https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEJJUGJZxpU

The intended audience for this product, which is Orbit gum, is anyone who uses gum. The actual audience would be anyone who happens to see the commercial while watching television. The values that the audience holds could be, that cheating is dirty and so is bad language. The author appeals to these values by making the commercial a joke about each instance. The bad language is replaced by funny made up names they call each other. Using the stereotypical man caught with his office assistant emphasizes the cheating. There is then the angry wife who does not just take a baseball to his car, but puts it through a wood chipper, which would be impossible to do.

Although it is meant to be making fun of such a situation, it could give off ideas that society is against and lend to negative connotations. The social and cultural connotations within this text also deal with cheating and “bad” name-calling.

The overall purpose of the commercial is to promote the fact that Orbit Gum gives your mouth a clean feeling “no matter what”; that is whether your mouth is physically dirty and in need of cleaning or your mouth is dirty due to the profanity coming out of it. They do a good job at getting their point across again by the use of an over exaggerated situation. They use the sparkling of the teeth and smiling faces at the end to help in proving the gum cleans your mouth and again helps the overall message.

Photograph

The audience for this image is any tourists or people looking to get away from everyday life and take a vacation. The tourists could be a family from somewhere cold, looking for a warm retreat for vacation. The tourists could be a group of friends taking time off of work to regroup and relax. No matter who the tourists are they are looking for a place to vacation at the beach, to get away from work and life in order to relax and bask in the sunshine. If the photograph was in black and white it may evoke a vintage feel. In black and white you may imagine the audience is looking at vintage images of beach goers and reminiscing or imagining on what the times used to be like. If I titled this image "Relaxation", the audience may see people relaxing and enjoying the weather and the beach. If I changed the title to "Crowd", the audience may see too many people and may see the image as a busy beach with noise and not much quiet. 

What They Think I Do

Creating the meme was somewhat therapeutic. Being able to show my perception on what others think I do with my time and what I actually feel like, took a weight off of my shoulders. I identify as a full time student and employee. The first image of what my friends think I do exhibits a notebook, a pen, and a book as if someone is studying. I do look down and see these items in front of me on a regular basis, so in a way this is true. However, this is not what my daily life consists of and I feel as though schoolwork is a reason I use to excuse myself from activities with them.

The second image is of what my mom thinks I do and shows a cat napping. My mom lives with me and I feel as though every time she gets home and sees me I’m watching TV. She sees that I am a lot more relaxed than what I just vented to her about 30 minutes ago. She always catches me when I am taking a break from a project or work and I don’t get a lot of help from her in my daily life as far as keeping the house clean goes because I believe she feels that I have a lot more time on my hands than I let on.

The last image on the top row demonstrates what society thinks I do. As someone who is considered a millennial I do not think we are taken very seriously by society no matter what we do. I work full time and am in school full time and work very hard to get what I want. Millennials are seen as entitled and superficial and think that they should have things handed to them by society and this is not the case what so ever.

The next image on the bottom row shows two x-ray techs helping to position a patient for an x-ray. This is more something I hope that my boss thinks I do. I always try to help my coworkers and get the job in any way that I can. The superwoman represents what I think I do and the last image represents what I actually do. I try to do it all and most times risk my sanity and the sanity of those around me in doing so. These images are more a reminder to me that I don’t have to be perfect and I don’t have to do everything needed all at the same time. I make lists of what I need to accomplish each week and I stress out over all that needs to get done. I have a lot of anxiety about getting classwork done and making sure there is still time for me to relax and enjoy life. I have breakdowns and I pick myself back up and keep going.