Sunday, February 7, 2010

What do you look out for when analyzing video commercials?

1) Colour
a. Are the colours loud, bright and bold?
b. Are the colours dark and dull?
c. How does the colour of the background, title, slogan, characters affect the mood created? i.e. bright colours usually create a happy mood while darker colours are generally more serious.

2) Size
a. Is the positioning of objects, actors, and text within the frame of a video meant to achieve a particular effect? Explain.

3) Creative language
a. Is there dialogue in the commercial?
b. How is the dialogue engaging, interesting or funny?
c. Is the title (For a movie or the name of a product) prominently featured? Is the text easy to read?
d. When do the title and slogan usually appear? Why?
e. Do you think this video commercial is persuasive? Will you buy the product? Why?
f. What are the other information present in the video commercial which will affect your purchasing decision?

4) Other techniques
a. What do the expressions or body language of the characters reveal?
b. Is any information withheld from you? Are some details left out intentionally?

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