Before I analyze my ad, let me give you a quick rundown. In the ad, there is an image of a girl aged 9-12 dancing with an older 50 or so woman. They are supposedly grandma and granddaughter. The photo is candid and neither are looking into the camera. To the right is the following text, "Release Your Inner Child With Capri Sun Organic." Below that the smaller text reads, "New Capri Sun Organic Healthier, Tastier, and Better Than Ever. Now Containing One Serving of Fruit." This text is wrapped around a pouch of Capri Sun Organic. Below this, in the even smaller text, there is a clarification that reads, "Each pouch provides ½ cup of fruit which is one serving of fruit according to the U.S. Dietary Guidelines." At the top of the …show more content…
Lastly, there's pathos. Pathos appeals to emotion. Most of this ad is in an attempt to create a certain mood. First of all, both the models in the ad are happy supposedly because of Capri Sun Organic. Also, the slogan "Unleash Your Inner Child," is an illusion to happier and less stressful times when all we were doing was having fun. All the allusions to health also make the consumer feel good about their choice to drink the product. Plus, if people feel good about the product they're more likely to buy it. In short, everything in this ad is used to create an association between Capri Sun Organic and health and happiness.
The first advertising technique use is transfer. Transfer is everywhere from the smiling faces of the models to the use of words like, "Organic," "Healthier," "Tastier," "Better," and "New." All these words have positive connotations and images associated with them, which helps give consumers a positive outlook on the product. Another technique used is weasel words. "New Capri Sun Organic Healthier, Tastier, and Better Than Ever," is misleading. For one it's subjective. While someone may think it's healthier or tastier, another person may disagree. Also, there is no proof that it is actually tastier or healthier. Another technique used is facts and figures. Facts and figures can be seen in the 1 serving of
With the emerging technological innovation, several companies have adopted different marketing techniques to make themselves popular and gain ground in the competitive market space. The use of television commercials has been one of the most utilized technique to disseminate information about products and services that are branded by particular company or organization (Gass and Seiter 23). When one watches television, he or she is always bombarded by several commercials with many marketing messages which are repeated over and over during television commercial breaks. Most of these television commercials utilize several similar persuasive or rhetoric techniques aimed at luring one either to buy, vote, or to otherwise influence him
In the past Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. has put up many ads on huge billboards. There is one ad in particular that stakes a claim about it’s ranking of their ingredients among competitors. The ad reads “WE WANTED TO WRITE ABOUT OUR LOCALLY SOURCED NATURAL INGREDIENTS, BUT SHORT BILLBOARD HEADLINES ARE BETTER” (Liebelson). Although Chipotle is claiming that the quality of their ingredients are better, it leaves the consumer wondering what exactly is so good about the products that go into their foods. It is wrong that more information about Chipotle and their ingredients aren’t found on the ad as it may cause a lot of misunderstanding and deception amongst the consumers. These people may think that they’re eating the best and healthiest ingredients but in actuality they are taking in food that has caused many health issues in the past.
Finally, the commercial uses logos. The commercial starts off by saying “introducing a breath of fresh air.” This is logos because the brand is aware that nature, natural, and freshness are highly valued. Therefore, they use this to show that the product is somewhat ecofriendly. Also, Swift mentions that Cover Girl replaced the ‘heavy synthetic’ with light cucumber.
These misrepresentations are often referred to as “puffery.” There is a fine line between legal promotion and illegal claims, but terms like “Better ingredients, better pizza” or “miracle” have been considered puffery advertising because, while deceptive, they are extravagant enough to be seen as advertising and not provable or measurable. They are defined as a statement or image "that is not deceptive, for no one would rely on its exaggerated claims." (Colaizzi) And, because most consumers in modern context know about and have some understanding of the power Photoshop has over images, many more extreme images in advertising can be used as puffery as well. (Brown
The food industry uses emotionally charged language. Taco bell in their newest commercial shows a chip being dunked in a bowl of nacho cheese and they uses adjectives such as warm and cheesy. They use these emotionally charged words to make you crave their product. Their idea behind this is to make customers want their product enough to leave their house and get it. Arby’s does the exact same with their advertising. In their latest commercial they debuted the new smoked Italian Porchetta. They use heavy words such as mouth watering, tasty, and smoked over a hot grill. The food industry also calculates when they are going to show their advertisements, such as time of night and day. There is more than meets the
However believe it or not that’s not always true. Most big name companies try to portray the positives of the product in the advertisement, and in marketing perspective that’s the whole major point. But the public deserves to know the negative part of the product also. For example Gatorade, a hydration drinks which is meant for activities and sports. But declared by science, any hydration drinks are not meant to be taken alone, should be taken with water mainly. Why isn’t the public notified about this information? It’s only because Corporations want investment. They are all looking for profits no matter what the advertisement says. Stated by Naomi Klein in her No Logo, “…with the Kraft purchase, a huge dollar value had been assigned to something that had previously been abstract and unquantifiable — a brand name. This was spectacular news for the ad world, which was now able to make the claim that advertising spending was more than just a sales strategy: it was an investment in cold hard equity. The more you spend, the more your company is worth”. (8) And this idea has grown so much during our generation that we don’t stop and think how much it really is taking over our lives.
The average person will watch approximately 2 million commercials throughout their lifetime. In this technologically driven environment, it’s the most effective method of appealing to an intended audience. However, there is a lot more to an advertisement than meets the eye. There are numerous methods being used in order to appeal to the audience. Corporations and businesses focus on rhetorical appeal when it comes to creating a successful advertisement.
The message conveyed through the advertising appeals influences the purchasing decisions of consumers. In this case, the advertisement was aired by Carl’s Jr fast food restaurant to advertise their new “all natural burger”. It was aired during the Super bowl because majority of the audience, men and woman, are watching the game. And it makes it easy for them to put their product out because most people that watch the Super bowl just watch the commercials.
Thus, by creating appeals to logos, pathos, and ethos, companies use advertisements as powerful persuasive tools. This can be done through the careful selection of color, imagery, narration, design, and layout, to name a few significant elements. When used correctly, these rhetorical strategies can make the difference between whether a product or idea is embraced or rejected by the
Over the last few decades, American culture has been forever changed by the huge amount of advertisement the people are subjected to. Advertising has become such an integral part of society, many people will choose whether or not they want to buy a product based only on their familiarity with it rather than the product’s price or effectiveness. Do to that fact, companies must provide the very best and most convincing advertisements as possible. Those companies have, in fact, done
This brings me onto the next subject, appeals. Appeals are relating the audience with the product with a story and emotions. The positioning of the advertisements has to be put in spots where they will appeal to a certain audience. 40-50 year old males, teenagers etc. The can be a change from ugly to beautiful miraculously which would appeal to teenagers because at their age they are self-conscious. Statistics are also used to appeal to the audience. If the public hears statistics they are instantly drawn in. A perfect example of appealing to an audience is the notorious Nescafe advertisement. This consists of a man and woman who meet each other over a cup of Nescafe. There is emotion involved and this draws the audience in. There is a sequence of ads in this story and the audience is drawn in so much that when there is the nest sequence they are practically glued to the television to know how it ends. In thee and they get married, Of course every advertisement includes a cup of Nescafe but that’s what it’s there for
magazines, on the internet, and practically everywhere there are ads. They make the customer feel as though they are not good enough, as if they have something missing. Weight loss products make claims, that are usually false, promising that the buyer will look and feel better about themselves. By showing pictures of other's results after using the product, a customer could be convinced into investing in the product themselves. Beauty products are advertised in a similar way. Usually targeted towards women, most of the time they contain pictures of beautiful women, using or wearing whatever lipstick, nail polish, or shampoo that the particular company is advertising. When a
The main purpose of commercials and advertisements is to persuade the viewer to purchase the product that is advertised, but not all commercials are successful in this endeavor. Companies, such as Budweiser and Kleenex, appeal to the viewers’ ethos, logos, and pathos in order to influence them to buy the advertised product(s). In order to appeal to each of the categories, companies use different tactics to catch viewers’ attention. The use of ethos, logos, and pathos can make or break an advertisement based on how it is being used.
We live in a fast paced society that is ruled by mass media. Every day we are bombarded by images of, perfect bodies, beautiful hair, flawless skin, and ageless faces that flash at us like a slide show. These ideas and images are embedded in our minds throughout our lives. Advertisements select audience openly and subliminally, and target them with their product. They allude to the fact that in order to be like the people in this advertisement you must use their product. This is not a new approach, nor is it unique to this generation, but never has it been as widely used as it is today. There is an old saying 'a picture is worth a thousand words,' and what better way to tell someone about a product
People who make advertisements for companies work really hard to make a unique advertisement that is different than other companies, that are selling related products. It could take months to make an ad to satisfy the companies expectation for what they expect in their advertisement and hoping that they can convince the readers the buy the product, they focus on the small details to make an ad unique compared to other advertisement. People are blasted with myriad amount of advertisements, but what captures their attention is something they could relate to, something that is pointed to them and something that isn’t common to what they see in everyday ads. Advertisers want to capture the attention their audiences by the simplicity, color scheme and using rhetorical methods such as pathos, ethos and logos. The “Don’t Drink and Drive” ad talks about crucial issue that could take someone’s life away, and was published by BMW and has all three rhetorical methods to make a miraculous advertisement.