Guinness Advertisement Analysis Essay

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Analysis of The Guinness Advertising Praised by the media industry, described as "the most beautiful and powerful piece of film on our screens," and voted greatest television advert of all time. The Guinness advert achieved this kind of status soon after it hit our screens in 2000. Guinness ads, clever and flashy as they usually are have out done themselves again with this incredible piece of footage. Its provocative speech, together with the carefully designed filming techniques compels the audience from beginning to end. It opens with a close up of a man's face. For nine long seconds, all you can do is look at him, gaze into his eyes and wonder why he's just standing there, what he's going to do, and why he …show more content…

The advertisement is filmed for the entire duration in black and white. This is to create a classic, well-established effect, it reminds you of the colours of Guinness, with the black liquid, and frothy white tip, so it makes you want to go out there, and get yourself a pint. The structure of the advert is really quite simple; there is the wait, the pursuit, and the victory moment, closely followed by the name of the product (Guinness). The slogan is what we really remember apart from this weird scenario with a lot of surfers and horses. "Good things come to those who wait," Someone who is not willing to take any old rubbish, he waits, and he is victorious in the end because he ends up with something really special. If men ruled the world then this advert would be what it would be like, sport and beer, there is no trace of anything female anywhere! The voiceover is done in a male voice, all of the characters are men, and the script is aimed at men, but apart from being very male orientated it is quite generalised, it appeals to all kinds of men, of many different cultures, backgrounds and religions, and all

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