OMO - Media Language and Representation

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How does the advert capture audience attention?

  • Large Bold black font

  • Bright white flash behind the font

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How does the advert create a brand identity?

  • Repetition of the brand name OMO

  • Image of the OMO box - makes it instantly recognisable to audiences when shopping

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3

How does OMO emphasise the key selling point of their product?

  • capitalisation of the word 'Bright’

  • White flash graphic - symbolic code to signify blindingly white clothes

  • White used throughout to illustrate that clothes will be cleaned and whitened

  • Repeated use of the words bright and white - rhyming reinforces key selling point

  • Highlighting key words in italics to emphasise the key features

  • binary opposition - puts OMO in competition with other brands by labelling them as ordinary

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Why does the advert choose to use bright colours throughout?

  • bright colours - create a feeling of fun and positivity

  • red, white and blue colours - patriotism to appeal to a post war audience (western British and American)

  • Red - powerful - signifies the produts power and effectiveness

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5

How does the model showcase OMO in the advert?

  • facial expression of shock and delight emphasises how people will be pleased by the product

  • body language - model looking back into the camera makes the viewer feel more involved in the product

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How does the OMO advert appeal to a historical audience?

  • washing line - reliant on familiarity to 1950s housewives doing domestic chores to show it is aimed at the mainstream working class woman

  • Illustrated style - common amongst audiences in the 1950s (the beginning of the pop art movement which was heavily illustrative)

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How does OMO engage with the audience using the advert?

  • Use of imperatives - make the viewer engage and focus on the brand

  • Direct address - draws in the audience and feel a personal connection with the brand

  • Images - the picture of the model looking back makes you feel part of the scene

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