The Scent of Green Papaya

Australian Public Service Announcements
Australia is a wonderful country. They have got nice hot whether all the time, plenty of venomous and dangerous animals to look out for, and some pretty cute ones too, like koalas and kangaroos. As a matter of fact my dad wanted us to move there for a long time. I’m even tempted to go one day all because of this ad they put out warning kids to stay in school. Its a pretty typical thing for kids to do, skip school and go have fun in the sun on nice days. Although its not a smart thing to do unless your parents really don’t care where you go or what you do.
Watching this ad it almost feels like I could be right there. The senses it appeals to for me are sight, touch, smell and taste. I also really like the song playing in the background. However it doesn’t really give me a sense of place throughout the commercial. So other than to make it seem like an average commercial full of hipster things, its pretty pointless.

As far as touch goes I feel it does a really good job. Stuck here in my freezing cold room in the middle of winter watching this seems to warm me up just a tad. This ad makes me feel really nostalgic and wish it were summer once more. Cool water bringing temporary relief from the heat. sand between my toes. The commercial does a really good job establishing that with the setting. Now when it comes to scent they chose a place nearly everyone knows, saltwater. It appeals to me more because I know what eucalyptus smells like and I can imagine the warm scent of it intermingling with the salty ocean breeze. The taste it brings into my mind is salt, much like the scent the taste of the beach is very distinct. The kids in the commercial all have drinks of some sort and i’m really hoping its something innocent like cream soda. Which is the taste this particular commercial incites. The commercials cast is a set of particularly attractive teens. Probably the popular kids. Hey at least their deaths give the nerdier