Advertising?

In my everyday life, I'm not one to deny the increasing impact of interesting advertisement on my life. I may not buy or do what the Ads desire, but it does add an interesting spin on the way I would look at things.

Here are some interesting advertisements I've seen recently. First one even won an international advertising award but at the same time, banned after a short run in Germany because people found the content to be offensive to some. It is both a good but ironically a bad advertisement.

I'd explain why after you've seen it.

First Ad



So did you think that's an interesting advertisement that might accomplish its goal of getting people to sign up for classes? If I had a basic grasp of the language, then I would be horrified at the thought of being so ignorant in the face of my kids! I'd definitely go for classes. Then again people probably think differently.

Difference between good and bad?

Second and third ads are special, the second ad is not a recent advertisement but it's the predecessor of the third advertisement that's been run recently. And actually you might not get the third advertisement if you never watched the first one. So I would consider them linked advertisement.

Second Ad



Third Ad



And if I were to consider if they were successful advertisements, I personally would say yes! If I drank alcohol I would most definitely buy this brand of beer because of the entertaining ad that would play in my head when choosing my beers. Sadly I stopped regular consumption of alcohol for a couple of years already and I'm not planning on getting back on it, so this ad has only its entertainment value for me.

And I do think that my last semester taking advertising is like a crushing swan song right now, with Student week almost over, Literary Journalism increasing its workload; I'm happy to just get 3-4 hours of sleep a day. At least I'm done with the coughing fits, but hopefully after this week, I might be able to get a couple nights of decent rest without worrying too much about club responsibilities as well as academic stuff.

Idiots of today, Geniuses of tomorrow
今日の馬鹿，明日わ天才