Abstract:
The research objectives were to study firstly the creative thinking process of
advertisements and jingles on TV, and secondly the forms, characteristics, and content of TV
commercial jingles, during 1989-2000. Data collection was achieved through in-depth
interviews with commercially-involved people and associated parties, and through a related
literature review.
The study found that the creative thinking process of advertisements was often
carried out by brainstorming. Basically, the creation of each commercial had to conform to
the direction specified by the product owner, which included 1) target group, 2) marketing
objectives, 3) advertising objectives, 4) product positioning, and 5) unique selling point. As
for the creative thinking process of jingles, the study found that most of the composers
composed jingles in accordance with the direction specified by the advertising agency.
However, the songs composed could be categorized in term of inspiration as follows: 1) the
songs composed without inspiration, 2) the songs composed with personal inspiration, and 3)
the songs composed with inspiration together with other factors.
The study of forms, characteristics, and content of commercial jingles during
1989-2000 found that the musical characteristics were not complicated, that the melody was
easily caught by the ears, and that the lyrics contained poetic and colloquial diction.
Additionally, figurative language was also found in the lyrics, this included reduplication,
alliteration, simile, metaphor, and symbolization.
The study of the 12 sample jingle contents found that the contents concerned 2
topics: 1) the contents used for providing details of the product and for persuading the
consumer/target group to buy or use the service of the product, and 2) the contents describing,
explaining events to create emotion in conformity with the commercial story without
mentioning the product in the lyrics.
It is concluded that the jingles awarded the Best Jingle Award during 1989-2000
have the following important characteristics as follows. 1) The jingle was in line with the
advertising objective and had content and musical characteristics that conformed to the
advertising pictures. 2) The jingle was able to present all contents within the fixed time frame.
3) The jingle contained simple and straightforward language. 4)The jingle contained simple
musical characteristics; its lyrics and melody were easy to remember. 5) The jingle contained
informal language.