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ADVERTISING
CREATIVE EXECUTION IN
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HARI SADU DELIVERS A PUNCH
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WHAT IS CREATIVITY IN

Originality
Relevance

Impact
ADVERTISING?
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WHERE DO CREATIVE IDEAS
COME FROM?

Anywhere!
CREATING CREATIVE ADS

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Learn Indulge with Understand
Constantly Your Product Your Audience

Know the Base


Work Without
Rules Before Creativity on
USPs
Breaking them Strategy
CREATING CREATIVE ADS

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Arouse Emphasize
Break Free from
Audience’s Benefits, not
Stereotypes
Interest Features

Keep the
Use Numbers
Kiss Communication
Carefully
Current
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CREATIVE BRIEF

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• Gives direction & inspiration to the creative team
• Often prepared by account manager or planner
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Message
Formats

Message
Tone
Execution
Elements
Creative
Message
Appeals

Structure
Message
Production

Decisions
& Design
MESSAGE APPEALS

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• Rational appeal

• Emotional appeals
– Hasya, raudra, karuna, shringar, adbhut,
bibhatsa, shant, veera and bhay

• What appeal(s) to use?


BHAY RASA

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• Raise anxiety
– Pepsodent, Dettol, Lifebuoy, Saffola, Complan,
Sugarfree…

• Show danger
– Saffola, Fair & Lovely, Anchor switches, Iodized salt…

• Arousing tension
– Neo Sports
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• Humour vs. jokes

• When not to use


HASYA RASA

• When to use?
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OTHER RASAS
MESSAGE FORMATS

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• Scientific evidence
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camera, “Yaane baki
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Serious…
Vulgar
Excited

Message
Fearful

Tone
Happy

Emotional?

Angry?
VERBAL VS. NON-VERBAL STRUCTURE

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WORDS RULE WHEN… VISUALS RULE WHEN…

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• Abstract info
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READABILITY

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Arrangement of words, word frequency,
sentence length, number of ideas, font size…
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ORDERING EFFECT & ARGUMENTS

• Arguments vs. counter-


• Primacy vs. recency

arguments
This Volkswagen missed the boat.

The chrome strip on the glove compartment is blemished and must be replaced.
Chances are you wouldn't have noticed it; Inspector Kurt Kroner did.

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There are 3,389 men of our Wolfsburg factory with only one job; to inspect
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CELEB SIZZLE – THE PROS

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• Familiarity
• Credibility
• Gestalt perception
• Differentiation
• Relevance
CELEB SIZZLE – THE CONS

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• Short lifecycle
• Bad press
• Expensive
• Price fallacy
• Tantrums
• Multiple endorsements
• Lack of credibility when misfit
• Shifting loyalties
• Vampiring
MANAGING CELEBRITIES

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• Catch them young
• Strategy over star dust
• Choose the right celebrity
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CREATIVE EXECUTION IN
Media Vehicles

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1. Print Media: Newspaper, magazine

2. Broadcast Media: Television, Radio

3. Outdoor Media: Hoarding, Bill Boards,


Transit media

4. Internet
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KARMA LABS
THE PRINT MEDIUM
• One of the

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oldest
• Highly
regarded in
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• Challenging
for execution
Print Medium Includes

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Any type of advertisement that is in written
format (text and pictures).
• Newspaper
• Magazines
• Brochures
• Pamphlets
• Others
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PRINT ADVERTISING

Personality
Copy
Headlines
Body Copy
Layout
PageVisuals
Display
ELEMENTS OF
LAYOUT

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• Blueprint or a map to roughly lay, position &
size various print elements
• Eliminates need to produce too many ads
• Communication tool for creative personnel
• Several layout formats possible
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HEADLINES

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• Main text of an ad that primarily:
– Grabs readers’ attention, and
– Summarizes the selling proposition

• Benefit, news and factual headlines – the 3


most popular types
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Best actor. Best actress. Best writer.
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OTHER DISPLAY COPY

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• Subheads or Captions:
Headings that break up large blocks of text

• Taglines or Slogans:
Catchy and memorable phrases to conclude and
wrap up an ad idea
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• Completes the message presented by a
• Main text of an ad
BODY COPY

headline
COPYWRITING APPROACHES

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Customary Story Dialogue
Approach Approach Approach

Bulleted Poetic
Approach Approach
VISUALS

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• First element that reader notices in a
print ad

• Grabs attention, conveys the message,


demonstrates use, displays the product…
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SOME TYPES OF VISUALS

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Ills of not using Before-after Visual goes
product alone

Metaphor for Snapshot of


product product
PAGE PERSONALITY

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The words, visual ideas and design elements
used to project a particular brand personality
in an ad:
– Portrays brand attitude
– Includes non-primary rational & functional
benefits
– Relates to a brand position
– Differentiates the brand
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WHAT’S THE PAGE
PERSONALITY?
DESIGN IN PRINT

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• A graphic representation & a purposeful or
creative arrangement of parts or details
• Elements include layout, type, colour, size,
appeal, etc.
• A good design should communicate clearly,
quickly and effectively
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COLOUR

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• Grabs attention,
sets a mood,
builds brand
identity, provides
realism…
• Selection of right
colours – a
science & an art
THE COLOUR WHEEL

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The Colour Wheel Helps Understand Hue,
Value, Shade and Contrast of Colours
TYPOGRAPHY

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• Decisions regarding typefaces, point size,
line length, leading, letter spacing, etc.
• Lettering has a functional & aesthetic role
• Fonts too have personalities
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THE TYPEFACE FAMILIES
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MARICO’S CORPORATE CAMPAIGN
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Case Study: Tata Salt

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