Advertising

Sports drink conventions

  • Energy (lightening)
  • Masculine
  • athlete endorsement
  • bright, colorful
  • aggressive, active tone
  • claims of affects on athletes
  • usually feature exercise in adverts
  • scientific claims

Lucozade

  • formed in 1927 
  • owned by GlaxoSmithKline, then sold to a Japanese company Suntory in 2013
  • Originally started as a medicine or a remedy in the 60s and 70s, 
  • later becoming associated with the rave scene of the 80s and 90s
  • were band by the advertising agency for false claims

  • The 'I Believe' campaign was part of a £4million campaign across digital platforms to position Lucozade as a sports drink again that helps performance
  • Footballers Gareth Bale and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain  used as brand ambassadors
  • 'I Believe' shares semblance with Nikes 'Just Do It' campaign

Media language

  • colour-Blue-refreshing, healthy. Yellow-citrus, active, energetic
  • Angle-direct address
  • type of shot-close up shot, you are supposed to know who he is
  • mise-un-scene-serious facial expression
  • text-'in a different league' can mean his ability, the product, or the fact Bale now plays in La Liga
  • Narrative- the use of the fact file and frame make the image look scientific


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