Sunday, October 6, 2013

Escape the Confines of Old Luxury?



A frame in this ad is very sharp. The car that sent the later man back to the jail is a Mercedes-Benz! (Btw, the former prison breaker drives away by himself instead of sitting in the back seat.) Well, That's pretty aggressive. It seems that Audi is satirizing "the old-rich" and then defines Mercedes-Benz as a part of old style.

Frist of all, it's ironic enough to use metaphor to say that old-rich people are prisoners. Though I know little about aristocracy, it's easy to figure out that these people are involved with luxury things. Besides, then the process of escaping is also worth thinking -- these two prison breakers reacted differently when the music arising. The former one is more vigorous, clam, and prompt, while the later one were eating a cookie and grabbing a hen sculpture at the beginning. 

Audi is trying to define new luxury class. It claims itself as new-rich that is hard-working, smart, or firm... Audi is not only trying to gain the agreement from people who define themselves as the new-rich, but attract people who dream of being the new-rich -- maybe you can start being new-rich with Audi A8! This ad satisfies some customers' self-identification, and conveys that to rest part of society. But is there really difference between "the old-rich" and "the new-rich"? After all, these prisoners, including that successful prison breaker, are all well-dressed, and are able to enjoy an expensive car.

In additoin, automobile is always a big deal for a family, so I still wonder how many people will really be moved. I still wonder how much an automobile company can achieve in one-minute ad.


(Oh, then I realized that I posted an automobile ad again...)

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