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Advertising. Kellogg, Dove, and you. unusual ad campaigns. Kellogg “Looking Good on Your Own Terms” Dove “Campaign for Real Beauty” What makes these campaigns so unusual?. resources. Elements of English 10 , "The Media“, pages 395- 405 "Constructing a Visual Document". Your Campaign.
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Advertising Kellogg, Dove, and you . . .
unusual ad campaigns • Kellogg • “Looking Good on Your Own Terms” • Dove • “Campaign for Real Beauty” • What makes these campaigns so unusual?
resources • Elements of English 10, "The Media“, pages 395- 405 • "Constructing a Visual Document"
Your Campaign • Using the “Look Good on Your Own Terms” and "Campaign for Real Beauty" campaigns as models, create your own marketing campaign for a product, which challenges the traditional images of beauty used in advertising. • What kind of product are you trying to sell? • cosmetics? • food? • alcohol? • appliances? • vehicles? • clothing? • etc….
Blackspot Shoes • Kalle Lasn, 63, founder of Adbusters, the Canadian anti-consumerism organization, said that parents and kids alike can still look fly, feel rebellious, and save the planet, all at the same time, if they take a little time to rethink the cool.This frame of mind, he said, arose from the ashes of a 10-year-old boycott of Nike, the shoe manufacturing empire known for sweatshop labour, environmental abuse, grotesque profit margins, gratuitous celebrity endorsements, and vapid slogans. • http://adbusters.org/campaign_blogs/content/view/75/47/
Your Advertisement • Create at least one advertisement that would be found in a magazine of your choice. • Principles of Visual Composition: (pages 397 – 402) • rhythm • balance and symmetry • proportion • variety • emphasis • unity
Deconstruction • How did you create rhythm in your ad? Why did you make this choice? • Explain the type of balance you used in your ad. Why did you make this choice? • Describe the proportion of graphic to text that you used in your ad. Why did you make this choice? • How did you create variety in your ad? • What did you choose to emphasize in your ad? Why did you make this choice? • How did you create unity in your ad? • To whom is your ad targeted? Ages? Gender? • What is the message created by your ad?