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Everything in the advert is represented in an icy and mysterious fashion, it is shown very clear and bright as though the whole of Venice has got a brilliantly pure halogen light. The sky is a passionate blue without a single cloud dimming its appearance, which contrasts beautifully with the romantic structures of Venice. Back on the ground the ice is a spectacular metallic silver which links with the car giving it an aerodynamic gliding feel. The two ice skaters on the advert are shown gracefully sliding along the ice in unison giving the impression again that the car is aerodynamic, their visors are tinted as is the car’s windscreen showing that the car is meant for wealthy business men who can afford these extras.

Each separate frame has been thought about very carefully. The first frame has icicles in the foreground and blurred skaters in the background setting up anticipation and curiosity, where is this? What’s it at about? The technique of not showing the product until the end is a common one, it is used to keep the viewers attention all the way through. In this particular advert that technique is not employed fully, you see the car in the fourth frame, when it glides gracefully and speedily past the skaters.

Different camera angles are used throughout the advert, some are low facing the car making it look big, powerful and menacing. birdseye views are used to show the cold blue coloured car blend beautifully with freezing silver coloured ice. Close ups showing the car corner smoothly and easily on the slippery ice then the zoom function is exploited when the camera zooms in on the famous Alfa Romeo emblem. Even  the underneath angle is applied when the camera shows the bottom of the car through the ice, this is quite a brave shot because the underside of a car is usually referred to as quite ugly but Alfa Romeo show it because they want their potential customers to know that their not hiding anything. One of the last frames is of the Alfa Romeo badge, they’ve done this to leave the picture stuck in the viewers mind.

Sound effects are used to their full potential in this advert, there are lots swooshing types of noises as the car races past the camera, they use this to make the car seem as though as its going exceptionally fast. There are also crunching noises as the car grinds the ice to little bits when it flies along the ice, this is used to give the impression that if the car can go that fast and have that amount of control over the icy surface then it can go absolutely anywhere with twice as much grip, this also shows that it has exceptional handling.