So, this is a rather meandering bit of media. It starts with a young woman with a noticeable hump on her back going through daily activities – showering, shaving, trying on new clothes, walking out the door for a night out. Her dialogue runs thus: I haven’t always felt comfortable with this thing. And obviously it’s pretty hard to pretend it’s not there. I suppose [...]
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And now for something light. Transcription: Chimey music begins playing, song is called “Pretty Baby”. The screen goes all white, with the little dove symbol of Dove and the words “what happens when beauty meets strength?” We flash on a myriad of scenes: a white woman lying on the bed in her undies, casually doing oblique crunches; a white woman in her undies in front [...]
This ad is compliments of Lederhosen. Quick transcription: The screen starts off dark. Music begins, Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss (2001: A Space Odyssey theme) and the screen lightens to reveal a brown haired white boy at a head-and-shoulder shot. He’s looking up as the screen brightens, and is seen to mouth “whoa” with a look of awe on his face. He and everything [...]
Okay, I’m not going to transcribe every bloody second of this stupid ad, so I suppose this isn’t a true Midweek Media post. Long story short of it is various and sundry head and torso-less female bodies dancing, hopping, walking, vacuuming and generally gyrating around to a song which is directing folks to “shake it up”. Shoes are clearly displayed on all the women I [...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C8MlhGNV3c The ad shows a gamut of young women, mostly mid to late teens, in various shapes, shades, sizes and settings. They all speak toward the camera, each delivering portions of this message: “Air has no prejudice. It does not carry the opinions of a man faster than those of a woman. It does not filter out an idea because I’m sixteen and not thirty. [...]
Some background: Allstate Insurance has a newish ad campaign which features a scruffy-looking, bruised and unshaven white man in a rumbled dark suit as a character named “Mayhem”. For all intents and purposes, he embodies all those random things that can and do happen to car owners – accidents, a tree branch falling, what have you. Now, on with today’s ad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Sjld5yy3Q&feature=player_embedded The scene opens [...]
This one’s been on our radar, but was also prompted by a note from Spartakos. The commercial opens up with a Best Buy salesman with two customers, a woman and a teenaged boy. They stand in the laptop section. We see various models, and also a yellow sign that reads: Buy a Laptop, Get a Geek. There’s whimsical music playing. The viewer is coming in [...]
