Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Codes and Conventions of Advertisements

Codes and conventions of Adverts:
  • Using a celebrity to sell the product: John Smiths – Peter Kay
  • Been unusual: Cadburys gorilla advert.
  • Brand name advertised over and over.
  • Using a popular song to sell....boots "Hear come the girls” whenever you hear it you think of them.
  • Catch tag lines such as Haribo "Kids and grownups love them so".
  • Fear factor: if you don't use this he wont love you, used in health products
  • Using guilt, life insurance use this don't leave loved ones without anything.
  • Shot styles....close up on face of person Charity's use this.
  • Creating a mini series: BT adverts. This makes them instantly recognisable and rememberable

Advertising Tends to follow a basic format - a slogan or a striking imade catches our attention, the body of the ad contains factual information about the product, and a pack shot or logo reinforces the brand indetity. The combination of these elements, even though the advert is viewed for a matter of seconds, leaves us with an impression of the values that are attached to that brand, and a sense of the target audience.

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