This is an ad by the beer company Budweiser, promoting one of their lagers. It depicts a skimpily-clad woman wearing nothing but a Budweiser-branded bathing suit laying on top of a bottle of Budweiser. In front of a blood-red background, the woman’s bare legs, exposed cleavage, and seductive facial expression dominate the frame, drawing attention […]
Here is the link to my Adidas ad video reflection, done with my partner, Rohan.
*NOTE: This was written in class, under timed exam conditions. The Breakfast Club David Bowie, the voice of the youth of multiple generations once said, “And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations. They’re quite aware of what they’re going through.” Aptly used at […]
The 1980s in America was a time of unadulterated debauchery and decadence, and to expect anything less from the advertisements of the time would frankly be naive. Here we see an ad for BC Rich Guitars, promoting their new Virgin series of guitars. The ad depicts a heavy metal skeleton in bed with a skimpily-clad woman […]
A text is so much more than just a few pieces of paper, a few words, or a few videos. Texts have the power to unite, to divide, and absolutely everything in between. A successful and engaging text is one that you take into heart and have emotional reactions to, because ultimately, that is the […]
The first real book series that I genuinely loved was the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz. Before this, all I ever read was non-fiction, and I constantly dismissed fiction as ‘not being my type’. As it turned out, the series spread like wildfire throughout my grade, and I soon found myself walking home with […]
My main goal for English this year is essentially to pick up from where I left off last year, since I can almost certainly say I learnt more in English last year than I did in all my previous years of schooling combined. Everything just seemed to click last year, be it essay writing, micro-analysis, […]