How using versus showing interaction between characters and products boosts product placement effectiveness
Bernadette Kamleitner
Vienna University of Economics and Business
Abul Khair Jyote
Independent University, Bangladesh
Introduction
- Scene 1 of a romantic comedy: Romeo has just finished serving dinner. He talks to Julia, who watches him adoringly while he moves towards the sink to do the dishes.
- Scene 2a: Romeo pours some washing-up liquid from a well-known branded bottle, places the bottle right beside the sink (i.e. roughly in the middle of the screen) and washes the dishes.
Or
- Scene 2b: Romeo washes the dishes. A well-known branded bottle...