Media Essay Comparison of Adverts

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26th February 2007

Media Essay

   In this essay I will talk about advertising, and the affect it has on the people who view these adverts. Advertising is the way people show consumers what they are selling.

There are many types of advertisements including print and verbal, they affect people in many ways, mainly by showing people things they need or want for aspirational reasons.

   The adverts which I have chosen are an advert from Perfect Pizza. The company sells pre-cooked pizzas which you can buy in store or have delivered.

My first impressions of the advert are that it's very colorful and you are instantly drawn to the images of the pizzas, and the large bold writing. I found this advert in my letterbox as they deliver them to you, so you know what they are selling.

   The advert uses formal as well as informal language; many bits of the informal text are explanation texts, and the formal parts for information. It's presented in different colors and sizes, and is spaced out in different places. The text informs you of what is being sold and what the prices are, it also draws attention to itself.

The sentences are short, only five words per sentence, but there are a few writing techniques including alliteration.

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   The text is basically factual or as factual as they want you to believe, but when you advertise prices you have to be correct and factual.

On the whole the text is very informative, it tells you everything you need to know that will convince you to buy the product, and the information helps you to make the decision by showing you what you could be having.

   The figures that are used are in pounds and are bold, maybe this is to draw the attention of the reader, so they can be amazed at how cheap ...

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