You are required to:
1. Study the demographic information and consult with the
marketing expert to choose a
target buyer for the commercial for your product.
Work with the marketing expert to write
a description of the target buyer of your
product. Include age, income, type of job,
interests.
2. Design a print ad with your target
buyer in mind to place in magazines or news papers. Use
the language of the country.
3. Write a script for a TV commercial to sell to your target
buyer. Make sure that it will not
be more than one minute in length. Don’t forget
to plan stage directions, narration, music,
graphics, etc.(Your target market or target
buyer is the typical person you expect to buy your product. You should
decide what age group, income range, whether it is an city or country dweller,
etc. For example: Mc Donald's make commercials about Happy
Meals to target little kids (1-8) from working class and middle class
families with working parents who go to movies and are more concerned about
convenience than health).
4. Choose a hero or celebrity (real, mythical, or literary)
to endorse to your product and
appear in your commercial (explain who you
chose and why in paragraph form).
5. You should use music or a jingle that is culturally
appropriate (research the type of music,
instruments, and/or musical themes). Explain
what music you chose and why.
6. You should incorporate the changes in the menu and packaging
that the marketing expert
has made has made in your commercial.
7. Make sure that your commercial is sensitive to the culture
by checking with several people.
List at least 3 people you checked with and
why they are qualified. Do not use cheap
humor or cultural stereotypes.
8.Your commercial should be in the language of the country,
but most commercials have very
few words. Write an English translation of
your Spanish or Portuguese commercial. Have a
speaker of that language check your commercial
script (a language teacher would be
perfect).
9. Video tape the commercial (with the help of the marketing
expert) to be shown with the
group’s oral report.
10. Arrange all your information in a portfolio to present to
the CEO (also known as the
teacher), and present your commercial to the
class with explanations.
Foreign Languages for Travelers
http://www.travlang.com/languages/
Marketing Resources
http://www.educationindex.com/market/
Top Advertising Tips, Tricks and Techniques
http://www.disclosure.com/marketing/tricksadv.html
The 30 Second Candidate
http://www.pbs.org/30secondcandidate/
Although this is about the political commericals, much can be learned
about the manipulation of the media. Look under "Tricks of the Trade."