The Use Of Ethos In Shamwow Advertising

Have you ever wondered how advertisers come up with trailers or commercials? Or if there is a formula or specific ingredients for which advertisers make their advertisements? I am here to tell you that there is a formula and there are key ingredients to make an effective trailer or commercial. In the world of commerce professional advertisers use rhetorical devices as their ingredients to cook the best trailer that will attract customers to buy many things. The most common forms of rhetorical devices are pathos, ethos, and logos, these devices make a statement more persuasive but what separates a good advertiser from a great one is the way that they use these devices. Advertisers are experts in using these devices in combination; and the only way to know how to combine them is by studying your audience. Video game advertisers have specific ways to persuade their audience to buy a game. Today I will be studying this pattern in a video game trailer of “The Last of us” by Hydrawlik. I will analyze the combination of rhetorical devices that are used in the trailer and evaluate their effectiveness. This video game trailer uses these rhetorical devices effectively to attract the audience’s attention in order to lure customers to buy the product. Rhetorical devices are used for specific reasons for example Pathos is used to incite emotional responses, logos to prove that the game has exactly what the audience wants, ethos to develop a sense of credibility in the advertiser

First, the subject of the commercial deduced after watching it is one, which cannot be ignored. Almost everyone was affected by the September 11 attack and paid attention to any opportunity that shows respect for the victims. Secondly, the audience only realized that it was an advertisement at the end of the commercial when the company logo is shown. But more influential is the use of rhetorical appeals.

Ethos is defined as an appeal that relies on “assessments of a rhetor’s character or reputation” (Hawhee 146). Invented ethos is the character which a rhetor creates during his/her presentation. The things Mays does in his ad are part of the character he assumes when selling products. That character is meant to be honest, impassioned, and persuasive. In his first onscreen appearance, he asks “why am I hitting my hand with this hammer?” Sure enough, he is smashing his poor digits with a hammer that he then uses to dramatically break a brick. The logic is abundantly clear: this man is willing to risk life and limb to prove that the product really works. He really believes in that insole. Viewers can’t help but respect his passion for what he is selling, and they can’t help but conclude that the product is wonderful – people just aren’t passionate about products that don’t work. This gets taken up a notch when Billy puts his hand between two layers of gel and has a “6000 pound car” run over it right in front of a camera. If someone wasn’t impressed by the first demonstration, he/she would have to be moved by that stunt. Finally, Billy not-so-subtly shouts that he personally uses the Impact Gel soles. This is a more traditional method for building ethos, and it combines potently with Billy’s obvious zeal for selling the product. The conclusion the audience

When using the ethos appeal, it’s about making a point based on credibility (Colorado State University – Global Campus, 2017). Fred played an important part when using credibility by using personal experience to persuade to purchase the Apple TV. It was advised to purchase the Apple TV considering the fact being a consistent Apple user with owning an iPhone and MacBook. This gives users the opportunity to connect all three using each from the computer, phone or TV.

Ethos is the strongest and most effective method of persuasion that establishes likability and credibility which creates a trustworthy bond and hooks the crowd into listening. It is used constantly in advertisement and everyday life, so much so that people don’t notice it. For example, in an EAS magazine ad for nutrition protein powder, a picture of Ramsey Bergeron, a famous triathlete and personal trainer, is used to persuade viewers to buy the product because a he uses it and he is a great athlete. Ramsey Bergeron Protein Powder. This athlete is famous for being incredibly athletic convincing viewers that he would know about sports nutrition. So this ad uses ethos to show credibility. Ethos is also effectively used in plays. In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Brutus shows this

Ethos is an appeal to convince the audience whose believe on the particular subject that he or she is qualified to present.

There are a variety of types of fallacies that can be found in an advertisement, three of which are the appeal to authority, appeal to ignorance, and false dilemma. The appeal to authority is when a company, or anyone trying to advertise or make an argument about something, uses a famous person to persuade the listener about a product that the celebrity knows nothing about. An example of this fallacy type is the 1991 super bowl commercial that used Cindy Crawford to endorse Pepsi. The target audience for this advertisement were grown men, specifically

Another form of persuasion commercials use is ethos, which appeals to one’s ethics. In the

“This kind of marketing is misleading and insults the intelligence of the audience” (Sue Jozui). The author describes how celebrities make people want to buy a product just because the celebrity is in the commercial advertising it, instead of buying it for the quality of the product. This is fallacy, as it is the consumer’s responsibility to research a product before buying it. Reviews of a product are a great example, as it is a good way to see how good a product is. They show other people’s personal experiences with the product, and you can make a good judgement about it, out of their reaction to it.

State the ad’s product.- The advertisement is meant to warn people to focus more while driving on school holidays because there are more children out meaning an increased chance of an accident.

After viewing several commercials, and analyzing the use of various advertising techniques, the Gillette - Fusion Power Phenom commercial seemed to be the best at influencing its target audience. One reason that the Gillette - Fusion Power Phenom commercial was so effective was because they used a testimonial technique. By using celebrities like Roger Federer, Tiger Woods, and Thierry Henry, they tried to influence buyers by showing that even celebrities used this product. In addition, the advertisers also used the bandwagon technique. For example, the advertisement says to “try the world’s most comfortable shave”, suggesting that the entire world uses the product, and you should as well. In addition,

Nike is a juggernaut when it comes to commercials and endorsements, and for the amount of money they spend on advertisements, they should be. According to their own Fiscal Reports, they spent over 3 billion dollars on any form of promotion in 2014, which includes advertisements and endorsements. In the Nike ad “Winner Stays On”, they don’t fall short of their production budget with the use of an abundance of big name athletes such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Kobe Bryant. Ethos plays a huge role throughout the entirety of the commercial due to the large amount of athletes being featured, although other devices are also used such as pathos, humor, exaggeration, bandwagon, and anticlimax. These devices are used in order to reach their intended audience of teenagers and young adult athletes.

The Nitty Gritty Band (NGB), at the request of Mr Vince Offer, contracted a study on its selling strategy and faults. The NGB strived to answer the question: "Does my commercial SELL?" The committee made to look at the commercial for"Shamwow" in consideration of visual and audible selling cues or doubts about the branded cleaning product.

Wherever one looks barraged by an advertisement or marketing ads. Whether you are appreciating a day of shopping or heading to work, promotions encompass you. It appears we never get a break from this production. In addition, we see them so much we have developed resistance to their nearness. There are numerous approaches to publicize an item, and ordinarily the similarities are self-evident. Analyzing commercials intently uncovers that paying little respect to the likenesses and contrasts in notices, the primary motivation behind a promotion is to engage a specific group of onlookers.

We tend to run away from responsibilities, problems, and generally anything that we are trying to avoid. Advertisements, on the other hand, are something even the best marathoner cannot run away from. The Balega sock ad that was featured in the September 2016 issue of Runner’s World Magazine goes beyond selling seams for the soles of our feet. This ad features a blown up picture of the sock with a contrasting black background to the purple, blue, and white colors of the cloth. The intricacy of each thread is also edited in a way that catches your eye, and creates the illusion that this sock is top-of-the-line quality. The ad strategically has highly contrasting colors to grab the viewers attention, and short, simple text so that the ad does not lose the viewer’s interest in reading about what these socks have to offer. Not only does the text state the quality material of the sock that reaps new personal records, but it also states that each purchase supports local and national African causes. This emotional appeal does not only implicitly sell the idea that you are a person of morals for contributing to a cause, it also sells the idea that you will be able to achieve your goals of becoming a better runner by purchasing their socks. Something as innocent as socks sell deeper meanings beneath their threads.