The Apple Commercial Essay

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The topic being presented is the advertisement of the Apple Macintosh that aired during the Super bowl on January 22, 1984. I vaguely remember seeing this commercial roughly a year later, as I didn’t see the original in 1984. I think it was a great commercial. I was born in 1979 and can remember having a Commodore 64 computer as a kid and always wanting to own an Apple Macintosh. Unfortunately, I had to settle for only the commercial, which was pretty good as far as commercials go. The merging of text and visuals is superbly done, creating a rich tapestry of meaning. By commercials end, one feels like they have stepped into a new world. The type pf audience that the creators of the text are appealing to are rebellious type people, people who are resistant to authority. It is …show more content…

Not a revolution on the streets, but a revolution in the mind. What they are ultimately asking the viewer is if they want to be part of the revolution or not. If not, their lives will still be affected, just as the mob was affected by the woman throwing the sledge hammer, but in a non-participatory way. If they do, then they better hold on for one hell of a ride, because it isn’t stopping for nobody. The revolution was the information age and the birthing of it by the introduction of home computers. Before the introduction of the home computer, computers were massive machines weighing hundreds of pounds that only fit in large rooms. It all changed with the Apple Macintosh in 1984. The information age was here to stay and no authority was going to stop it from being let loose on society. Of course the creators also had to throw a scantily clad woman in for good measure, just to hit the message home from all angles, because sex sells in advertising. Who wants to watch a screen all day of a man talking when you could join the revolution with good looking women and have access to

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