Analyzing Advertisments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlXRengzZoc

This video add is exhilarating, moving, motivating and inspiring. Troy Polamalu and Ladanian Tomlinson make this add through flashbacks of their lives were they were involved in football every since birth. This is an advertisement for Nike, which targets athletes, more specifically football players. The film is of the two running through obstacles and the two are portrayed as very athletic throughout the commercial. It displays each of their journeys to the NFL and shows them playing in a game, where Tomlinson is tackled by Polamalu with the Nike symbol visible in the center of the screen to close out the add. The Nike symbol is world renown and an icon for all athletes. Nike has become so popular that it takes something as simple as an athlete to sell Nike products. The beat that is playing in the background is by none other than Jay-Z from his song Blueprint 2 that gives the commercial an inspiring and entertaining aspect. There are no words in this advertisement only the music playing in the background, the destructiveness of Troy Polamalu and the quickness of Ladanian Tomlinson.