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Unit 15:Advertising Production

LA.P2 Explain the codes and conventions of print advertisements


Name:
Hannah Long
Codes and Conventions of Print Advertisements

Intro questions:

 List the different forms of print advertisements.


Newspaper adverts, magazine adverts, directory advertising.
 Explain why these forms may have slightly different codes and
conventions e.g. what are the main differences between a magazine/
newspaper print advert and a billboard print advert? Why are these
differences effective in targeting the audience?

-The differences between billboard adverts and print adverts is that


billboard adverts have larger images, larger slogans and less copy where
magazine print adverts may have more copy with extra information about
the product, and there may be links to the website or social media.

1. Choose TWO of the print adverts below and label them with the
following codes and conventions (Main Image/secondary images,
package shot, slogan, anchorage copy, brand name/ logo, layout and
design (rule of thirds)

2. Explain the codes and conventions for each advert in terms of how they
construct the overall advert to sell the product/ service/message to the
target audience. (Use the Rimmel make up advert on the powerpoint slide
as a guide)

Advert Examples (delete the ones you won’t be using)


Secondary
image

Main image

Brand
name/logo

Anchorage
text
Image of the
product

Anchorage
text
Main
Extension Task - Analysing Codes and
image
Conventions of Television Adverts

Image of the
product
Secondary
image

Brand
Unit 15:Advertising Production
LA.P2 Explain the codes and conventions of print advertisements
Name:

1. Choose ONE of the Rimmel Kate Moss TV adverts and analyse how the
following codes and conventions construct the advert to sell the product
AND message to the target audience.

Use the bullet points below as starter prompts to guide your analysis. Comment
on the following:

• Duration in length
• the duration in length is 30 seconds.
• Narrative elements

• Slogan: is it a voiceover or text on screen?


It’s a voiceover by a man talking about the product.
• Package shot: Is the product visible within the narrative of the advert or
is it shown as a still image at the end of the advert?
the product is shown at various different times throughout the advert and
at the end its there for about 10 seconds.
• Brand name/logo
Rimmel London
Also comment on how the technical codes have been used throughout the
advert.
• Technical codes: camera, editing, mise en scene sound (dialogue/music)
Use of Special effects (SFX) / computer graphics
In the advert there are multiple different camera angles for example longshot,
close-up, extreme close-up, time-lapse, midshot. For the sound there is a song in
the background whilst the man is doing the voice over. For the computer
Unit 15:Advertising Production
LA.P2 Explain the codes and conventions of print advertisements
Name:
graphics they have made the lampposts to make it bend as if It was the mascara
that their selling.
• What is the overall effectiveness of the TV advert in comparison to
the print advert?
The overall effectiveness of the tv advert compared to the print advert is
that some people may enjoy watching adverts more than reading them
and tv adverts are more fun to watch because you can see the special
effects which captures the audience’s attention and also its accessible to
people with smart phones or laptops whereas print adverts it might run
out in the shop so you have to wait to read it.

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