[Media Studies & Communication: Week 4, 4th Period]

[behindeyesonly.livejournal.com]

Logan was sitting on his desk, as usual, when the students filed in. The screen was rolling through a slide show of print ads from magazines from many eras and for many different products. The coffee machine was burbling happily in the back of the class for anyone interested.

On each desk, there was a laptop, all of them on and connected wirelessly to the school network. Alongside each was a handout.

"Good morning, everyone! This week we'll be looking at printed media, specifically advertisements. Your assignment is to look through the archives of ads provided and choose one in particular that you think does its job - in other words, the logo, the color scheme, something about the ad makes you interested in the product. If you feel like it, go ahead and surf the internet a bit and see if there's something a bit more interesting out there. "

Logan turned slightly where he was sitting and typed something on a keyboard on his desk, bring up a couple of advertisements [ooc: warning, large image] on the screen behind him. "Once you've done that, we'll bring it up for everyone to see and you can tell us why it is you chose it. Everyone's encouraged to give their opinion on the advertisement you chose as well.

"Oh, and remember, next week we'll be going over what the midterm will be, so it's in your best interests to make sure you're here. If you can't be, let me know and we can arrange to meet in my office for a briefing."

[ooc: Wait for OCDeeeeee. Done, have at! If you need me for anything, I'll be around all of tomorrow, just slowish as will be at work.]

[Roster/Notquiteasyllabusreallyshhh]

Comments

Present your ad.

[behindeyesonly.livejournal.com]

Link your ad, describe what works about it for you. Everyone else, feel free to comment on each person's choice as you like.

Re: Present your ad.

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Snot! It does a body good. (http://adsoftheworld.com/media/ambient/science_world_snot)

"I picked this one. It got my attention because, well, snot. You don't see snot every day. And I think I'd be likely to check out Science World now if they're offering snot at bus stops."

Re: Present your ad.

[the-right-ray.livejournal.com]

Ray showed his ad (http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/zeiss_binoculars_marilyn).

"I picked this one because...wow. Just wow. I think my eyes need a bath now and I won't ever forget this image and probably this product either. Wow."

Re: Present your ad.

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Wow."

Re: Present your ad.

[absolutesnark]

Summer showed off her ad.

"I chose this one because it totally caught my attention. It's pretty powerful, but simple at the same time. No visual effects were used. Just nature being dramatic on its own."

Re: Present your ad.

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Wow," said Elizabeth, nodding. "That's a picture in a million really, isn't it?"

Re: Present your ad.

[absolutesnark]

"It really is," Summer agreed.

Re: Present your ad.

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"This one (http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/guinness), because it's so simple and instantly recognizable as Guinness, before you even take the rugby part of it into account," said Elizabeth. "Although I thought the vodka (http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/stolichnaya_vodka_chilled) one was pretty cool -- no pun intended -- too."

Re: Present your ad.

[likethegun]

"I like this advertisement for costumes, because it's funny, without being gross or something that you can't show little kids."

Re: Present your ad.

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

Dean showed his ad. (http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/pioneer_car_audio_strong_woofer_three)

"I like the way it combines visual representation of sound waves with obvious speed. It gets the idea of car stero across pretty well."

Re: Present your ad.

[fates_jaye]

Jaye points at her ad.

"I'm jealous of her," she explains.

Re: Present your ad.

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam clicked on her ad (http://www.adflip.com/addetails.php?adID=368). "I like it because it's stark, but by focusing on the gauges, it shows exactly why you'd buy this 'vette--a serious need for speed."

Re: Present your ad.

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"We've all seen these (http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/ipod_posters) around. The color choices really jump out, the basic color backgrounds and the black silhouettes really make the iPod the focus while whatever silly style the models are wearing are secondary even though it's the big part of the posters," Peter said. "Also, it's so easy for internet users to spoof, which is fun."