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Comparing Two Advertisements

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As time progresses, many companies change the style in which they portray their advertisement. In the two Chanel advertisements, one being from 1937 and the other being from 2007, many comparisons and contrasts can be distinguished. Both ads are similar in their look and target audience, while they also have different styles to them. The vintage ad is a more dark and gloomy ad, while the modern ad is a more light and bright advertisement. The target audience of both advertisements is women who want a perfume to make them feel beautiful, and the purpose of both ads is to persuade consumers of why Chanel is the best perfume to purchase. However, the techniques of both advertisements are very different. Even though the advertisements were made in two different centuries, they both share many commonalities. Neither advertisement contained a slogan. However, both ads are selling Chanel No. 5 perfume and both ads display a design of the perfume bottle. By doing so, this allows the audience to see a visual representation of what they will be getting if they purchase the product. Also, the ad is using beautiful women that are wearing nice …show more content…

The use of famous celebrities in the advertisements was a source of further persuasion of the target audience, being that some women desire to be like those celebrities. Although the perfumes were created many decades apart, they shared the same purpose, yet used different methods to do so. The two ads shared many differences, one being the amount of textual information. During the days of vintage advertisements, producers believed that the text was more important, whereas in modern ads, producers believe that consumers will be sold on the picture rather than the text. Both advertisement producers were able to clearly illustrate the product and its design, as well as their target audience, thus strengthening the

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