Category Archives: X Archive 2012

Don’t Give Up on Birth Control. Explanation of the Ad: I chose the Unplanned Pregnancy Ad on the Ad Council site. The first scene of the ad shows a couple with a woman on the bed trying to be sexy and … Continue reading →

I chose an ad on Stroke Awareness. The ad opens up by showing to people in what seems to be a library, or some type of public place. This is to send the message that a stroke can happen anywhere. … Continue reading →

Gay and Lesbian Bullying Prevention The video starts off with two pretty girls trying on clothes in a mirror. The one girl asks her friend about the shirt she was wearing and the friend relied “So gay.” After talking about … Continue reading →

Foster Care Adoption Ad After watching the advertisement for Adoption from Foster Care with the sound off, it was more clear to me that the visual aspect of the advertisement did a good job in telling the story that was … Continue reading →

Adoption from Foster Care The ad begins with two children, presumably a brother and a younger sister, playing and laughing as they jump through a sprinkler and their mother gardening while watching over them The faint but instantly recognizable sound … Continue reading →

First Viewing (No sound) *A man and a women appear to be trying to have sexual intercourse it appears very awkward the video goes into several other couples trying to hookup it is an extremely awkward video goes into “bedsider” … Continue reading →

The “ad” I chose to watch and discuss was on Emergency Preparedness. It started out as a child sitting on the couch and then went to the mother and father in the kitchen at this time you see a fork … Continue reading →

Texting and Driving Prevention First Viewing (no sound): The use of a handheld camera makes the opening scene seem as though someone just happened to be filming as someone tripped up the stairs while texting. This makes the viewer think … Continue reading →

Hands only CPR The person uses sign language with subtitles the whole time. The person talks about how important hands only CPR is the whole time by using a language that only uses hands to show the comparison of something … Continue reading →

In response to the PSA: Weapon, I have illustrated what I believe to the be the point the Ad Council is attempting to drive home.