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Essay Analysis of a Printed Advertisement for Oxy Duo Pads

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Analysis of a Printed Advertisement

Introduction ============

The point of a magazine advertisement (or any advertisement) is to attract your attention and persuade you to buy their product. Another issue is that all advertisements have a target audience; this is basically a certain group of people the company is aiming for to sell their product.

This advertisement that I am analysing is about a cosmetic called Oxy Duo Pads. It is said to be able to get rid of spots because it 'clears the dead skin grease and grime out of my pores.'

Target Audience ===============

This advertisement is aimed at teenagers and from a stereotypical point of view you could say is aimed at …show more content…

Also there are certain words such as 'Oxy Duo Pads' and 'Spots are wiped out.' First of all these groups of words are highlighted. This also refers to teenagers because it is them who use highlights often in school.

The picture of the Oxy Duo Pad container is there twice because it will make sure people can distinguish their product in the mists of hundreds of other cosmetics and people tend to remember a picture more than a name.

The girl also plays a large part in this advertisement. She obviously has no acne and this is a major part in the advertisement because it proves that the product works. The difference between the girl and her parents are also highly noticeable.

The parents are in the background, out of focus and only concentrating on the television. You can see that the advertisement implies that this is boring and is not the way you should be going with your life. The girl however is right at the front of the picture and is staring right at us. This catches the attention of a possible customer. She is reading a book called 'Work Your Way Around The World,' and is saying that she is 'Planning for the Future.'

By doing all this, the advertisement tries to say that this is what you should be doing and instead of being like the girl's parents whole are dull and boring you can be like the girl and

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