Saturday, February 18, 2012

Deconstruction- Doritos Commercial

http://youtu.be/STb6ZSo5CPw

This commercial is about a dog who has killed a cat and burried it in the back yard...The male human finds out that the dog killed the cat and when his wife asks if he has seen the cat, he says no because the dog gives him a bag of doritos for bribery. This commercial overall was very funny! :)

1. Who paid for the ad?
The Doritos Company most likely paid for this ad.

2. Why does the company need to do the ad?
The company needs to make these ads so that they can sell more Doritos.

3. What group is targeted by the ad?
This is targeted to people who love to eat Doritos.

4. What about the ad leads one to that conclusion?
Towards the end of the video when the wife asks her husband if he has seen the cat, he looks at the dog with the Doritos and says no. That shows that he loves Doritos so much that he would lie to his wife just to get a bag of them.

8. What techniques of persuasion are used?
Persuasion in this commercial is that if you eat Doritos you will be happier in your everyday life. So if your not happy, grab a bag.

9. What different meanings would different people perceive?
People could perceive different meaning such as if you do something bad you could cover it up with a bribe, which is never good in any case.

14. Is it closer to fantasy or reality?
I think it is closer to fantasy because a dog cant think logically about killing a cat and burying it to hide the mess. Then bribing the owner with the Doritos which I think is very funny.




5 comments:

  1. Thank you, Krista. The link you provided is no longer available on YouTube. Could you add a description of the advertisement? How did you come to see it?

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  2. Sorry about that. I added it at the top. Please let me know if that's not what you were looking for. :)

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  3. Hahaha I LOVED this commercial!! When I saw it I couldn't help but laugh and wish I had a grandma like that! And it made me want to get some Doritos so I suppose the ad worked!

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  4. This commercial was definitely a highlight to the Superbowl this year. My mom is a new grandmother and she is LOVING it! Playing with the grand-kids is a favorite time of hers. Nice deconstruct... but I the paragraph and then the questions I think are for two different Doritos commercials...

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  5. Oops!! I had both of the commercials in my head, but I fixed it! Thanks Samantha for letting me know! :)

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