Media Coursework - comparison of 2 advertisments

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Media Coursework

I am going to be looking at the logos, slogans, the target audience of the advert and selling techniques that the advert uses. I m using a David Beckham Fragrance ‘intimately BECKHAM’ (Advert 1) and ‘elixir MISS SIXTY’ the fragrance potion.’(Advert 2)

I would say the Advert 1 is for 18-30 year old males and females that want to act/be older also some teenagers. Surprisingly this advert is in a teen/kid magazine ‘Miss’. Which means this advert is trying to get younger people to buy the product because as they see in the picture David Beckham holding Victoria in a sexy pose which will make people who use it feel older and better looking if they use the fragrance. Advert 2 I would say also tries to get 18-30 year old Females to get the fragrance but maybe more wild yet more earning women as this advert is in ‘New Woman’ magazine which is well written and expensive.

Selling techniques are things like logos, slogans things to get your attention and make you memorise the advert so when you see it you’ll have a picture or a jingle in your head. Advert 1 has David Beckham him on it which is a use of celebrities and as some people want to be like him they would buy his product the advert has his logo right in the centre of it to promote his product further. Advert 2 has Asia Argento on it which is an attractive model, some women might like to be like her so they would buy her product also some men would like their girlfriend/wife to be like her also so they would buy the product it uses strong big bold writing to catch attention. For both of these adverts I would say the technique works but if it was a TV advert they could use more techniques to make it even better. Both adverts have the Target audience in it to get the targets audience attention and not really other age groups as this is aimed less at them.

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A slogan can be something to associate the product to an image, sometimes it uses repetition and alliteration. It can give more ambiguous meanings, this is important because it would apply to more people.

There is no slogan except the David Beckham logo that I could notice for Advert 1.  For Advert 2 there is a small writing at the bottom saying ‘The Fragrance Potion’ this make the Fragrance special and different from any other one. Slogans sometimes use comedy but in my adverts there is none used. I think the slogan for Miss Sixty is not really effective ...

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