Saturday, August 1, 2009

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The words s-e-v-e-n-t-e-e-n in a vibrant orange color across the glossy cover of this teen fashion and advice magazine pretty much says it all. This magazine is geared towards teenage girls who love to shop, put on makeup, and stile their hair. On the glossy eye catching cover the pop singer Ashley Simpson is the cover girl and some of the headlines read, 鈥淏ack-to-School鈥?鈥淗ot Hair Ideas鈥?鈥淔ashion and Beauty Tricks鈥?and 鈥?0 Trends to Try Now.鈥?As the reader flips through the magazine the models for the ads appear to be in their mid to late teens usually dressed in trendy hip cloths while advertising the newest face wash, fastest acting acne medication, or the latest lip gloss. The girls reading this magazine are living across America in their parents homes sitting on their beds lessening to Beyonce鈥? Justin Timberlake, or Fall Out Boy.



An ad for class rings simply says, 鈥淩ember Whatever Forever鈥?in loud pink lettering. The main objects for this ad are three class rings placed on a small background of lined writing paper. The main back ground shows snap shots depicting good times with friends scattered, and overlapping. One picture shows a couple in formal waire dancing at prom or homecoming, while another random picture shows four girls in what appears to be a class room acting silly. Other random pictures are overlapping one another, while the class rings are the main focus. The haphazard placing of goofy and quirky snapshots, triggers the readers own memories of high school and the random placing of these pictures symbolizes the scattered flow of memories one receives when looking back into their own high school career. Both of these feelings will make the viewer want to purchase a class ring, because the class ring is a simble of high school and senior year.



As a society we value memories, and we cherish these memories by taking pictures, purchasing yearbooks, and buying class rings. People are willing to put money into their memories, as a way to preserve them. This ad plays up that fact by trying to trigger our own memories from high school. The as shows how a simple piece of mettle with personal and meaningful engravings can trigger so many good memories; making the reader want to purchase a class ring.



Tell me what you think of this essay. Is there anything I should change, such as, spelling and grammar errors?

The bright-orange S-e-v-e-n-t-e-e-n blazes across the glossy cover of this teen fashion and advice magazine, published to attract teenage girls who love to shop, put on makeup, ogle fashion and style their hair. On the glossy eye-popping cover, singer Ashley Simpson is surrounded by headlines, 鈥淏ack-to-School鈥?鈥淗ot Hair Ideas鈥?鈥淔ashion and Beauty Tricks鈥?and 鈥?0 Trends to Try Now.鈥?As you flip through, the over-attractive models, who apparently range from 12 to 19, sport trendy, hip clothes [be more specific that 鈥渃lothes鈥? such as skirts, belts, sox, blouses, tops, Capri pants, panties, whatever. Paint the reader a picture with nouns] while advertising the newest face wash, fastest acting acne medication or latest lip gloss. Across American, girls read Seventeen sitting on their beds listening to Beyonce鈥? Justin Timberlake or Fall Out Boy.



One ad鈥檚 foreground shows three high school class rings atop lined writing paper with the sentimental tagline in seventy-two point font, 鈥淩emember Whatever Forever.鈥?The background shows collegiate, nostalgic snap shots evoking good times with friends. One snapshot captures a couple in formal wear dancing at prom or homecoming, while another shows four girls clowning-around in Biology class. This haphazard placing of goofy and quirky snapshots triggers the readers own memories of high school and the random placement of these pictures symbolizes the scattered flow of memories you get when looking back into their own high school career. Of course, these images are intended to entice the viewer to purchase a class ring, a symbol of high school and especially senior year.



As a society we value nostalgic memories, which we cherish and commemorate by taking pictures, purchasing yearbooks and, of course, buying class rings. Because students pay money to create and preserve adolescent, school-time memories, this [Jensen鈥檚?] ad is deliberate. It evokes a specific response: by a ring and you鈥檒l be happier, now and in the future. After all, isn鈥檛 that why we buy new clothes, acne cream and beauty products and class rings?

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