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Social Action and Community Media

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Case Study:SmokeFreePurpose: -To bring change (locally, nationally and globally)-To change attitudes-To raise awareness -To provide information-To campaign-To build relationships with subjects

Aims:To inform people on the dangers of smoking and what effects it has on the body by using graphic images to show the damage that smoking can do to your health. As well as this it aims to try and put people off from smoking by including the fact and graphic image.

Creative Media Production 2012

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The poster uses a variety of techniques to draw the eye in and still provide simple information that will stick with the viewer. By using the graphic image of mutations of organs on the cigarette looks horrific and therefore would hopefully turn people away from smoking if they could physically see what smoking was doing to their organs. Another thing that this poster does is used the simple fact in the centre of the image just below the cigarette to help catch the eye especially by using the simple white font could suggest how simple it is to quite smoking. As well as this by using a number within the quote makes it more noticeable and realistic to a smoker as they could imagine smoking those 15 cigarettes. This poster also contains the smoke free logo and informs an audience on what to search if they want to go smoke free and this is strategically placed under the fact so the eyes naturally follow on to the words ‘search smoke free’ and this could encourage someone to search this and see what they can do to quite smoking. By having the image take up the full poster and the writing be secondary to the image I think makes it have more of an impact as you can clearly see the graphic ‘mutation’ and it isn't hidden by lots of bold type all over the poster it is kept simple and minimalistic to help put across the simple message to quite smoking and what problems it can cause people, especially by using a fact which shows how easy it for a mutation caused by smoking could develop into cancer.


Case Study: SmokeFree

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Impact: Evidence of any change being brought about through projects using words and or graphics.-Since the smoke free laws were introduced it encouraged people to change their towards smoking indoors.-‘A YouGov survey commissioned by ASH in 2014, found that 82% of adults in Great Britain support smokefree laws. This includes 54% of smokers. Only 8% of adults oppose the laws.’-’In the year following the introduction of smokefree laws there was a 2.4% reduction in hospital admissions for heart attacks in England. This resulted in 12,000 fewer admissions to hospitals and saved the NHS £8.4 million in the first year alone.’-’70% of people consider that creating smokefree environments has had a positive effect on the health of people in England.’-’2017 is the first year that all cigarettes sold in the UK will be in standardised packaging that feature graphic images.’-The NHS SmokeFree website now includes free quitting support which is encouraging people to quite smoking for good as well as this the website includes the effects smoking has on you and the people around you which is also encouraging people to quit smoking.


Case Study: SmokeFree

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Case Study: Amnesty International Purpose: -To bring change (local, national and global change.)-To change attitudes-Raising awareness-To create or strengthen community ties-To provide information-To campaign -To build relationships with a subject

Aims:To show the effects of domestic abuse and try and raise awareness for a subject that isn't regularly talked about. Also by having the amnesty logo in the corner shows its official and gives a web address to find out more information on the topic.


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This poster is very effective at portraying a simple yet effective message by having a very dark colour scheme with the focus being on the image of the boy who looks to have been beaten up which is very eye catching and triggering and therefore gets a reaction from people about the effects that domestic abuse has on families. Another technique which has been used on this poster is the use of one clear white piece of text which has an important message in relation to the image as it is suggesting that his mother could be in the same position as the young boy. Also by using an image of a young boy makes people more sympathetic towards the scenario as most people may either know a young child or have relatives of the same age and therefore makes it easier to relate to and makes an audience image what if it was someone they new in that situation. The font used for the white text quite simplistic yet bold and clear to read making the overall imagery appear quite stark and eye catching. By having the amnesty logo in the bottom right corner also helps show that its an international issue as well as giving a web address where people can report these incidents and the eye naturally falls down to that point on the page once you have read the main point on the poster within out the logo and website being to overpowering and taking over the whole page it helps give keep with the simplistic theme. Also all the text on this poster is keep quite short, simple and to the point which is the whole idea of this campaign, with there main slogan being ‘Report Abuse.’ which is set right about the web address making it eyes for the eyes naturally look over these areas of the page.


Case Study: Amnesty International

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Impact: Evidence of any change being brought about through projects using words and or graphics.-’As can be seen the number of cases recorded by the police has increased year on year from 2007/08. In 2014/15 the number of cases recorded reached 943,628 – this is a 43% increase on 2007/08.’ -’On 8 March 2016, the Home Office published its 2016-20 strategy for ending violence against women and girls (VAWG). 27’ -’Domestic violence protection orders (DVPOs) were rolled out across England and Wales from March 2014.’ -’A new criminal offence of coercive or controlling behaviour against an intimate partner or family member came into force on 29 December 2015.’ -’In 2014/15 92,779 defendants were prosecuted, an increase of 19% on 2013/14 and a 38% increase on 2008/09.’ -The government are also funding £40 million for specialist local support services and national helplines.


Case Study: Amnesty International

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Case Study: VotingPurpose: -To bring change(local and national)-To change attitudes-To raise awareness-To provide information-To campaign-To change voting behaviour

Aims:The aim of this campaign was to encourage young people to vote and have there say during elections by including the statistics on how many young people voted.


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This poster uses a variety of different techniques in comparison to the others that I looked at as its more busy and colourful than the others I think this is an effective way at promoting this campaign as the bright and bold colour scheme helps draw in a younger audience and grab people attention. Also by having ‘act your age.’ and the illustration of the young girl in shoes too big while holding the teddy bear suggests that the creators are trying to hint then young pill need to grow up and start taking more responsibility for voting. By including the statistics of how many young people voted helps show how little people get involved in voting and this poster isn't try to push people to vote any specific way its just trying to get young people to take part and vote for whatever they agree with. Also by having the very bright but basic colour scheme catch a passer by’s attention and the eyes are first draw towards the word vote and the shoes stood on top of it and the eyes are naturally draw to the top of the page where the 49% is strategically placed at the top of the page in a clear bold font helped to draw attention towards it and simply state the facts of how many young people take part in voting. Another technique used in this poster is having all the links that would be helpful to young people wanting to vote and get involved so that they can try and get the numbers up of how many young people take part in voting. Using these 4 basic colours helps to keep the poster look simple, but still eye catching and effective due to the 2 main colours being quite bright and prominent.


Case Study:Voting

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Impact: Evidence of any change being brought about through projects using words and or graphics.-’The turnout among young people aged 18 to 24 in the EU referendum was almost double the level that has been widely reported since polling day’-’The number of 18 to 25-year-olds who cast their ballots is 58%, up from 52% in 2010 and 38% in 2005, Sky News reveals.’-’Some 89% of 16 and 17-year-olds registered to vote in the Scottish referendum last September.’


Case Study: Voting

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Case Study: DeaffestPurpose: -To change attitudes-Raising awareness -To create access to media production for non-traditional groups-To challenge dominant representations and agendas-To create or strengthen community ties-To provide information

Aims:The aim of deaf fest it to let non traditional groups to create media and put events for people.‘Deaffest supports and develops the talents of emerging and established deaf filmmakers and artists from the UK and around the world. The annual festival showcases films and documentaries by international filmmakers. Exhibitions, seminars, workshops, parties and networking take place at the festival and everyone is welcome to take part, sharing their interest in films and the arts.’


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Deaffest uses a variety of techniques to help them campaign and create access to media production for deaf people this can be seen in the black and white poster which is very simplistic and basic but gets to the point as it has the festivals name and dates as well as including what looks like sign language as the main focus of this poster and this helps show the basics of the festival without having lots of writing on the page and helps to quite the poster looking very minimalistic, also on this poster there is the website link on there too so that if people are interested they can find out more on the website. The alternative poster is also very effective even though it’s a lot different in comparison to the black and white one as it features a lot more colours and has more hand drawn feel to it due to the font looking like someone has drawn it onto the poster and the drawings looking very doodled but I think this is very effective as it helps catch peoples attention with a lot of the focus being on the centre of the page where the drawings and breakdown of what will be shown at the festival is and this catches peoples attention but then once you read on you learn that its Deaf festival and everything is produced by people that wouldn’t traditionally be able to produce music and film. Another thing which is very effective in this poster is the use of black for the key information when the rest of the colours are quite light and pastel and has a massive contrast with the dark bold black of all the writing but I think this is effective at making a more attention grabbing poster as it uses the contrasting colours that you wouldn’t usually put together.Creative Media Production 2012

Case Study: Deaffest

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Impact: Evidence of any change being brought about through projects using words and or graphics.-Over the years Deafest has started to expand and now has a series of competitions including annual Young Deaffest Film Awards, the biennial Film Awards Gala and the Ben Steiner Film Bursary.-’Young Deaffest was first launched in 2007 with the aim of encouraging, enabling and inspiring young deaf people to develop their skills.’-In 2012 Nikki Stratton and Marilyn Willrich took on coordinating and funding Deaffest through their own non-profit organisation called Zebra Access which helps give training to deaf people.-Also in 2012 Deaffest got there first patron.-Impacted many deaf peoples lives giving them the ability to get involved in film, music and art.


Case Study:Deaffest

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Case Study: ALS Association Purpose: -To change attitudes-Raising awareness-To create or strengthen community ties-To provide information-To campaign-To infiltrate mainstream media

Aims:To raise awareness and money for the ALS association by creating a social media trend which went viral and created a lot of publicity for them and made more people aware of ALS.


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The ALS ice bucket challenge was very effective at raising awareness and money for ASL but also infiltrating mainstream media due to the trend going viral with even celebrities getting involved. In this poster the producers have used the bright red colour of the bucket which helps show urgency and is more gender neutral colour and therefore doesn’t eliminate anyone and make you think that its targeted at a specific gender. Also by having the ALS association logo on the front and centre helps show that its official gives the charity publicity and raise awareness of it. By having the hash tag on the front of the bucket too does suggest that they are targeting a younger audience who are more involved in social media trends due to this going viral but making it into main news. By making this popular amongst young people raises awareness of ALS in a group of people who may have very little knowledge about it. The simple look of this poster helps to show the simplicity of the challenge and how simple it was to take part. As well as this the bold red colour helps to grab the attention of people if this one on social media you would be unlikely to just scroll past it due to the bright eye catching colour which makes you want to read what its about. The bright colour not only is eye catching it also helps make the white writing stand out off of the red and makes the hand within the logo look more prominent. Also the layout of this poster is quite effective as it first draws the eye to the centre and then you notice that the writing is on a bucket of ice draws more attention to the challenge aspect of it.


Case Study: ALS Association

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Impact: Evidence of any change being brought about through projects using words and or graphics.-’Not only has research funded by the stunt uncovered a gene variant associated with ALS, it has also demonstrated the huge value of scientific collaboration.’-’The ice bucket challenge raised more than $115m (£88m) for motor neurone disease in a single month. Now, scientists funded with the proceeds have discovered a gene variant associated with the condition.’-’The Ice Bucket Challenge, has brought in more than $220 million around the globe for the fight against ALS.’


Case Study: ALS Association

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