Thursday, January 16, 2014

Advertising by Design Chapter 1-4 7-9

Chapter 1
“Our vaccine doesn't fit all cats either”
I found this ad to be the most eye-catching of the ones in chapter one. Not only is interesting and catches people’s attention, it is also very simple and gets to the point fast. The only think that is slightly confusing is the text in the advertisement, which says, “One vaccine doesn’t fit all cats either.” This made the ad a little bit confusing due to the name of the campaign have a slightly different title. I think that the text on the ad advertises for the general idea that you vaccinate your cat, unlike the title of the ad, which looks as if the company wants you to go to them to get your cat vaccinated.

Chapter 2
Outdoor Board “Eat Mor”
I really enjoy this ad. Not only is it simple and creative, it is also quite funny. Most bulletin ads I have seen many have the company advertising their products, while for this ad they made it seem that their competition wants them to go to Chick-fil-A as well. I also really enjoy how the main point of focus being shown is the cows painting, and yet it is obvious it is an ad for chicken.

Chapter 3
TV “Getting Dressed”
The commercial’s main point is the idea of storytelling. By using storytelling they can involve the viewers as well as find ways to maybe relate to them somehow. By having people relate to the advertisement, it could influence them to buy the product, giving people ideas such as “you need this” or “get this product if you want to be like this” sort of feelings.

Chapter 4
Web Sit ElfYourself
Looking through the chapter, this ad caught my attention the most for being ridiculously looking. This way of advertisement involves the viewers greatly, by having them paly around with the program and make pictures. Being free also makes it being more desirable to play around with. One thing that I saw that was a good use of the advertisement, is that in later years, the company decided to charge people if they wanted to print out their images in various forms. This still allowed people to have fun free of charge, but give people the option to buy products if they want to remember the image in a certain way.

Chapter 7
Print: “Hand”
At first look, the ad looks like it is advertising some sort of comfort band for your hand, which seems even odder since Sony is know for it’s technology. It took me a while to realize that it was advertising a camera, and once that hit I thought that is was a rather good way of advertising the product. Sony is known for their good products, but when one would thing of a really good camera, a big bulky one comes to mind. By having the camera not visible from behind the hand shows how small as well as convenient it is for travel. I think the ad is good because there are a lot of people that wouldn’t want to carry a lot of equipment with them everywhere, and having something convenient like this would attract buyers to the products.

Chapter 8
Print: “Passion” and “Beauty”
I really like how the helmets in the image are arranged to look like a simple picture depicting something. But not until you look at it closely will you realize what is really happening. I feel that having an ad that is as simple as this one will attract people to pay more attention to try to find out what is the point of the ad. The simplicity as well as the use of typography works very well together to create a simple ad that looks nice and gets to the point.

Chapter 9
Campaign: Melted People
I’m a big fan of ice cream, so this ad grabbed my attention quickly. One thing I really like about it is that is advertising different flavors as well as saying is for anyone. Adding clothing that different people would wear is a good way of not gearing to one type of audience for the most part but also to everyone in general. I find the slogan to be comedic as well, by portraying the ice cream in a reversed way, by having the people melt rather than the ice cream.


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