Sunday 25 March 2018

Narrative theory - example questions (catch up)

How do the representations in Figure 1 position the audience to desire the Patek Phillipe watch?

-idea it makes you the ideal family man
-lasts for generations - worth the investment
-something to hand down to his son - has significant value

Four theorists we can call on when exploring narrative in media products:

-Todorov – Equilibrium

-Propp – Familiar character types

-Barthes – Enigma and action codes

-Levi-Strauss – Binary opposition

How are representations of masculinity shaped by cultural and historical contexts?

Your answers should refer to the Patek Phillipe advert (Figure 1 – published 2014) and your Close Study Product, the Score hair cream advert (Figure 2 – published 1967).

-The representation of men in these adverts are a basic stereotype of them - men are meant to be seen as a good looking, attractive and strong.
-In Patek Philips watch advert it shows how a man is meant to look after the son and make him look like he is the dominant want
-shows a man providing the family with something while the women isn't not even represented in the advert - idea that if you purchase the product all problems are solved - dont even need wife/mother figure
-Score hair cream advert it shows that the man is over looking the women showing his dominance. -The low angle shot shows that the women are below that men.
The advert is there to attract men into buy something that degrades women


Narrative in advertising: Jonah Sachs

American writer Jonah Sachs has highlighted the importance of storytelling in advertising and marketing: 

“The story wars are all around us. They are the struggle to be heard in a world of media noise and clamour. Today, most brand messages and mass appeals for causes are drowned out before they even reach us. But a few consistently break through the din, using the only tool that has ever moved minds and changed behaviour – great stories.”



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