The Pepsi Generation

Today in class we were moving up in the advertising world to videos. Each person would pick out a video advertisement they liked and other students would watch it. This blog post is about Faqeera's video, The Pepsi Generation.

The purpose of The Pepsi Generation was a simple one. It was to convince people to drink pepsi. It wasn't convincing just any people. This advertisement was targeted at children drinking pepsi and not drinking pepsi. This advertisement I think was effective because it had Michael Jackson dance in it. If people see a celebrity doing something they develop more longing to be the same as them, especially if it's an easy thing to do, and drinking a drink is one of the most simple and easy things to do. The director of this advertisement obviously knew all of this and called in the biggest star of the 80's, when this was filmed.

Ask any question VS You can lie

If I had to choose between getting an honest answer to any question I ask, or being able to lie, I would choose ask any question. In Jonas's world I'm not allow to ask any questions that draw attention to something different. I'm a very curious boy and not being allowed to ask questions would tear me apart, even if it is really basic like "Hey Daniel, How are you sick?" In our world his answer would be fever but in Jonas's world I would get pulled aside for bringing attention to something that is different.

2012 Drawing Closer

Has it occurred to anybody the amount of earthquakes are increasing and they’re increasing it strength to? I say it all happens as we draw closer to 2012. Earthquakes really have been increasing in strength though. Just look at the ones in 2010!!

1. 7.0 in Haiti on January 12, 2010

2. 8.8 in Chile on February 27, 2010

3. 7.2 in Mexico on April 4, 2010

4. 6.9 in Tibet on April 13, 2010

5. 7.4 in Aceh on May 9, 2010

Now 2012 might not be the end of the world. Something might just happen like earth will slightly increase in the speed it rotates. The Mayans probably didn’t just decide that they would just say the world would end on December 21 2012. They had to have had some logic behind it. Other wise I could run around screaming, “The world will end tomorrow because my toaster is jammed!!!” and everybody would believe me and I don’t think that the human race is THAT stupid.

Jonas View in 5 Sentences

What's going on? They say I'm to be the next receiver of memories. I don't even know what that is? They say I've got what it takes but I'm still confused and unsure. At least I got an assignment, I am a bit relieved.

Mizuno Wave Shock Advertisement: Absorption

This is an advertisement made by a company called Mizuno Wave Shock. Mizuno Wave Shock is obviously a company that makes shoes and this is an advertisement for one of their sneakers. The advertisement shows the sneaker in between the vertebra. This is called symbolism and in this advertisement the symbolism implies that if you wear the sneaker your body bounces and

You will have less aches and pains. It says that this is the shoe you need if you're a runner. In the advertisement also has the element of Lighting and Color. The background is black so you focus in on the spine and Mizuno Wave Shock probably made sure that nothing else had to much color in it except the sneaker in which there are a variety of colors. Something else I noticed was that this picture is very unique and I'm not sure if this is one of the elements but if it was I'm not sure if it would be in symbolism or layout and graphics. But what I thought was "If the picture is unique, does that influence customers to buy the product?" That's a question I'm hoping Mr.Hughes can answer in class. The answer might be yes because when I see the unique picture in this advertisement I think that shoe must be very unique.

Help the World in One Way

If I could help the world in one way I think I would give everybody the ability to tell who’s smarter than whom. This is the best way to help the world I can think of cause maybe we’re voting all the wrong people into presidency. Maybe there are people who would make better kings or prime ministers. If humans could tell who’s smarter than who then maybe all the right people would be in charge. I mean wouldn’t it be amazing if we figured out that President Obama doesn’t know what he’s doing and the guy with the solution to world hunger is the guy mowing his lawn next door. If everybody knew that that guy mowing his lawn had the solution, he would be in charge and there would be no more world hunger!

That’s not the only way being able to tell who’s smarter than who would help. Say you want to invest in a company and you ask your friend which company he/she thinks will be the most successful. Now your friend may be your friend but that doesn’t mean he/she’s not stupid. He could point you in the completely wrong direction and you could lose everything. Now if you had the ability to tell who’s smarter than whom… you could ask a person who knew what he/she was doing. If everybody followed a plan like that than the most of the world’s economy wouldn’t be in the toilet.

Zungo Wungo Advertisement

Targeting: Small children around ages 6-10 (Most effective if read with a cheesy fast paced enthusiastic voice)

ZUNGO WUNGO! It's flat, no it's a ball, now it's flipped inside out! The Zungo Wungo changes shapes in the air and it's great for playing with friends and pets and don't forget it's water proof so you can play anytime anywhere for maximum fun time. Get the Zungo Wungo now and the hours will fly bye with fun time.

Giver Summary in 20 Words

A jet overflew the people's community. Asher was distracted by salmon separation and Jonas's family is sharing feelings at dinner.