Lucozade advert analysis

Lucozade sport:

• Gareth Bale is represented as strong and powerful - facial expressions, colour scheme etc.
• Gareth Bale stats - how Lucozade has improved him.
• The drink itself stands out in the bottom right-hand corner of the advert - shows logo - swoosh - direction of flow - Lucozade = better than etc.
• In a different league - better than anything else.
• Scientifically proven.
• YES.
• Do you believe?

Information on context etc....

• Created 1927 as Glucozade - meant to give energy to the sick.
• Renamed Lucozade in 1929.
• 1983 rebranded as a sports drink rather than a health drink.
• Lots of sponsorship deals with various sports.
• Lucozade sport is its No1 drink.
• £4 million campaign.
• Agency = Grey London.
• GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare - owners of Lucozade in January 2013.
• Lucozade sold to Suntory in September 2013 for £1.35 billion.
• Ad stars: Gareth Bale and Alex Oxlade Chamberlain.
• Campaign banned in January 2014 by ASA as it failed to show that it only had benefit during prolonged exercise.

Consumerism - the total value of the soft drinks market in the UK is around £15 billion.
Celebrity culture - capitalising on star appeal/star as commodity.