The Purpose of Copywriting in different media contexts
Advertising This L'Oréal advert for makeup has the slogan 'this is an ad for men' in big white font with all caps. This is because the different lipstick sizes is meant to be a metaphor for men comparing the sizes of their genitals. but obviously because this is a makeup advert they decided to use this opportunity to showcase their lipsticks. This is a creative way of utilising copywriting in an advert. After KFC ran out of chicken they released this apology advert expressing how sorry they were for the inconvenience. To make the advert stick out more they pulled a genius move by re-arranging the letters KFC to FCK so it looks like the swear word 'fuck' symbolising how they 'fucked up' with their shortage of chicken. as a result of this, KFC's ratings went up. Here is yet another example of genius copywriting in this McDonalds advert. They used their logo to write out the iconic Einstein equation: E=Mc squared. they flipped the logo sideways to create ...