Monday, April 27, 2009

When I was little my parents didn't let my brother and me watch very many movies. One that we watched frequently was Yellow Submarine (bellow is a clip). It is a very creative movie with many Beatles songs. I think watching this media when I was little enhanced my imagination and probably made me love music like I do now.

I think this commercial is really interesting because it promotes Esurance as being eco-friendly when Esurance is an auto insurance company and therefore contributes to the pollution that cars bring to the environment. I think this company is better than others though because they don't use paper and instead use online technology for their business. However, by getting this type of media out there, I feel they are tricking the public into thinking they are more environmentally friendly than they really are. 

Wednesday, April 22, 2009


This is a commercial for Planet Earth, a series by the Discovery Channel depicting the some of the most amazing and beautiful places on this planet. I believe this series has had a profound impact on today's population and on me. I think it has made people more aware of nature and and how immense the environment is. It's really cool that a media form can have such a positive effect.

I was watching TV at my friends house the other night and I saw this commercial. At first I wasn't paying close attention and I saw how beautiful the people in the commercial looked. How healthy and nice they all seemed. I then realized it was a commercial for pills! The company is trying to sell little packets of pills that improve the health of the consumer. Somehow, the company convinced me, without me even being aware of it, that taking these pills was sexy and that good looking people do this. It made taking pills look fun! This is really bizarre to me because I don't think taking pills is ever fun or sexy and but somehow the commercial is very good at selling this idea.