Saturday, 26 February 2011

Ad from TV

    


This 30 second advert has appeared on Television a few times on different channels. The animation of dancing mobiles shows that the subject is about recycled old mobile phones. The song that is used would grab viewers’ attention even if it’s not what they’re looking for.
The target audience for this advert would be adults. But the Ad is animated with also attracts children. This could be because the child would then tell the adult about what they’ve seen, and it could be what the adult was looking for.
The Mazuma Mobile Advert aimed to increase the audience’s understanding of how old mobile phones could still be useful instead of just lying around the house hidden somewhere.
Mazuma Mobile Maz and the Mazumites TV Advert has a very catchy at the same time informative jingle. The lyrics are actually the general picture of what Mazuma is about and how to turn phones to cash.
The connotations that people could get from the advert are
  Mobiles (animated)
·         White background
·         Dancing
·         Subtitles
·         Coins/Money
·         Laptop
·         Website (at the top of the screen throughout Ad)

Tuesday, 15 February 2011

Print Ad Annotation

The celebrity used in this Ad is Enrigue Iglesias. As he is quite a famous singer, this an advantage for the sellers as customers may want the product because of the celebrity.

Denotation:                          
-Enrique Iglesias             
-Black and white
-Woman behind Enrique
 is hiding her face
-Image of perfume bottle in corner of image and it is the only thing in the picture that is coloured.
-Copy of perfume name, smaller and underneath says 'pour homme' which means 'for him/men' in french and uner that even smaller says 'Enrique Iglesias'.
Connotation:
-The idea of Enrique Iglesias as the chosen celebrity is a benefit for the company seller.
- The image is black and white to make the perfume bottle at the bottom corner of the image stand out as it is brightly coloured (gold).
-The woman at the back is hiding her face to put the spot light on Enrique. Or she isnt famous or well known so she was told to look down.

The target audience of this advert varies. The perfume it self is aimed at men, but it could also be aimed at the person buying the perfume for the man. For example a woman would be attracted to the celebrity and wants to buy the perfume.