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The FIRST Sony camera that can do this

What to study

Desired Outcome

  • Cinematic usually describes video, so WAIT above CINEMATIC PHOTOS reads like a photographer's double take.
  • The camera's screen shows the result, a wide letterboxed frame that looks like a still from a film.
  • Coloring PHOTOS orange picks out the one word that makes it new.
How the packaging works
Title

'FIRST' tells Sony owners their current camera can't do this, which gives anyone with an older body a reason to look.

Thumbnail

Shooting from behind, so the rear screen fills the middle, puts the result and the camera in one frame, with an arrow naming the A7CII.

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When a product does something its kind isn't known for, put that unexpected pairing in the thumbnail as a surprised question. Show the result on the product's own screen, and color the surprising word.

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The transferable lesson

Describe a familiar tool with a word borrowed from another field, so its new feature sounds instantly desirable.

NichePhotography
Click driverDesired OutcomeExpectation ViolationTimeliness & Exclusive Access
Visual signalHeadline TextSupporting TextArrowPhotographyNo face

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