Wednesday, 3 September 2014

Blog 3- Style of Television Advertising

Introduction: I will be explaining how 8 types of Television Advertisement are effective, the types are Humor, Parody, Shock, Surrealism, Intertexuality,Repetition,Sex and Famous Faces. 
Humor

The style used in this advert is humor, the advert makes the audience feel interested about the product being adverted. This makes the advert memorable because it’s funny and entertaining, and people usually remember funny scenes of certain videos, I believe that this style was appropriated because it was a funny way to show that yellow pages has everything you need, and it’s easy to find it.This was successful because after watching the advert people will actually remember to use the yellow pages to find places and business they need. This is when humor is used in the advert to make the viewer’s laugh, this is done so it can be memorable, Parody
The style used in this advert was parody, this advert makes its audience feel happy because  this makes the advert memorable, by showing the funny stuff the IPhone 5  does even though  it’s not true, like for example from the size of the phone to the stuff you can do on it. The scene is memorable because when people see an iPhone they will see how small it is. In my opinion this style is very appropriated for the iPhone 5 because the way the advert was produced and edited, you will be able to see that it is a parody, but a funny one. This style of advert is a fictional "fake" advertisement, this is usually used with a non-existent product, either already done within another advertisement for a real product, or made just for fun as a parody, or draw negative attention towards the real advert. 
Shock
The style used in this advert is shock, this advert makes the advert feel depressed, shocked and very emotional, this advert was memorable because it shows a girl on drugs, this makes the audience think twice, because they see the true side of taking drugs and being a drug addicted, which means that you cannot stop. This style was appropriated because the main aim of this is to make people stop or not even begin taking drugs, so they used this advert to scare them, because if they see this they won’t even take this in consideration. This was successfully because it wasn't too much or too little it showed enough, the 3osec of it was disturbing enough. This is basically a type of advert that uses shock to make the viewer see and think about a certain things, and also to make us feel sad, bad or empathy, like the advert above that uses shock so people think before using drugs.
Surrealism
This style used in this advert is surrealism, this style makes the audience wonder what is the aim of this advert, what is trying to be sold and were they sure that making a surrealist advert was the right decision. This makes the advert memorable because its scary, no matter how many times you try to forget it you just cant, and after a while you just start wondering what was on the producers head,or  what did you just watch. I believe that for what they are trying to sell(ice cream) this wasn't the right style because its creepy and people instead of buying ice cream will feel disgusted by it. This was not successful because it had all kind of creepy and it makes you not buy what they are trying to  sell, and most people will not enjoy it.This type of adverts kinda of make the viewer confused, when this is used the audience are never sure what exactly is being advertised, its usually away from the normal.  This is a type  of advert which uses illogical images, to create strange scenes, it uses everyday objects to create an image, in a way for the artist to express themselves. 

Intertextuality
The style of this advert is intertextuality, this style makes the audience happy, because it reminds them of their childhood. This makes the advert memorable because it uses a character that everyone knows. I believe that for what they are trying to sell this was the right style of advert, I think this because, it had humour and it showed exactly what’s its being sold. This was successful because it highlighted making life easier, because it clearly stated that by buying at Specsavers, you would buy 2 for 1, so if something happens to one of them you will have another as a backup. Intertextuality advert is usually when an advert interprets or refers directly to a specific event, whether is it a remake of films, extra-diegetic references. One of the sides of this type of advert is that it’s all up to the audience knowledge because if the audience doesn't know what the advert is referring to, the individual will not be able to understand it. 
Repetition
The Style used in this advert was repetition, this style makes the audience feel annoyed and irritated, because of the amount of times go compare is repeated, but because of that this is a memorable advert, because people will have the name (go compare) in their head whatever they want it or not, so they will remember the product and the advert. I believe this style is the most appropriated because it makes people know what go compare is, even if you just hear it on the radio you might get curious and research it when you bored, and there you go you will know about the product, you don't have to see the whole advert for it to be effective, like most adverts. This is the style of advert that uses repetition, it repeats a certain type of word or phrase through the advert to make the advert memorable. 
Sex
The Style used in this advert was sex, this style make the audience feel kinda of uncomfortable This was a memorable advert because after watching it once some people may not get it, so they will go back and watch it again and when they finally get it, they will remember the meaning of the advert and probably forget of what is being adverted. I believe that this type of advert was appropriated, because this was an advert which its main audience is men, so that they see that what they are trying to sell is effective, so they made a sexual advert, that it also makes you laugh, and at the same time shows the product, by having a lady cleaning dirty balls, that after she used the product to clean it, came out clean like if it was new. This was successful because it showed the product, what it clearly does, due to tat it was memorable, and it wasn't too sexual. Sex advert is usually the use of sexually or provocative, whether it is sound or images are used to arouse interest in a particular product, service or brand.
                                                                   Famous Faces 
    The Style used in this advert was famous faces, this style make the audience feel interested in what they are selling. The style used makes the advert memorable, because there's a famous and attractive person on it. This was effective because it appealed directly to the product’s target audience. It does this by having David has the face of the product. This type of advert was appropriated because men believe that if they buy it they will feel like him, women think if they buy it for their husbands, their husbands will look like David, therefore people will be tempted to buy it. Famous faces advert is usually the use of a famous person image to promote a product or brand, focusing on the person’s money, popularity or image, like for example David’s Beckham body.  

Tuesday, 2 September 2014

Blog 2- Form of television Advertisement

Introduction: I will be explaining how 7 types of Television Advertisement are effective, the types are Realist Advertisement, Anti realist advertisement, Animation, Documentary, Stand Alone, Talking Heads, and Series.


Realist Advertisement
This advertisement was effective because it reflected a lifestyle a life and culture that the target audience would aspire to. It did this by showing a family playing with the product, and they seemed happy and bonding, which means that if you get the product you would be able to bond with your family. This type of advert is very interesting because it creates a sense of realism, and by doing this is easier for the audience to believe in it, because it represents\shows activities that can happen in everyday life, therefore the viewer feels more connected to it.


                                                               Anti Realist advert
-This advert was effective because it showed the benefits of buying the product, the advert made sure they showed and said the name of the product more than once. A successful advertisement will address the need and demonstrate how this particular product fulfil that need, they did that by showing babies walking around on roller skates and acting like they have a lot of energy for their age, so if you drink this water you will feel like a baby and be as strong as a teen. This is a very good form of advert because anything can be done to it, whether it is real or ot like for example making babies walk on roller skates.

Animation
-This advert was effective because, it appealed directly to the products target audience(kids).It does this by showing a family of tooth paste talking among themselves of how good it is to brush their teeth.
This is also a good advert because it makes most of the kids happy when they watch it, which means when they go shopping with their parents and they see the tooth paste they will ask their parents to buy it.This is useful because you can do anything you want with the advert, you can do things that you know you couldn't do in real life.
Documentary
It also a good advert because it makes the viewer think and if the viewer likes stories they will feel excited when watching this, therefore wont change the channel.This form of advert is meant to show real life people document real life events, so it’s more realistic it shows people from different places, ages tell their stories so everyone can relate to it.


Stand Alone
This advert is effective because it allowed the audience to use his/her imagination to interpret the end of the story in the advert in their own way. This enable the viewer to engage with the advert and feel a sense of empathy, especially if the viewer has a cat. This is a similar form as to series advert, but instead this one tells the story all at once, this is good because you can watch the story all at once, instead in a series, that if you miss one you won’t really understand the whole story.


Talking Heads
This advert was effective because it showed what the product does, and it also showed a range of different people doing it this makes it more believable, and it also highlighted making life easier. This advert had a clear goal of selling the product by making it conceivable and making you want to buy it, so you can feel like the people in the advert. This type of advert is when someone sits or stands but is looking and talking into the camera, this form of advert is good because you feel connected to the advert because you fell as if the person was talking to you. 
Series
This advert is effective because the benefits of buying the product were emphasized, people don't buy products they buy the benefits they derive from them. A successful advertisement will address a need and demonstrate how this particular product fulfils that need. This form of advert carries a story to the next advert, like for example in one advert you see someone walking to buy milk, in the next advert you see them buying the milk, one product multiple adverts. This type of advert is very similar to a TV show, this is useful because it makes the viewer excited for the next "episode".
Series
This type of advert is supposed to make the viewer feel like if they were watching a tv show, therefore they will feel happy when watching it and will be waiting for more. This is effective because it tells a story that most people whether the age will feel tempted to watch it because they will want to know how it ends. 
Series
This type of advert brings a sense of interest to whoever is watching it because the story line is interesting. Because if you watched the previous adverts, about the same product you will know the storyline  and will feel intrigued. This was effective because people that have never heard of meerkats will find out, and will want to know more  so they will search for it which will take them to the meerkat website.

Monday, 1 September 2014

Blog 1- An Introduction To Advertising Unit 30

An Introduction  To Advertising Unit 30


Welcome to "An Introduction to Advertising. A blog designed to tell you everything you need to know to be successful in the world of advertising!

This blog will provide you with details of:  
  • Different formats of advertising
  • Different purpose of advertising
  • Examples of effective/ineffective advertising campaigns
  • Examples of controversial advertising campaigns
  • Different Styles of Television advertisement
  • How television adverts are researched and designed
  • How television adverts are produced
  • Common Codes and Conventions
  • How advertising is regulated