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1) What key conventions of TV advertising can you find in the Galaxy advert? The brand logo at the end , product image , background music , different camera techniques , slogan  2) What is the key message the Galaxy advert is communicating about its chocolate? The slogan for the advert will help you with this question. That the chocolate is better then any other chocolate like at the end of the advert it say why have cotton when you can have silk and they are saying that they are silk because its really smooth .  3) Who is Audrey Hepburn and why did Galaxy select Audrey Hepburn for this advert?  Audrey is a actor from the 1960s that died and galaxy used her to bring back nostalgia . 4) What is intertextuality? When one media text refers to or suggests another media text 5) What Audrey Hepburn films are suggested in this advert and how is this effect created (e.g. mise-en-scene - CLAMPS: costume, lighting, actors, make-up, props, setting)? One of the actors are made to loo...

1) What year was the advert produced? 1955   2) How were women represented in most adverts in the 1950s? Add as much detail to this answer as you can as these are the social, cultural and historical contexts we will need to write about in the exam. Women were represented as weaker then men they had no power to say anything other then doing house work . They mostly relied on their husbands to support them they would get paid les then men because people thought that they were gonna use the money on themselves and not provide to their family .  3) How does the heading message ('OMO makes whites bright') and the style of the text promote the product? That getting this product make your washing brighter then ever and you cant find a better product then theirs . But also relates how England was  not diverse .  4) Analyse the mise-en-scene in the advert (CLAMPS): how is costume, make-up and placement of the model used to suggest women's role in society? The makeup is nice a...

  1) Find three adverts featuring women that are from the 1950s or 1960s. Save the images to your Media folder as jpegs and then import them into your blog post. Hint: You may wish to look at car, perfume or cleaning products but can use any product you wish. 2) Find three adverts featuring women that are from post-2000. Save the images to your Media folder as jpegs and then import them into your blog post. 3) What stereotypes of women can you find in the 1950s and 1960s adverts? Give specific examples.  They are mainly cleaning in the adverts or doing some kind of house work and well dressed . 4) What stereotypes of women can you find in the post-2000s adverts? Give specific examples. They are more now adverting things that are girly like makeup and heels and they have perfect bodies   5) How do your chosen adverts suggest representations of gender have changed over the last 60 years?  Now a days women are not just cleaning an doing other stuff like working by thems...

   Skittles advert analysis 1) What key conventions of print adverts can you find and what are the connotations or deeper meanings of each convention? For each convention, write about how it communicates meaning to the audience.  Slogan : the quote is telling us its like a heavenly experience like tasting the raainbow and also how the colour of the skittles is like a rainbow .  Colour scheme : the colours are really vibrant to catch your eye  Logo : the logo in on a packet of the actual product which will be easier for someone to find it in shops  Products : all the skittle are arranged in a rainbow and big enough to see   2) What is the USP (unique selling point) for Skittles and how do you know? Does the advert use any of persuasive techniques listed above? the usp is that they used the skittles as a rainbow to match with their slogan showing how great skittles are like a mouth full of rainbow .   Advert research Use Google images to r...