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Why China loves the 'creepy' Centrum ad2/4/2019
Imagine waking up in the morning, walking down to your stylish kitchen and finding actor Tom Hiddleston making breakfast for you.To get more world news in China, you can visit shine news official website.
It's a fantasy vitamin company Centrum is cashing in on for its new Chinese advertisement.
It may have been widely mocked in the Western media, but the made-for-mobile ad has been remarkably well-received in China.
'I'm his wife'
The minute-long video filmed in vertical format was posted from Hiddleston's official Weibo account on Wednesday.
It's filmed from the perspective of Hiddleston's partner sitting at the table while he, decked in an apron, makes a healthy breakfast for her. He then says in Chinese, which can be translated as "here's your Centrum", or "don't forget your Centrum".
The Avengers' star has more than 600,000 followers on the popular Chinese social media platform, which is not a huge amount given some Chinese stars have Weibo fan counts in the millions.
But the video went viral anyway and had been watched more than 2.5 million times by Friday.The Chinese word for #Centrum soon began trending - with over 32 million users interacting with the hashtag.
Many expressed their glee at finding themselves the object of Hiddleston's affections, with one fan posting a quote which said: "I'm not his fan. I'm his wife."
"Look at the money I spent because of you, husband," another posted, alongside a receipt that showed she had spent 148 yuan (£16 ;$22) on Centrum.This was clearly an ad made for a very particular market, experts say. For many of his Chinese fans, waking up to a suited Hiddleston is a fantasy come to life, so the point-of-view format is a clever trick.
"Many female fans often consider their idol their imaginary boyfriend or husband," Professor Zhang Kuangjie of the Nanyang Technological University told the BBC.
"This ad appeals exactly to those fans' fantasies. The fact that he speaks very good Chinese further adds to likeability."
Prof Zhang adds that the fact the video is vertical - a format made for mobile phone screens - could "make the fans feel like they are having a virtual chat with the celebrity", creating a more intimate experience.
There's also the novelty of being served breakfast by a Western man, says Tay Guan Hin, founder of ad agency the TGH Collective.
"For a Chinese woman to be served by a man is not common in Asia, let alone a Caucasian man, so that's something that adds to that element," he said.
A spokeswoman for Pfizer, which own Centrum, would not name the ad agency in China that made the film, but told the BBC it was made to "maximise Centrum's international appeal amongst the digital-savvy generation in China".In a mobile-savvy country like China where there are close to 900 million mobile internet subscribers, having the ad executed in a mobile-first channel makes perfect sense," Rezwana Manjur, Editor of Marketing Magazine, told the BBC.
"The medium a back-seat or becomes an after-thought. Centrum in this aspect, puts the consumer's content consumption at the forefront."
And though some Western viewers have called Hiddleston a sell-out, Charlotte McEleny, Asia-Pacific publisher at marketing news platform The Drum, says using celebrities in adverts is "basically a necessity in China".

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