Due to my rigorous university and work schedules, I rarely watch television. Even so, one commercial that comes to mind is the Bud Light Pac-Man advertisement. In a short period of time, the brilliant marketing gurus at the world famous brewery managed to pack in a plethora of modern American cultural values. The opening scene takes place in a bar when a man and his two friends approach a female bartender to order drinks. She hands him a beer bottle which directs him to walk down the street. Here the man and his buddies find a giant quarter and insert it into a large slot. Immediately two sliding doors open to reveal an enormous crowd of people! The man and his friends smile excitedly as they rush in to join the party. The main character …show more content…
The attractive female bartender suggests that if one desires to meet beautiful women, that they may meet them in a bar: Americans place tremendous value on physical appearances. The public gathering serves to promote the idea that if two friends are good, surrounding yourself with hundreds of people is even better. Loud music coupled with special lighting can lead to excitement and ultimately happiness. The idea that alcohol can multiply this fun factor is partially disguised by the nostalgia created by the retro videogame. However, the fact that the commercial begins and ends with men drinking beer cannot being hidden from the subconscious. Budweiser is suggesting that beer makes life better, and may be a prerequisite for having fun. Essentially this advertisement is showcasing the value Americans place on parties and that drinking alcohol in America is not only permitted but is to be …show more content…
Our nation would become less concerned with obtaining possessions. Their voracious appetites for consumption would be satisfied with more meaningful pursuits. Without advertising, it is safe to expect an increase in diversity among individual preferences. “Sheeple” would revert back to people with minds of their own. A decline in nutritional disorders would be logical as families would no longer be barraged 24 hours a day about food. This would lead to a reduction in diabetes, obesity, hypertension and more. A healthier America would enjoy a boost in self-esteem as its citizens feel and look better. Less stress on residents, especially females, to look a certain way would help to minimize cases of anorexia nervosa and bulimia. This cascade would continue to lower consumer spending on diet pills, plastic surgery, make-up, and the
The look on the man’s face when he looks up portrays the emotions that the audience is feeling: shock, joy, and relief. Finally the sun comes back out and the man has both his dog and his horse back at home. There are many rhetorical strategies that Budweiser uses in their advertisement. The biggest being pathos. They use pathos in almost every aspect of their commercial. By changing the lighting, music, and overall relatability they are able to change the audience’s emotions. They also use ethos in their commercial by always reminding you of their brand.
Late night driving home, and a strange man is on the side of the road with an axe, but hey, he has Bud Light so why not offer him a ride? In this video ad of Bud Light a couple is lost at night in what seems the middle of nowhere. Seeing a man with an Axe carrying Bud Light Case, the male seeing that he has Bud Light wants to offer him a ride; they pull over and he gets in the car. A glass and bottle of Bud Light appears and the words “Always Worth It” displayed (Viral 0:24). Later, they run in to a mask man with a chain saw and is also carrying Bud Light, and so the male again was to offer him a ride and leads to the commercial ending (Viralstuff 0:28). In this ad, it attracts a white male, and female audience that has low income, and between the ages of 21 and 30, which makes sense because Bud light sell more to Hispanic males that have low income rate, and are between the age of 55-65 (Bud Light Consumer). The commercial will try to persuade you using ethos, logos and pathos. The ad shows that avid Bud Light drinkers will in
It would not make sense for Budweiser to show the American Dream from a black man’s perspective anymore because people will have a hard time connecting to the message. African Americans are now accepted and have found their place in our society just like everyone else. Instead, Budweiser takes a different angle to catch people’s attention. The black man in the old commercial is now being played by a puppy. The reason for this is so everyone can relate to the underlying message. Budweiser is now attempting to appeal to their audience in a different kind of emotional
I have always been a sucker for animals. That’s why I chose this for this week’s assignment. The ad that I chose is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0HI4DAmVDo. It is a Budweiser commercial called “Clydesdales Brotherhood.”
Beer isn’t only used to get drunk off of and act up with, Standage talks about how beer purifies the water, thereby cutting down on disease. This is one of the many uses beer was used for. He describes it as a beverage that “united civilization.” There were some drawbacks as first because you had to drink the beer with a straw due to the floating pieces and other ingredients. The toasting to someone's health with beer associated beer with friendly an...
Michael Messner and Jeffrey Montez de Oca explain that contemporary beer ads represent a desirable male lifestyle to reaffirm masculinity in a time when men are insecure. Their essay, “The Male Consumer as a Loser: Beer and Liquor Ads in Mega Sports Media Events,” goes on to list the reasons for their insecurities: historic and cultural shifts such as deindustrialization, declining real value of wages, feminists and sexual minorities. They support their main point by providing a window to the past as beer ads of the 1950s depicted a desirable lifestyle that was appropriate for post war style of living. By following the transitions of beer ads from the 1950s to now, we could follow the accepted lifestyles of the times during which the ad was made.
Advertisements are a way to get people to see their product or hear what they have to say about it or just what they have to say in general. This commercial was made by Budweiser. Budweiser is a company that makes and sells beer to adults. Their commercial shows that just because they sell alcohol does not mean they are okay with drunk driving. The commercial uses both pathos and ethos to show us what they want us to take away from it. They use this commercial that plays with our emotions to show us a piece of how we would feel if we lost someone, and its goal is to make us want to make sure no one that cares for us will ever feel that way. It was shown at a time that makes it most effective, during the super bowl while people are drinking
The 2012 Canadian Club Whisky ad uses gender roles attributes in order to persuade possible male consumers into consuming the product by appealing to their sense of masculinity. The goal is to reach men’s pride and lead them to believe that Canadian Club Whisky is capable of “helping” them achieve society’s ideal of a man through images and sentences that remind them of manhood.
As a car drives by the window, the viewer sees the dog lift his head up and lay it down when he realizes it is not his owner. After this scene, the following words are shown on the commercial, “For some, the waiting never ended. But we can change that.” According to MADD, “In 2015, 10,265 people died in drunk driving crashes… 290,000 were injured in drunk driving crashes.” The next morning the owner walks in through the door and says, “I decided I shouldn’t drive home last night”, this shows how responsible the owner is because he does not want to hurt others if he had drove while drunk. In the background, the viewer hears the lyrics, “I’ll be waiting here for you, when you come home to me…” which supports the fact that the dog has been waiting all night for the owner to come back safe and sound. The next scene in the commercial says, “Make a plan to make it home. Your friends are counting on you.” By having the saying in third person, the commercial is trying to persuade the reader to drink responsibly because there is always someone waiting at home. In the end credits, the viewer sees the famous Budweiser logo with the hashtag friends are waiting. In the bottom of the ad, the Budweiser commercial had the words “Enjoy responsibly” on
Over time the use of alcoholic drinks has become an increasing problem. Budweiser is a company that makes and sells alcoholic drinks. Although they are well aware that the alcoholic drinks can be harmful when they are over used. To advertise their drinks they made an ad that not only advertised the drink but at the same time shows people that drinking and driving is dangerous and not only hurts the people doing it but also others around them.
This commercial has a very obvious meaning or wanting to sell their product but also the underlying one such as how they support pro-immigration . It is mainly a pathos commercial since it uses the human emotions to have people gain the favor of the Budweiser brand. As this commercial not only came out at the time of when the country was caught up in the controversy of pro-immigration and non immigration but the ethics and credibility of Mr. Anheuser show to be very mature and
It’s shows that drinking liquor is easier to go down then a woman that they are trying to assault. The ad reinforces traditional gender norms because it is agreeing that rape culture is okay. It is agreeing that men should be able to have their way with women. It is showing how men, under the influence, feel as if they are more dominant than usual over women. Men are seen as predators that the women have to get away from. It shows how women are victims to the overpowering dominance of men.I do not feel as if the ad successfully challenged the traditional gender norms, mainly because it encourages men to drink this liquor which may lead to the sexual assault of women. They may feel that this liquor may help them be able to take their victim down. They are basically putting women is danger to the point that they no longer feel safe around men under the influence of Belvedere vodka. Advertisements like this one is actually advertised in magazines and everywhere on the internet now and days. Many advertisements that use women in sexually abusive manners have become accepted by
The commercial described in Scholes composition is a “well-known Budweiser commercial which tells…the life story of a black man pursuing a career as a baseball umpire” (Scholes, p. 620). Scholes feels that this commercial elegantly proves his theory that video texts can hold a viewer captive and control his thought pattern through the use of visual effects, narrativity, and of course, cultural reinforcement. The commercial itself tells the story of a young black man, working as an umpire in the minor baseball leagues, risen from the provinces, having overcome great racial tension throughout his life, who “makes it” as he is accepted by a white manager after making a close call during a game.
The Super Bowl is a game that has been and will continue to be watched and celebrated by almost every American. Friends and families gather to enjoy typical tailgating snacks, while watching the national football leagues. However, the game is not the only aspect of the Super Bowl that grabs society’s attention. Super Bowl commercials draw viewers in by using tactics that are never seen in an average commercial. As time increases and technology further develops, do Super Bowl commercials such as Kia’s “Hero’s Journey” use different tactics to try to grab America’s attention or do they waste their time and money as Bruce Horovitz believes?
...maintain that advertising exists primarily to create demand among consumers. People have certain types of wants and needs, and they are perfectly capable to discover it for themselves. People today just need food, clothing and shelter everything else is superfluous and additional stuff. Advertising are able to create demand that would not exist just by manipulating people’s min and emotions. Advertising is master in manipulate reality and fantasy, by creating “magic show.” It is true that advertising has been a powerful mechanism that distorts our whole society’s values and priorities. On the other hand, advertising educate people about several issues. In political terms, it moves mass of people and persuade them to vote for a candidate. And, of course, in terms of economy, contributes in the development through the consumption of the costumer.