Links to rhetorical tools:

Here are links to the rhetorical tools used in this class:

Schemes & Tropes -- Perelman & Olbrechts-Tyteca -- Fallacies -- Burke -- Rhetorical Toolbox -- Conspiracy Rhetorics

Monday, January 29, 2018

Master of the Universe Ad Data



Data Rhetoric Analysis


Arrangement
Climax
Words build up until the end where the idea of childhood is emphasized
Repetition
epistrophe
Repeats the word childhood at the end of sentences
light
High contrast
Background id plain in order to convey the sense of an open canvas
color
saturation
Uses brighter color for toys to make them stand out
perspective
geometric
Some illusion of depth to make world of characters seem bigger
space
full
Picture is filled with stuff, especially toy figures
figures
abstraction
Angle used to show all figures as if they are interacting in order to convey a sense of world building for the child to encourage more toy purchase

3 comments:

  1. The thing I am getting from you in this ad is that you do not feel it is gender based and I really like that. You focus on the face that it is about childhood and play and having fun. I think that is important. It does tend to use pronouns like "he" and I feel that is important to the ad as well. I like your description to the color and contrast showing emphasis on the toy rather that on the child. I think that was important to notice.

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  2. I like this ad a lot. Especially the fact that the mother is featured in it with her son (vs mother only with daughter in other ads) it emphasizes what you said about the parent being happy with the toys. All parents. Additionally, the focus on childhood that you noted it quite true. We see so much going on but the toys themselves showcase what our imaginations created in our own childhood and I believe that is a advertising technique they were well aware of.

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  3. Like others have said I like that you did not focus on gender as the main rhetorical tool used in this ad, despite the male pronoun use. Though you could comment on this I think the most apparent message is in the text of that ad which emphasizes multiple times that childhood is short and fleeting. You may also comment on the mother as an observer rather than active participant in the child's play.

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