Unit 5 Types of Briefs

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Unit 5: Types of

Briefs
HARRY LOWE

Contractual Brief

A contractual brief is a legal


contract between advertising
companies and its client which
describes the duties required as
well as the price and payments.

A positive about a contractual


brief is that you know exactly
what the contract is.

A disadvantage is that once the


brief has been signed, there
cannot be any changes to the
brief, therefore it has to be
looked over a lot.

Negotiated Brief

This type of brief will be brought up if the


co-operative brief given to the two of more
media companies that are competing the
project have any issues between each
other about the brief or anything they
would like to clear up with the client.
Through the negotiations the brief can then
be changed in order to suite everyone
taking part in the production.

An advantage is that the project is more


open to suggestions on how to change the
production for the better

A disadvantage of this is that there could


be a lot of disagreements when
negotiating.

Formal Brief

This type of brief is where a media


company is given a brief by the client
which outlines the product which they
are wanting to be made. This brief is
very open and only gives enough
information to be able to produce the
product.

An advantage is that the client is open


to any ideas or issues if there are any
that could be raised by the media
company that is employed, this makes
the work quite creative for the media
company

A disadvantage is that everything on


the brief is non negotiable and also
take a long time to create.

Informal Brief

An informal brief is not presented


using a document and is usually of
the verbal kind. It is where the client
and the company which they have
employed simply discuss the
requirements for the product they
will be making.

An advantage to this type of brief is


that there is more verbal
communication between the client
and the company.

A disadvantage is that there is no


actual written document, so the
client could fail to pay the
company.

Commission brief

A commission brief is where a large


media company will employ an
independent media company to
create and produce the product for
them, and after the product has
been made the larger company
may go on to be use the product for
an external client.

An advantage is that the large


media company doesnt have to do
all of the hard work.

A disadvantage is that the large


company the brief has been made
my will not give enough credit or pay
enough to the independent
company for their hard work.

Tender brief

A tender brief is where a client will


advertise their brief and a
production company will bring
together a proposal that they will
pitch to the client, there could be
multiple pitches to the client from
multiple different companies, so
the client will then get the chance
to choose the proposal that they
think best suits their brief and offer
the job to the company who had
the best pitch.

A disadvantage is that the


companies that are turned down
by the client may become
disheartened as they have missed
out on potential work and money.

Competition Brief

A competition brief is where the


client releases the brief to many
different companies, the
companies then complete the
brief and whichever company has
made the best project, then their
work will be published.

An advantage of a competition
brief is that the client only has to
pay the winning company, and
sometimes not at all.

A disadvantage is the same as the


tender brief.

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