http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG38BZI9-nE&feature=related
High profile soccer players from all around the world are brought into an ancient Roman style stadium to start this commercial off. After the players arrive it is then that they see their soon to be opponent, Satan, who then countinues to call up demons from hell to act as his teamates. Soon after the game starts, and the demons begin to dominate their opponents, throwing elbows, headbutting, and even tackling their opponents. (the reff appears to actually be blind, offering no help to the humans) In an instant though, everything changes, a human player makes a stop on a demon and carries the ball upfield manuvering past several demons, eventually taking a shot that is blocked with ease by Saten. The players do not give up however, they have now gained their confidence back, if they play their hardest, and play up to their ability, they know that their superior skill will prevail in the end. It is then that they make their final push forward, again juking several demons as they carry the ball upfield. Atlast the humans have produced another scoring chance, a one on one shot against Saten, but this time the player has regained his confidence, and he hits his shot so hard it breaks through Satens chest and scores, defeating the demons and sending them back to hell.
This commercial is effective because of the simple fact that generally people like to see the good guys come out on top. Virtually everyone on this earth enjoys watching the more rightouse person (or team in this case) succeed in the end, which is why the producers took it one step farther in making the opposing team demons, clearly indicating who was the "bad guy" in the game. The demons then begin to cheat succesfully, and in turn dominate the game, angering the viewer who knows that it is unfair how they are playing. Soon after the twist takes place, the demons cheating tactics are no match for the humans superior skill, bringing a sense of excitment to the viewer, who has new found hope that the humans will pull through. The humans, now moving the ball well, have begun to dominate the game, frustrating the demons who can do nothing to stop them. Finally, as the viewers excitment peaks, a human gets an open shot on Saten, sending it through his chest and into the goal. The viewers emotions are now at an all time high because not only did the "good guy" come out on top, he also destroyed his enemy, giving an oasis of hope to those watching that this will happen in their own lives. Whether it sells soccer products, I do not know, but it inspires and gives hope to all that watch it.
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As students of Eng 100, you will use this blog to begin conversations with other academic writers on campus (students and instructors alike). We become active readers of each other’s writing when we comment on posts here. And, best of all, we are using this space to share ideas! We encourage you to use this blog to further think through the topics and writing strategies you will be introduced to this quarter. As always, be sure to give credit to those people whose ideas you borrow for your own thinking and writing (you should do this in the blog by commenting on their post, but you will also be required to cite what you borrow from your peers/instructors if and when it winds up in your essays. More details on that later…).
Finally, keep in mind that writing to and for this audience is a good way to prepare for the panel of readers (faculty at WCC) who will be reading and assessing your writing portfolio at the end of the quarter. We hope that as a large group of active readers, we can better prepare each other for this experience. But, in the meantime, let’s have fun with it! I am really excited see how far we can take this together!
--Mary Hammerbeck, Instructor of Eng 100
The opositions we see in this commercial are evil vs good, thruogh the satin-like creatures on the "evil" team and the normal looking humans on the "good" team. At first it seems like the satin-like team is more favorable, but as the commercial progresses we see that the humans are the good-guys because they defeat the scary saitin-like team, wearing their Nike soccer shoes.
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