The document discusses creativity in advertising and the creative process. It provides two perspectives on advertising creativity - the "Suits" view that creativity is only valid if it sells, and the "Poets" view that prioritizes originality. It also outlines Young's and Wallas's models of the creative process, both of which involve preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification stages. Finally, it notes the importance of research inputs like market trends, product studies, and consumer feedback to fuel the creative development process.
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2. ADVERTISING CREATIVITY
• Advertising Creativity: The ability to generate fresh,
unique and appropriate ideas that can be used as
solutions to communication problems.
Two perspectives on advertising creativity
Suits Poets
Its not creative
unless it sells´ Creative/Originality
3. Creativity in Advertising
• Creative advertising ideas are those that are novel,
original and appropriate.
• To be appropriate a creative idea must be relevant or
have some importance to the target audience.
• The research, creative briefs, strategy statements,
communication objectives and other inputs must be
transformed into an advertising message.
• Copy, Layouts and illustrations, commercials that
communicate effectively.
4. Young's Creative Process
• Immersion : Getting raw material or data, immersing
one's self in the problem to get background.
• Digestion: Ruminating on the data acquired, turning
it this way and that in the mind.
• Incubation: Ceasing analysis and putting the problem
out of conscious mind for a time.
• Illumination: Often a sudden inspiration or intuitive
revelation about a potential solution.
• Verification: Studying the idea, evaluating it, and
developing it for practical usefulness.
5. Wallas's Creative Process
• Preparation
– Gathering information
• Incubation
– Setting problem aside
• Illumination
– Seeing the solution
• Verification
– Refining the idea
6. Inputs To The Creative Process
• General Preplanning Input:
– Books, periodicals, trade publications, clipping
services, journals, magazines, etc.
– Trends, developments in marketplace
• Product Specific Preplanning Input
– Qualitative and quantitative studies
– Problem detection studies
– Focus groups
– Ethnographic studies