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Use PILOC to analyse the 
advert in your groups¡­ 
? Product 
? Who is the audience? (Age, 
income, etc.) What does the 
packaging suggest? What is the 
purpose (Maslow)? 
? Image 
? Model: age, hair/make-up, 
costume; props; 
background/setting; colour-scheme; 
lighting; shot ¨C 
composition, framing, etc. 
? Lettering 
? Font style and colour; language 
used. 
? Organisation 
? How is the layout organised? 
? Codes & Conventions 
? How does it follow the codes 
and conventions of advertising?
Representation 
Answer the following questions for the advert: 
? Who or what is being represented? Who is the preferred 
audience for this representation? 
? What are they doing? Is their activity presented as typical, or 
atypical (stereotypical, or does it challenge the stereotype)? Are 
they conforming to genre expectations or other conventions? 
? Why are they present? What purpose do they serve? What are 
they communicating by their presence? What's the preferred 
reading? 
? Where are they? How are they framed? Are they represented as 
natural or artificial? What surrounds them? What is in the 
foreground and what is in the background?

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  • 1. Use PILOC to analyse the advert in your groups¡­ ? Product ? Who is the audience? (Age, income, etc.) What does the packaging suggest? What is the purpose (Maslow)? ? Image ? Model: age, hair/make-up, costume; props; background/setting; colour-scheme; lighting; shot ¨C composition, framing, etc. ? Lettering ? Font style and colour; language used. ? Organisation ? How is the layout organised? ? Codes & Conventions ? How does it follow the codes and conventions of advertising?
  • 2. Representation Answer the following questions for the advert: ? Who or what is being represented? Who is the preferred audience for this representation? ? What are they doing? Is their activity presented as typical, or atypical (stereotypical, or does it challenge the stereotype)? Are they conforming to genre expectations or other conventions? ? Why are they present? What purpose do they serve? What are they communicating by their presence? What's the preferred reading? ? Where are they? How are they framed? Are they represented as natural or artificial? What surrounds them? What is in the foreground and what is in the background?