Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Topic Proposal Essay 4

Kelly Renfro

Billy Bull

April 13, 2009

Topic Proposal #4

 

 

Issue: Legalization of Marijuana

 

Media: 

 

 

Obama Inhales Frequently:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpBzQI_7ez8

 

Ending Clip?:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-BOQxyTrgw&feature=related

 

Slide Show:

 

Open with Clip:

 

Statistic (fluffed):

                        -Quit Breathing

                        -All Celebrities

            Remedy-

-       http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,512158,00.html

Grandmother and children

            - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509282,00.html

Target Celebrities:

            Snoop Dogg

                        - http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/575/97846156.jpg

            Phelps

            Bob Marley:

             -http://hoodyalan.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/10342_w.jpg

            George Bush

            Jonas Brothers- 1 out of three says no

                        http://cdn.buzznet.com/media-cdn/jj1/headlines/2009/03/jj-flies-jonas-brothers.jpg

Alternate: http://music.ology.com/files/2009/02/jonas_brothers_300_07.jpg

 

http://music.ology.com/files/2009/02/jonas_brothers_300_07.jpg

 

 

Thursday, April 9, 2009

SWA 8

Billy Bull
English 102
April 9, 2009
SWA 8

 

            The seemingly perfect ad campaign proposed six months ago is not performing as well as we had intended.  I believe that we should not discontinue the ad, but we can alter the timing and the programs that the ad is aired during. 

            As of now the target audience is obviously towards one who is working in an office.  If it is possible we can change the target audience so that it can be more relatable to everyday people.  For right now Bud Light should keep their current ad, but just enhance the ad.  However, the company should launch a new ad campaign that relates more to everyday America.  For example, a possible ad targeted towards the everyday worker can be of a man daydreaming about a place that beer is easily accessible and free to everyone; a sort of Willy Wonka idea without the candy and sweets.    

            The current ad should continue to air and finish its budgeted time of a year, and then Bud Light can discontinue the ad.  A possible problem with the ad can be the times that the company has decided to show the advertisement.  Since the target audience is the office worker the commercial should be aired on weekdays around 6pm to about 11pm.  That time slot takes into consideration rush hour traffic, the worker that has a certain television program to watch, and the typical hour one goes to bed.

  The ad should also be shown throughout all sporting events.  Although the main target audience is the office worker, anyone can find the ad comical.  The idea that a professional setting can be altered based off a case of Bud Light is genius, and the fact that the office had to raise money by implementing a swear jar makes it even better.    

I believe that the ad can easily be enhanced solely through a more strategic timing and the programs it is aired during.  

Monday, April 6, 2009

SWA 7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJJL5dxgVaM

The Rhetoric of the Marke

1.       We know that ads are supposed to be persuasive.  Take this for granted.  But what do these ads persuade you to think, do, or believe—especially beyond simply purchasing their products?

......This ad is in no way believable or realistic.  Beer commercials can get away with being funny and not having to worry too much about persuasion.  Although recent Bud Light commercials promote their "drinkability," beer commercials are way more lenient than other products.  

     ... As you study the advertisements, consider all the elements of it that you can identify.  In other words, try not to just focus on the explicit argument.  What implicit elements argue here?

............Bud Light is trying to argue that even the most professional environment will lower its standards or rules for a beer.

3.       Describe the apparent use-value of each product; then describe the exchange-value as you see it.  Basically, what might purchasers of these products expect to get from them that an inexpensive, generic version would not provide?  Evaluate the ads in terms of use-value appeal and exchange-value appeal—how does each address use and exchange concerns?  Do they all do both?  Do any of your observations contradict what you might have expected?

..............Bud Light already has a credible name and at this point with advertisement, the company has more room to be random.  People are going to be brand loyal to this company, so they can be more unprofessional in their advertisements. 

4.       Who would you say the imagined audience for each ad is?  What magazines do you think each came from?

...........The audience is sports watchers, beer drinkers, and anybody who is over the age of 21.



.............. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tNe3n0LQJo


1.       We know that ads are supposed to be persuasive.  Take this for granted.  But what do these ads persuade you to think, do, or believe—especially beyond simply purchasing their products?

............This ad persuades one to think.  With a nearly silent beginning, one does not know what to think with an assembly of car parts working in a domino like fashion.  

2.       As you study the advertisements, consider all the elements of it that you can identify.  In other words, try not to just focus on the explicit argument.  What implicit elements argue here?

............. The implicit elements argued is the strength and technology used to build the Honda Accord. 

3.       Describe the apparent use-value of each product; then describe the exchange-value as you see it.  Basically, what might purchasers of these products expect to get from them that an inexpensive, generic version would not provide?  Evaluate the ads in terms of use-value appeal and exchange-value appeal—how does each address use and exchange concerns?  Do they all do both?  Do any of your observations contradict what you might have expected?


..............With this product, the company is trying to teach their viewers that their cars are stronger, safer, and more luxurious than their competitors. 

 

4.       Who would you say the imagined audience for each ad is?  What magazines do you think each came from?


...........The imagined audience is anyone from the age of 15 and up.  The commercial would probably be played during a sporting event or duing a reality tv show.