Print advertising
Starter
MTV:
bold
bright colours
Buffy the vampire slayer
Font looks like blood
The walking dead
Sans seriff font
Task -

Binary opposition of black and white
Picture of product bottom right
Black and white
Rolls Royce, signifies importance, status and expensive
Old traditional values
brit- rolls royce ( seen as british)
Brand of britian
Coballed street
British police man offence - easily noticable from the clothing he is wearing especially the hat
Umbrella - signifies rain - Britain
Bottle - in colour
Goffman's Theory (1972)
In the portrayal of men and women, advertising ofen ses the following codes and conventions
Superiority, Domination and Body Language: men are shown in dominant posisions and appear to be reflective of thought and intelligence. Women are physically portrayed in sexual or recling intellgence. Women are physically portrayed in sexual or reclining poses with blank or inviting expressions
Dismemberment : On females parts of the body such as legs,chest, etc are used rather than the full boy. This is often applied to sell products which are related to the body such as mobile phones
The voice over authority: In moving image advertisements, male voices are ised as voice-over's in commercials rather than females.
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