


CONSUMER COMMENTS: This ad worked on me, because as an Ohio State football fan, I didn't see the Ohio State logo, and then relied on the text to know what I should do when I really can't find my team. Finish Line isn't the only store to use this type of ad either. When Victoria Secret started carrying an NCAA line of pajama's and shirts for women they did the exact same thing in their fall line catalogue for dorms.
CONSUMER COMMENTS: In all reality, I do not buy tobacco products. And considering that the product here was shown, rather than a beefed up guy in his twenties, I didn't even think twice about stopping to look. It's a boring ad. The whole reason I chose this ad as a part of my ad reversal project is because of the giant, glaring warning from Camel in the botton right hand corner of the ad that notes: "This product is not a safe alternative to cigarettes," which is what really sparked the idea for my reversal in the first place.
Songs play an important part in advertising too, and could be considered miniature clips of film as far as television ads go. Take, for example, the Mitsubishi Ecplise ad from 2003 featuring the song "Days Go By" by Dirty Vegas. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH0zWrDi6GA Or the new Heiniken commercials with the tagline, "Let a Stranger Drive You Home." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jqZTJk30qg
Advertising is most certainly an art. An art with a motive, that envokes emotion, and has a purpose. Whether it's on television, in a magazine, branded on a pop can or a box of crackers, it's everywhere. However, I believe it's most effective when it becomes more than an advertisment, but rather a part of who we are. When it embraces the culture and becomes a part of what we do and see and hear every day. Advertisments are a huge part of popular culture, making being a part of culture, popular.