Thursday, April 14, 2011

Task 2 - Idea Development & Pitch - part 2

Ideas:

Idea Generation
The final idea was created during some brainstorming I did on my own. Other ideas were created and scrapped while discussing with friends and family. Constructive criticism was given on some other ideas, until I finally decided to keep this from the lot.

Recording of Ideas
The most basic ideas I just remembered, but when concrete examples started coming up I kept a note of each on a piece of paper, scrapping each idea (paper) in comparison one on one, until a verdict was reached. (Like a knockout tournament between ideas)

Initial Plans and Proposals
One of the competing ideas included:
A group of men were all laughing except for one. With a pan of the camera over their pockets, the viewer notices the same book in their pocket (except for the one not laughing). After a few seconds a man comes along and notices the troubled man. He hands him the Joke book and he quickly joins in the laughter saying jokes etc…
Another idea (which was scratched early) included:
Set in an examination room with two men. The examiner is asking the student to tell him jokes. The student messes up punch lines and mixes jokes, until he is given this joke book. After a glance he starts laughing and cracking jokes, the examiner laughs so hard he falls off his chair.

Identification of Message
The message is identified through the last part of the advert. Where the book is so funny, that the anchor would sacrifice his job to read the jokes it contains. This obviously means; ‘It has good content, buy it, read it.’

Content
The content of the advert is mainly humoristic. It consists of a catchy jingle to open the advert to a serious start, like a news bulletin. The advert then switches to comedy when transitioning to the background monitor to find ourselves in the testing phase of the book its self. Switching back to the news anchor we find that the seriousness has faded into comedy when the anchor is laughing at the jokes he is reading. The advert closes again with the same opening jingle.

Style
The style is basically humor. It is conveyed through a funny news channel title, a rough and agile pace, and the laughing its self in the advert.

Relevance to Audience
The advert I selected will directly impact the target audience, simply because anybody who generally is interested in a news flash could be interested in this book.

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