project question?

Question

ok so im learning different persuasion/advertising techniques in my humanities class. and our teacher gave us a project. she told us to think of and make any product called "zebra wink" and she called it this because its such a random name that its hard to call some product that. so wut product should i advertise? and whats a good jingle to go with it? lol ppl in my class are all doing something related to zebras, like a coat w/ zebra skin, or shoes with zebra print, etc. i was going to do mascara, with the bottle being zebra print, like u kno zebra WINK?! but someone stole my idea, so i want to do something better. can i have some ideas?

thanks soooo much!

Answer 1

Hmm, that mascara was a good idea. For a kids range of mascara that is. Zebra wink sounds a tad too playful for what you usualy find in beauty stuff.

I would also go for the animal variant. The stripes on the group variety is a tad boring. And too serious too play with. You could also make zebra the abbreviation of something and make that the product (or organisation).

How about a travel agency that organises trip and has hotels in South Africa? Zebra Wink safari trips? As a log you can use a animated winking zebra. For the design: think for instance the mule from Shrek (hint: in part 2 he becomes a horse for a while. Are you any good with photshop? ;) ). You can have the zebra appear everywhere. Posters, short sketches, comic strips. In broshures giving funny comments. Etc. Get people to laugh and make them feel they will have a fun holiday. Make sure you have a bit of fun making all this too as that will show in your work.
Is that any use?

Another idea: safari themed candy. Can just imagine a campaign based on two old English gentlemen on safari, one taking a candy, the terrain going from black and white into colour and him saying "say, did that zebra just wink to me". But then in posh English. :)

Answer 2

Think outside the box. Does it have to be a zebra or winking? There is a tv production company called Tiger Aspect but they don't do shows about tigers. A zebra would wink at anything if it is clever enough.So any product that is funny, clever or silly could have the name Zebra Wink.
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Answer 3

You should make it something that a kid would play with like a game where you have to do things in the right order and if its right the zebra winks and if its wrong the zebra does something else.

Answer 4

What about a cleaning product? you can work in the black and white theme, you could design a home that is in black and white, and have a cleaner that cleans anything, black or white, leaving a streak free shine. or that will clean the black muck off your floor. or that will clean the stripes off a zebra...
you could have a cartoon zebra as part of the add, with and without stripes

Answer 5

The more provocative the item/advertising is, the better. One thought is to use underware as the item. Use someone with a very sexy wink to advertise it. The person winking is wearing the underware to get their mates attention.

Answer 6

How about a stamp for paper crafters? Or a circle cutter? Or a whole line of scrapbooking products? Maybe a brand of beads? Have fun with it.