Analysis of The Guinness advert

... Media Coursework Praised by the media industry, described as "the most beautiful and powerful piece of film on our screens," and voted greatest television advert of all time. The Guinness advert achieved this kind of status soon after it hit our screens in 2000. Guinness ads, clever and flashy as they usually are have out done themselves again with this incredible piece of footage. Its provocative speech, together with the carefully designed filming techniques compels the audience from beginning to end. It opens with a close up of a man's face. For nine long seconds, all you can do is look at him, gaze into his eyes and wonder why he's just standing there, what he's going to do, and why he doesn't speak. This draws you in, you sit, captivated as the wind ruffles his toilet brush-like hair. Then, from the silence come the words "he waits." You don't

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