Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Arts and Humanities

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• Unit Title

  Creative Strategy: Process and Execution

• Unit Code

  ADV2102

• Year

  2017

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  2

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  

• Unit Coordinator

  Miss Diane Mary SLADE

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Description

The development of creative ideas, and realisation and execution of those ideas, is a core benefit that an advertising agency offers its clients. This unit analyses consumers' wants, needs and behaviours with a view to developing creative strategy. Brand management, image enhancement and corporate identification are all evaluated in relation to the consumer.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from ADV1116

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ADV3102, ADV4102

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Develop a creative strategy which addresses a given audience, and appropriate message objectives, and write a creative brief based on that strategy and those objectives.
2. Evaluate creative execution of advertisements against the creative strategy.
3. Evaluate what makes ethical and successful print, TV, radio, outdoor and interactive advertisements; including considerations of brand management, image enhancement and corporate identification.
4. Reflect upon their experience as consumers to develop an understanding of consumer preferences as an aid to effective message design and targetting.

Unit Content

1. Guidelines for evaluating creative output will be developed.
2. Historically notable advertising creatives including Ogilvy, Chiat, Burnett and Bernbach will be studied, as will examples of the translation of good ideas into effective advertising. Inputs relating to the creative process will be assessed including the use of humour; the presenter effect; appeals and executions, etc. The unit includes evaluation of strategies to search for "creative ideas".
3. The question: `what is creativity?' will be addressed, as will the relationship between advertising and the creative process. A creative strategy will be developed and justified. Communication techniques for clear specification of the creative strategy will be applied as part of the development of an effective creative brief for the creative team. The fostering of involvement in, and ownership of, creative ideas will be reviewed, and the characteristics of a creative team member will be analysed.
4. Theories of advertising communication will be examined, as they relate to individual consumer experience. Creative tactics to enhance brand awareness and corporate identification as an aid to effective message design and targetting will be analysed.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops and screenings

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Core Reading(s)

• Aitchison, J. (2004). Cutting edge advertising: How to create the world's best print for brands in the 21st century. Singapore: Prentice Hall.

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