Saturday, December 3, 2011

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Hopefully by now you've picked out an ad for your analysis paper. If you haven't, you should probably get a move on, don't you think?

So what's your ad for? What's it look like? What magazine did you get it from? Who's the target audience for that magazine? Do you think the ad's content and design was influenced by that? In what way? See where I'm going with this? Discuss the ad you chose in terms of its AUDIENCE and PURPOSE. Those two things are going to determine a whole heckuva lot when it comes to developing an ad--just like they should when you're composing any piece of writing.

For your final draft, make sure to turn in the advertisement you are analyzing.
 
My ad is for Axe Temptation Shower Gel. It looks seductive, obviously from Maxim magazine. The target is the male population as the consumer. The idea behind the ad is that if the guy uses this particular product, then women will get dirty with them (naughty, not physically dirty). Sometimes, it can work. I know when my boyfriend "freshens up"-I definitely don't ignore him. The ad is simple and concise-there's no beating around the bush. Furthermore, the ad is targeted for males, but women reap the benefits and then the men get even more benefits after the women.