Comments to Advertisement Analysis

French Smoking ad - I really liked reading your ad analysis for many reasons. First of all, I felt like you went really in depth in explaining the actual ad. I totally agree with everything you said. Another part i really enjoyed was the first paragraph. Considering this is a foreign ad, you successfully explained its origin along with giving tons of background information such as explaining the differences between French advertisements and American advertisements. I was able to understand everything you were explaining and you used a lot of rich language and vocabulary which keeps readers on their toes. I also liked how you still used the words in French in your analysis instead of just translating it and leaving out the French wording. Overall, I think you did an excellent job and my only concern with it might be the length, but that can easily be fixed for the final draft.

Sephora - I think you did a good job analyzing the ad. To start off, you started in the right direction by started with the actual magazine. I feel like this is best way to start to essay. Now that I think about it, on my ad analysis, I started with the ad and then I randomly went into the origin of the magazine towards the end randomly. I should probably fix that. But anyway, I liked your explanations primarily when you brought up the different ethnicities of the girls on the ad. I liked how you put it in saying Sephora doesn’t want any girls to feel secluded and that everyone can be beautiful with their products “together”. Overall, I think you did a great job and I don’t have any criticism for your work.

Outrage - I think you did a good job in your analysis because you had many strong points. First of all, i liked how you implicitly explained your ad. It really goes to show how these ads can really hide many subliminal messages if you think about it. I liked how you said the guy’s body is unrealistic because it shows that guys can’t instantly get a body to look similar to that. I also thought explaining the girl’s side to this ad was strong. Bringing up how girls expect potential dates to have bodies like that make men seem like they have to work hard to get girls. Another strong point you had was when you added a personal story to help you describe your ad. Stating that achieving a body like that ad requires tons of time and dedication along with simply consuming a workout product won’t instantly turn your body into a chiseled piece of art. Overall, you had many strong points and were successfully in analyzing the ad both implicitly and explicitly.