The advertisement I’ve chosen to be my case of study in analyzing an advertisement through Barthes’ analytical model is an ad from Folgers Coffees. The ad is actually a print of a cup of Folgers coffee placed on top of manhole covers in New York City. Holes on the print allow the steam to come out‚ and the wordings around the cup read ‘Hey City That Never Sleeps. Wake Up. Folgers.’ As I recently learned‚ Folgers are well-known to be innovative with its ads: always trying to do something creative
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women’s magazines you will find several different ads for all sorts of diet products. In the March 2013 issue of Woman’s Day magazine there were four different ads for diet aids and products. The primary appeal used in most advertising is an emotional one but most also use ethos and logos as well. In the following essay we’ll examine the different diet ads and the type of appeals each use to convince the public to buy and use the product. In the full page ad for Sensa‚ a diet product you shake onto your
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The Johnson TV ad is easily the most disturbing and emotional ad of the group of four ads. The ad is all visual but catches the viewer completely off guard as it ends with the little girl stopping after her counting. In thinking back to that time period the Cold War is in high swing‚ the Cuban Missile Crisis is still present in the general public’s mind. Further‚ you have the Vietnam War ramping up with more and more troops going to Southeast Asia‚ and unfortunately many are also coming home to be
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Compare and Contrast For many years‚ ads have been everywhere everyone goes. To get people’s attention today‚ ads use bold titles‚ famous people‚ and lots of bright colors. Ads are a huge part in society nowadays. They draw in people to buy their product and some do not draw people in honestly. Ads make people weak and desperate so they will go buy the product they see. The ads that are being examined in this paper are Juicy Juice and Minute Maid. Juicy Juice is more persuasive to Minute
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action is an organization that is very well known for its ads about hot topics in America. The advertisement that this essay will be referring to is the controversy of guns. Banning guns is a discussion that the government and most citizens have strong views and beliefs about. This particular ad is meant to bring awareness to the issue by using the viewers feelings‚ problem solving skills‚ and tragedies that justify its stance. To begin‚ the ad has two young boys around the ages of ten standing in
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weaknesses in a dark comedic way in order to characterize their vulnerabilities as strengths. The advertisement sets a dark tone through its imagery. First‚ the words are displayed in an eerie handwritten scrawl. The ad uses only three colors‚ a bloody red‚ black‚ and white. The writing of the ad is focused in the center of the black background. The red writing of “Hand to God” reminds the reader of blood. The advertisement uses religion in order to draw the audience’s attention. The play Hand To God takes
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Because of this‚ the cheerleading organization UCA (United Cheerleading Association) has placed their ad‚ which invites cheerleaders to join the UCA coaching staff‚ in this specific magazine. The UCA advertisement is impressive in many ways‚ but lacks in a few aspects of effective ad design. UCA’s striking advertisement incorporates their organization’s colors of blue and gold in an enticing way‚ and the ad takes up an entire page and is positioned vertically. A large “U” in varsity lettering sits in the
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Advertisment Essay The advertisement I chose was an advertisement for the new Microsoft(TM) tablet called Surface. It is a commercial that gets its point across quickly‚ clocking in at exactly one minute and 37 seconds. The ad is quite effective in pulling the viewer in‚ with its ever-changing imagery. Being quick but full of information is a working formula that does a lot of good to help sell the product. Comes in‚ tells you what the product is all about‚ and leaves. This allows the information
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Killing Invisible Germs The advertisement that I chose was the Listerine magazine ad‚ produced in the year 1959 by the Lambert Pharmacal Company. I found this ad to be most interesting because I did not know that Listerine was originally used for killing off the common cold and sore throat. The company made a number of Listerine ads to prove that the product worked on people through years of testing. Although the ad is in plain black and white‚ it offers a lot of significant claims as to why Listerine
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did with one of their beer ads that reads “Enjoy responsibly. Phones down‚ please.” The layout and color of the phones on the bar counter are put in that spot to make a glass shape‚ The company shows all three different appeals mostly trying to persuade buyers. Guinness has made an ad that puts a twist on everyday objects and phrases‚ uses colors of phones to create an image‚ and uses appeals to persuade people into getting a stout. The only words Guinness uses in the ad are very clever because it
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