Assignment: Marketing Campaign/ PSA
Instruction:
There are two main assignments below:
1. Create a PSA video.
2. Write a formal memo write up of this PSA and the decisions behind why you selected the images, language, music, etc.
1.PSA Video Requirements
1) When creating the PSA, be sure to discuss the Target Market and the narrower Target Audience.
2) You can create something work related like a PSA on coworker dress code or on improving employee health; you can do something school related like entreating the president to decrease tuition or something global-related like clean water for all children or an international light initiative. You can also do something funny, etc... (PSA Topic: No nudity or lewd PSAs; No animal cruelty; No abortion.)
3) The PSA video should not exceed 2 minutes.
4) The PSA can be serious, heartwarming, sad, funny or anything in between.
5) Do not expect commercial quality recording
2. Formal Memo Requirements
1) The memorandum is used to explain and justify the decisions for the PSA.
2) Consider the following when writing the memo:
• Who is your receiver/audience and why did you target them?
• Why did you select the images, audio, background, graphics, music, etc? What purpose do they serve to you/your receiver? (Be very specific and detailed in your analysis of these decisions.)
• In terms of language in your PSA, what do your words evoke? If audio, why? If in literal writing, why? If you felt silence was a better strategy, why?
• If there was something more you could have added, what would that have been? Why?
• Ultimately, do you believe your PSA was successful and would hit your intended target--why/not?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.