Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Pantene Commercial

The main character of the Pantene commercial is a young girl who struggles with her dreams because she is deaf. Her life is broken just like her violin. Her being deaf caused problems for her, suppressing what she was actually capable of. The people who attacked her and the old man on the street wanted to make her feel inferior because her disability. However, she finds a way to put her life back together like the taped violin and still creates something beautiful.
In the end when she was playing the taped up violin the scene kept changing from her on stage to a meadow. In the meadow a butterfly emerges from its cocoon and in some ways it represents her emerging and growing into something beautiful. The butterfly emerging from the cocoon also shows her overcoming adversity and playing something beautiful that no one though she could do. When the butterfly flies off into the open field it symbolizes new opportunities for the girl.
The way that the wind was making the grass in the meadow sway was in some way represented hair flowing. As the grass is swaying she is running through the field, which represents her new freedom. Although most of the commercial didn't seem to have a lot to do with hair, it was well done. Everybody wants somebody similar to the man that helped the girl in overcoming her disability.

2 comments:

  1. Does she really, really overcome her disability? Is she playing that taped violin? Can such a violin make sound?

    How does your interpretation of the commercial help sell Pantene?

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  2. You write:

    Everybody wants somebody similar to the man that helped the girl in overcoming her disability.

    Why? Who is this magic man? A kind of fairytale hero? Does he really help her? Does he lend her money to buy the Pantene product line?

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