Media Coursework: Advertising

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Media Coursework: Advertising

Advertising is a way of telling the public people that a new product is out. It tells the audience the name of the product, and how it is useful to the customer. Advertising has been around for many years. The first ever T.V advert was broadcast in 1st July 1941. So it has been around for over 60 years. Back then, the advertising guy only paid $4 (roughly £2) for 10 second to advertise. Now days advertising is about $3 million, for just 30 seconds. That’s £1.5 million for 30 seconds. The name of my after shave bottle is called Revolver. I chose this name because it was the first thing that came into my mind. It is not an original name, because now days people don’t usually use revolvers, they use hand guns and pistols. My aftershave bottle name does not have positive connotations as it is the name if a gun.

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The points that turned up in the answers to my questionnaire were that most people would spend about £10-£20 on their aftershave/perfume bottle. The name that Revolver made people think is gun, excitement and strong. This is exactly what I wanted the audience to think. Most people buy their aftershave/perfume from Duty Free shops at the airports. The number of aftershave/perfume bottles that most people buy every four months is around three to four. There were many favourite aftershave/perfumes bottle, including CK, Hugo Boss and Fantasy Britney Spears.

The shape of the aftershave bottle that my audience would ...

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