Advertising case study 3: Audrey Hepburn Galaxy advert
1) Who is Audrey Hepburn? Audrey Hepburn was born on May 4,1929 in Ixelles,Brussels,Belgium.She had blue-blood and a cosmopolitan from birth. Her mother, Baroness Ella Van Heemstra, was of a Dutch descent, and her father, Joseph Victor Anthony Hepburn-Ruston, was born in Uzice,Bohemia and of an English and Austrian ancestry. Audrey Hepburn was a British actress, model, dancer, and humanitarian. Recognised as a film and fashion icon. 2) Why did Galaxy select Audrey Hepburn for this advert? For the Galaxy advert, the advertising agency used a CGI version of Hepburn from 1953. The advert is set on the luxurious Italian Riviera which creates intertextuality. Galaxy selected Audrey Hepburn for this advert to relate to the target audience as a comparable celebrity as they have presumably watched her movies and would identify the celebrity at sight 3) What are the connotations of Audrey Hepburn and celebrity in this advert? Celebrities are shown to have social power as she has a