose, and that purpose is to make viewers intrigued to buy exactly what is being advertised. Advertisers use three strategies to draw viewers to ads, pathos, logos and ethos. These deal with emotions, logic and facts, and credibility. Ads can range anywhere from just words to pictures and if you look hard enough you will be able to locate these appeals within every ad you see. Bauer uses the appeals of pathos, logos and ethos to convince viewers that their hockey stick, the Vapor APX, is far better than any of their competitor’s sticks.

Logos, ethos, and pathos are essential components used in advertising. By learning to recognize logos, ethos, and pathos in advertising, we are able to understand the message and what is being portrayed. (Albert et al, 2014), suggested that Aristotle postulated that a speaker’s ability to effectively convince an audience is constructed on how well the speaker appeals to that audience in three different areas: logos, ethos, and pathos. These appeals together form what Aristotle calls a rhetorical triangle.

The appeal logos, is probably the rhetorical strategy that lacks the most in this commercial. There are only a couple instances in the commercial that I believe Budweiser was trying to use logos to persuade the audience. Throughout the advertisement the producers of the commercial try to create an image of friendship between the horse, dog, and the man (the owner). They also portray the qualities of trustworthiness and pride through the golden retriever. By portraying these qualities through the dog, they furthermore reflect those qualities in the company, Budweiser. Since they used a dog as their spokesperson, they had to get the audience to appeal to the puppy in order to understand the message presented by the company. When the commercial

For this essay I will be using the commercial made by Budweiser for the 2015 Super Bowl, “Lost Dog.” This advertisement is about a tiny lost puppy getting far away from home and most importantly, the friendship between this puppy and some Clydesdale horses. In the beginning of this commercial, the puppy is shown hiding under some hay, and then he proceeds to jump into a random trailer which initially gets him lost far from home. There is no dialogue in this commercial aside from the music in the background, but the advertisement shows the distress of the owner through facial expressions and scenes where he puts

The commercial had the power to make people feel emotions such as sadness, preoccupation, stress, and happiness. The first use of pathos occurs when the dog gets lost. Budweiser appealed to the emotional sensibility of their viewers. For example, when the dog had to face the wolf the audience could feel the stressful and fearful situation the poor dog was on. Since the dog had not done anything wrong, the audience viewed the puppy as a victim. Additionally, the commercial sets an emotional appeal through the music that is playing in the background. The song that is played is an acoustic cover of “I would walk 500 miles” by The Proclaimers. When the dog gets lost, the lyrics that are played are “...when I go out, yeah I know I am going to be the man that goes along with you” (0:20-0:30). This definitely goes along with the gloomy mood the commercial is trying to set at that moment because the dog is trying to go home. The story of this dog’s struggles and friendship was more effective than Budweiser just stating that beer can be shared with your friends. Budweiser used pathos to truly support their claim and did not use it as a distraction from the main issue, which is friendship and their

Thus, by creating appeals to logos, pathos, and ethos, companies use advertisements as powerful persuasive tools. This can be done through the careful selection of color, imagery, narration, design, and layout, to name a few significant elements. When used correctly, these rhetorical strategies can make the difference between whether a product or idea is embraced or rejected by the

Because the advertisement was aired five months after the September 11 incident, there were intense emotions among the American citizens. Budweiser was aware of this and created a commercial with strong emotional appeals. With pathos loaded, the advertisement seems to appeal to the viewer’s emotional senses. In the beginning, a character in the form of a man is fascinated by the horses. The image of the horses is reflected in the glasses of the windows. Business takes place in this area, but he takes a break from all the activities to watch the passing horses because of the awe factor that the Clydesdales stimulates. Thus, as an audience, I will resonate with the man by showing the same reaction. The behaviors of the man are expected to the audience how they should react as well. They are expected to stop every activity they were performing and understand the powerful message conveyed by the majestic creatures.

What captures the attention of people when they view an advertisement, commercial or poster? Is it the colors, a captivating phrase or the people pictured? While these are some of the elements often employed in advertising, we can look deeper and analyze the types of appeals that are utilized to draw attention to certain advertisements. The persuasive methods used can be classified into three modes. These modes are pathos, logos, and ethos. Pathos makes an appeal to emotions, logos appeals to logic or reason and ethos makes an appeal of character or credibility. Each appeal can give support to the message that is being promoted.

 The video uses logos by saying that the IPhone 4s has 8 megapixels and all new optics which makes it more than the leading competition.

Budweiser first released its “Lost Dog” commercial during Super Bowl XLIX (49). The advertisement centers itself around a small dog who, out of curiosity, enters a truck trailer without the knowledge of his owner. The dog then attempts to find its way back home but encounters an obstacle that it cannot overcome- a hungry wolf. When all hope seems lost, the dog’s best friends, the Budweiser trademarked Clydesdale horses, come to save him. The dog and horses all make it back home to their owner at the end of the advertisement.

Nowadays, commercial is becoming a major part of mass media. It does not only try to inform people about the availability and attractiveness of industrial good productions but also contribute to build an awareness of resources and alternatives for customer in daily life. There are thousands of commercials, so to attract customer, advertisers use various kinds on their commercial to make people aware of the firm's products, services or brands. Though they use various kinds on the commercial, the main goal of advertising tries to convince customer to buy their products, or do what they want. An excellent commercial will create a deep impression on their customers, or who want to become their customers by using three classical appeals:

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

Although both advertisers highlight pathos and use bold, but capital letters, the portrayal of ethos, the color scheme, and denotative meaning of the typography differ, demonstrating the effectiveness of each advertisement.