Marketing 3344
The Evolution from Words to Pictures
Improved technology
Advantages of visuals over text
Brand images are build better with visuals
Visuals can be protected legally
Visuals are more portable than words
across cultures
 Visuals allow placing the brand in a social
context
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Definition:
 The actual drawing, painting,
photography, or computer-generated
art in the ad.
Purposes:
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Attract attention of the target audience
Make the brand heroic
Communicate product features or benefits
Create a mood, feeling, or image
Stimulate reading of the body copy
Create the desired social context for the
brand
Size
 How the product or brand will appear
as part of the illustration
 Formats include:
– Emphasizing the social context or
meaning of the product
– More abstract formats
 Must be consistent with the copy
strategy
PPT 13-5
5
Ad in Context Example
Illustrations
can place the
brand in a
social context.
 Attracts attention of target segment and
stimulates information processing
 Communicates brand value relative to
target’s decision making criteria
 Visually presents the creative strategy
 Creates a mood for the brand
 Creates an image for the brand
 Makes concrete the values and benefits of
the brand that may be intangible
 The structure (and plan behind
the structure) for the aesthetic
and stylistic aspects of a print
advertisement.
Balance
(Formal)
PPT 13-9
9
Ad in Context Example
Formal
balance can
create a
very orderly
look and
feel.
Balance
(Informal)
PPT 13-1111
Ad in Context Example
Informal balance
can create desired
eye movement
through an ad.
Proportion
Order
PPT 13-14
14
Unity
PPT 13-15
15
Emphasis
Ad in Context Example
Emphasis in an
ad will lead the
reader to focus
on one layout
element more
than another.
1. Thumbnails
2. Rough layout
3. Comprehensive
4. Mechanicals
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Letterpress
Offset lithography
Gravure
Flexography
Electronic, laser, and inkjet
Computer print production
 Cyberspace is its own medium
 The audience is not passive
 At present, it is closer to print than TV
– Streaming and RSS are improvements
 Revision can be done instantaneously
 Persuasive content versus entertainment is
a challenge
 Consumer generated content (CGC) is
making its way into cyberspace (YouTube)
 TV has changed the face of advertising
 TV is about moving visuals
 It can leave impressions, set moods, tell
stories
 It can get consumers to notice the brand
 TV production is complex, with many
people and requires tremendous
organizational skills
Agency Participants:
Creative Director (CD)
Art Director (AD)
Copywriter
Account Executive
(AE)
 Executive Producer
 Producer
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Production Company
Participants:
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Director
Producer
Production Manager
Camera Department
Art Department
Editors
 Use an attention-getting opening
 Emphasize the visual
 Coordinate the audio with the
visual
 Persuade as well as entertain
 Show the product
PPT 13-24
24
 Preproduction
– Multiple activities that occur prior to
filming the commercial
 Production (shoot)
– Activities that occur during filming
 Postproduction
– Activities that occur after filming to
ready the commercial
PPT 13-25
25
Storyboard and
script approval
Review of bids from
production houses and
other suppliers
Budget approval
Creation of a
production timetable
Assessment of directors,
editorial houses, and
music suppliers
Selection of location,
sets, and cast
 Filming the commercial, or “the shoot”
 The shoot involves large numbers of
diverse people:
– Creative performers
– Trained technicians
– Skilled laborers
 Sets often feature tension and
spontaneity
 Typical commercial costs $100,000 to
$500,000
Screen dailies
Edit film
Record announcer
Produce search track
Record music
Review rough cut (agency)
Mix film and sound
Review rough cut (advertiser)
Transfer film to videotape
Edit offline
Prepare copies of tape
Edit online
Send tapes to TV stations
Videotape
Film
Digital Video (DV)
Live Production
Still Production
Animation