P2 / M2

P2) Plan an advertising campaign

a) Proposal

I am creating an advertising campaign that includes 4 print-based advertisements. These prints are two Teaser posters, a billboard poster, and a magazine advert. These 4 print-based advertisements are to promote and advertise the upcoming Marvel film called X-23. It is the sequel to Logan. The aim and objective of these advertisements are to show that the film is coming out soon and will tease a trailer or the main poster. It will also give a first look at some of the characters which will increase the anticipation of the film.

The advertisements will increase the sales of the film as it lets people know when the film will come out. Also, it teases the characters in the poster to show what they will look like in the film and how they may relate to the synopsis of the film. It will increase the brand awareness and will add to the theme and consistency of fonts and main images on the poster.

The target audience for these prints will be for the age range of 15 – 25 year olds. The prints will target both genders as two of the teaser posters will have two of the main characters in the film. Wolverine/ Logan who is a male character will be on one poster and X23 who is a female character will be on another poster. The lifestyle that will be targeted will be the lifestyle of a student at a Sixth Form College. They like to go to cinema and attend a Sixth Form College. They may have a job and may be big fans of the Marvel comics.


CAMPAIGN MESSAGE

The campaign is for the upcoming Marvel film called X-23. It is a sequel to Logan. There will be a number of messages on the prints. One message will show the release date of the film. Another message will show the title of the film in bold. The final message will show the main characters for their own posters. This will show who is starring in the film and what characters they are playing. Another message will show Laura’s Claws which will show the audience that this is a continuation from Logan. It will also be a unique selling point as his claws will be a focal point. When the audience see this, they will instantly know and recognise that this has to do with X-Men and Wolverine.


b)  Campaign schedule containing launch dates, consideration of seasonal and calendar events, location and scheduling of advertisements

BUDGET
Prints / Jobs
COST
1 Poster (A1 Vertical, Matte)
£9.59
1 Billboard
£200 per week
1 full page Advert in Magazine
£400 -600
100 posters in the UK
£299.99
Photographer (If needed)
£75 – 250 per image
If I were to use a Photographer I would pay him the cost in the table above. But, I am taking stills from a website called outnow.ch. These stills are great quality.
LOCATION


SCHEDULE
OCTOBER
·      5th October 2018: Release of 1st Teaser Poster
·      20th October 2018: Release of Official Trailer
DECEMBER
·      25th December 2018: Release of 2nd Teaser Poster on Christmas Day
JANUARY
·      19th January 2019: Release of 2nd Trailer
FEBRUARY
·      1st February 2019: Release of Billboard Poster / Release of Adverts in magazines
MARCH
·      9th MARCH 2019: LAUNCH DATE / RELEASE OF THE FILM

I have chosen to release the 2nd Teaser Poster on Christmas Day as it would act as a gift to the fans and a present on Christmas Day. This will work very well as it will increase the social interaction on social media. People will go on social media to post a message about Christmas or to see how its being celebrated across the country and globe. As people will be looking around they will across paths with the poster posted by the official social media accounts called 'X-23'. This may even trend. This means that people will see it as 'Merry Christmas' tops the trends list every year with over 2 million people tweet as the same time.

c)  Relevant legal / Ethical issues

There will be no copyright issues with the prints. The image would have been from a hired photographer. Instead, I have chosen to take high quality images from 'outnow.ch'. The image are free to use and will work perfectly for the prints. 

An ethical issues people will be concerned about is the use of blood in the prints. The colour Red will be shown on Laura's claws. This will indicate violence. People may be concerned as it promotes violence of her character. They may feel that the age of the character should not be indulged in war like this. Their may be complaints to the ASA but there have been posters in the past that have connoted a lot more violence than in my prints.

There are lots of segments in the Non-Broadcast code that deal with many topics and is more focused on it. There is a section called 'Harm and offence' where the term 'violence' will have rules with it when creating a suitable print for the public.

https://www.asa.org.uk/type/non_broadcast/code_section/04.html

4.4: Marketing communications must contain nothing that is likely to condone or encourage violence or anti-social behaviour.

My prints do not condone anti-social behaviour. The violence in the print must be shown as I want it to be accurate to the film and so my audience know the exact theme and genre of the film. The image is quite aggressive and this is needed to be accurate with the film.  If there were complaints, I would change the image and not show violence and aggression.

4.5: Marketing communications, especially those addressed to or depicting a child, must not condone or encourage an unsafe practice.

My prints do not depict a child being associated with violence. The character called Laura who is in the majority of my prints is a teenager. She has mutant powers and wants to use them for good. The prints do not encourage violence. If there were complaints, I would change the image and not show violence and aggression. Hopefully by then, the print would be suitable for the public.




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