I had done this for my previous units, helping my client
create a local brand with a logo, slogan and colour scheme. Due to doing this
beforehand, I’d already found out a lot about make-up brands, the most popular
being MAC, and because of this I did aspire to go for something like MAC, using
simplistic text and making sure the colour scheme wasn’t too complex because
less is more.
My end products meet expectations and original intentions,
following codes and conventions such as (print) slogans and fonts, also colours
and my logo. Here is my finished print advertisement. My company is called
Bella Me, aimed towards everyone, mainly those within the 15-26 age range, and
predominantly females. I got my target audience through both primary and
secondary research, finding out through my own research that it’s women who
have more of a passion to use make up, seeing it as a type of art. I used codes
and conventions such as using the logo to show a label of who we are at Bella
Me. Not only this but the logo is memorable, simply initials of the company,
yet people appeal to this due to it being so different and exclusive. Not only
this but by adding a slogan of “Come for £5 off your first purchase at…” makes
the advert a lot more attractive due to people loving having money off of their
items. However, the real point of this is because if people go into Bella Me to
buy something, they may end up finding it to be better than the rest and
changing to become brand loyal to Bella Me instead of the typically used
brands.
By using my own photo in my advert I was able to get the
image I was wanting, by using different angles and different lightings. This
helped when coming to edit the final thing because I then knew exactly what I
wanted to do with the final picture, and how I was going to do it.
I used the AIDA advertising model when doing my print advert,
attention being from the difference in this advert and other ones, the bright
colours attracting people and then leading to interest due to the deal used of
getting money off, and then followed by desire of people wanting to try the
product to see how it is, and finally then action being buying the product. I
used this method because using my own research it was shown that the AIDA model
is the most used within marketing (http://www.smartinsights.com/traffic-building-strategy/offer-and-message-development/aida-model/ ), and “a poll recently done by this researcher showed
many marketers find it useful too, perhaps since we apply it daily whether
consciously or subconsciously when we're thinking how to make our marketing
communications effective.” So by using this method I know that people will be
used to this, making it easier for them to relate to the format. I would use
this method again, purely because it meets its purpose of grabbing people’s
attention and eventually leading to them buying the product, however if I was
to do it again I would possibly try out the EHRENBERG model because people love
to have free trials, and if they were to test my product before buying it then
they may feel like it’s an easily trusted product. Not only this but many make
up companies take people’s emails to be able to send them deals, and so Bella
Me could do the same, sending out different offers such as 50% off when you
spend £60 or more in store or even online.
When getting feedback from peers, I was told that my print
advert was “well edited” and “will definitely turn heads due to it being
different, like no other print advert out there”. However, if I was to improve
on anything, I was told to add my slogan to it to link with my radio advert a
bit more.
Not only this but we had to create a radio advert as well for
our brand. I used many codes and conventions to make it a successful advert. I
used Yorkshire accents so people can relate to it as it’s a local brand. Not
only this but my advert complies to the 15-60 seconds’ rule, just so people
aren’t bored of it going on forever. It has background music also. Background
music is used mainly to be passively listened to, not wanting to be the focus
for an advert, yet by using it for a radio advert it gives a sense of
entertainment and people will be more intrigued to know what the ad’s about if
they’re interested by it. Not only this, but the song is popular, Seinabo Sey
Hard Times. By using this song I’m showing that my brand is powerful, unique
and dominant. This song is popular, and so people will associate the
connotations of the song to the brand, and therefore think of Bella Me as
original and influential. As well as
this, I added a slogan to the radio ad. This then becomes memorable to people
listening, and so every time they hear the slogan they’ll think about the brand
and automatically know the advert. I got good feedback for this from peers,
telling me “the slogan works well and will definitely be memorable” and “it
confides to the codes and conventions so has worked successfully”. If I was to
do it again I would improve the way some of the recordings went, as at points
it did sound quite echoed, as well as being able to hear sighs after every
word. However other than that I feel as though it went well for me.
When doing this project, I was always doing my own research,
finding out what people wanted to see and what they were attracted to. Not only
this but also finding out the rights and wrongs in the way to compose a radio
advert. I took part in group discussions, asking them what they’d like to see and
what they’d like to hear so I could then take into consideration what people
want. I had several different attempts at making a print advert, shown below,
and so I asked peers which they would be more drawn to, and in result, I was
told to go for the one I chose in the end. The reason for this is because it
“stands out”, and is “aesthetically pleasing”, as well as being “nice to look
at”. By going for the print advert that other people see to be the best I’m
therefore making sure I will attract my target audience so it’ll then get a lot
more attention as oppose to getting none. I wanted to exceed expectations,
which is why I decided to take the photos myself. By taking the photos myself I
knew what angles I wanted, what effect I wanted and what I wanted it to look
like,
making it easier to edit on Photoshop.
To meet the deadlines and organise myself I’d go home and do
more of my work to keep on top of it, trying to get it to the best it could be.
By doing this I wasn’t panicking about work I hadn’t done because I knew I’d
have done it at either college or work. I also managed my time well, making
sure I was giving enough time for doing my blog, print and radio adverts,
sharing it out equally between them all.
I was contacting my client a lot throughout the unit, asking
her what she wanted the print ad and radio ad to look like so I knew she’d like
it for her brand. She told me how she wanted them, wanting them to be edgy and
using the same colours (red, black and white) so that I was consistent. I was
professional in my approach, keeping in contact with her and always asking her
what she wanted, as well as giving my own suggestions.
I believe a strength of my final product is how they both
link in together. Although one is a radio and one is a print, you can link them
together easily for their sophistication and power. Not only this but I feel a
strength I also had was communicating with both my client and my peers to make
sure I was giving them what they wanted. If I was to improve anything I think
I’d improve my radio advert, making it a bit shorter and re-recording certain
audios to make sure they’re perfect.















