Comparing Two Advertisements

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Comparing Two Advertisements The advert for the Vauxhall Zafira is set in a people carrier, presumably the car itself. It shows a 'mother and daughter' dressed in casual clothing. The mother is smiling as she drives suggesting she is content. Also featured prominently in the advert are 5 teddy bears sat in the 5 remaining seats. Because of this and the catchphrase of the advert - 'Sometimes you need extra space for friends' it is evident that the unique selling point (USP) is that the Zafira is 'spacious and has 'extra space for friends.' Just by looking at the photograph you can see how they make the USP appealing to all types of people. The image itself features only the girl and her mother so this may appeal to single parents, but I think that it is a family car directed at the mother. It also appeals to both large and small families, showing small families that there is room for the child and 'friends' and large families that they can fit their children in the car. In the magazine advert the photograph is in colour, but the interior of the car is black contrasting with the brightly coloured teddy bears and the clothes of the girl and her mum. The first shot is of a man looking through a pair of hairdressing scissors. After that he talks about himself a little, and how is angry. He starts talking about the car, and mentions all the extra bits (air conditioning etc.) in a bad sort of way, almost putting the car down and making it look bad. Then, at the end of the advert he gets his tie stuck in the door as he shuts it, and says "Gordon Bennett." All the time he speaks, he talks in an exaggerated French accent. Humour is used throughout the advert. As soon as the advert starts, the Frenchman is talking in his exaggerated French accent and acts like a 'typical' French person, with spiky hair and an angry mood. He makes fun of the car and obviously doesn't like it, but at the end of

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