Thursday, 10 December 2009


Number 1.
Research into free cinema tickets.

for example, orange wednesday offers one person on the network orange to go to cinema, its called 2 for 1, one person pays the other gets in for free. 
my campaign idea is similar to this except its a free cinema pass for a week every 4months. 

My aim of my campaign is to get teenagers a free cinema pass for a week every 4 months to see the film of there choice, similar to orange wednesdays, although the problem with orange wednesdays is its only for wednesdays so if people are busy on wednesday then and they don't have any money and you miss orange wednesdays you won't have chance to go see a film until the next orange one.

campaign research



The sectretary of Cambridge & District Trades Union Council, Tom Woodcock,  came and gave us a talk today about the campaigns he has done, the campaign I thought was the best was when they supported the postal workers pay strike, they raised money for the royal mail workers for the money they would earn whilst they were off work. On the 31st October 2009 they stood outside of Cambridge United football ground and asked for donations before and after the game, some people even gave up to £20 towards the fund to make up for the postal staff that were on strike, they were on strike because royal mail were cutting jobs, cutting pensions and increasing work load and were not getting enough money for what they were being made to do.


http://cambridgeanddistricttradescouncil.blogspot.com/2009/10/support-your-postal-workers-this.html 

They made various different websites to let people know what they planned to do and what there aim of going to the football ground was to do and what was their intention, they also made plackards to advertise and make people more aware what it was they were doing. Afterwards they gave the postal workers who were on strike what they had raised and what they would be entilted to if they had gone to work, although it wasn't as much as they would have earned although it was better than nothing. 

Monday, 23 November 2009

Blog reflection

What did I do today?
 
Today I started to design my final stencil for my t-shirt, on photoshop.
I chose an image off google of a cinema ticket because it would be too difficult to design one myself although I did make alot of changes to the ticket and made it my own. 
I haven't finished it yet although I think it has gone well so far, because it's already quite basic.

If I had more time to design my stencil I proberly would have tried to do more my own thing rather than using google to help me, although i think my design will be just as good once i've finished.

Tomorrow I have to finish my design, print it the stencil and start to cut it out, and then start my t-shirt slideshow.

Sunday, 8 November 2009

homework - campaigning.

1. Campaign idea's that would make your life better

My campaign idea that I think would make my life better is to push the minimum wage up to 10 pounds an hour for jobs.

2. Campaign idea's to improve the qaulity of life for someone else

My campaign idea that I think would improve the quality of life for someone else is to make university either free or alot cheaper than it is.

3. Campaign for something that would make someone smile

My campaign idea that I think would make someone smile is free cinema pass for a week.



- Why would it bring intrest to 16-19 year olds?

My first campaign would suit this age range because teenagers my age job hunt alot, and often find the places avaliable don't pay well enough, but I think £10 an hour could be too much, but I don't think places would have any difficulty hiring people as if the pay was good more people would apply for jobs, and want to work more hours.

My second campaign would suit this age range well also because alot of students want to go onto university after sixth form, but sometimes there parents can't afford it, where as if the accommodation and tuition were cheaper, it would be easier for parents to save up for it, because its so expensive at the moment, students are having to pay for bills and uttility needs themselves from loans, so they come out in debt, if it were cheaper it wouldn't take so long to pay back debts and compainies could lend out more knowing students will pay it back sooner, and parents could afford more for there children and help pay for essentials such as food that the students need and can't pay for by themselves with no jobs whilst at uni.


My third campaign is a free cinema pass for a week, I think this would be good for people aged 16 - 19 as most teenagers enjoy getting out at the weekend after a long week at school/college, and it would be a good chance to get out with friends and socialize, when new films come out they would be more popular because they would be free to go see, although this would mean the film companies and cinema loose a bit of money because they wouldn't be paying to see the film, although this pass would only be for a week, and not so often, could be like every 6 months.

Wednesday, 4 November 2009

 

Banksy is an anynomus graffeti artist from Bristol.
I chose this design because it is surreal. 
I like how it is random and odd.
I like how Banksy has done the graffeti all black and white because Zebra's are black and white, I think its got humour as its not something you'd regualary come across. 
I think the composition is intresting as its africa and thats normal to see that thre but here in England it is not normal at all to be hanging up your washing and having a zebra standing watching.

Monday, 2 November 2009

battlefront video report

I chose the video 'Random acts of kindness' 



i like this video because it gets the message across without being boring.
it keeps your attention because it is humerous, the point of the video is, 'its hard to be mean and you should instead always be nice', the video plays on it humour in this video.


Thursday, 22 October 2009

My campaign

The question I asked my class mates was " do you think everyone should get along"? 
These are my results.
I wasn't surprised with my results as I think it is quite a sensible question.
Although one person did disagree, the persons reason for this is he thinks everyone should hate somebody.
The reason I asked the question is because I personally think it would be a better place if everyone got along and I think it is a topic that would solve many other things such as bullying and arguments. 

My cram logo



This is my cram logo i designed to represent creative media diploma at Long Road sixth form college. When i made this logo it was the first time I had used photoshop so I hadn't experimented it alot, So with what I did know I designed this. I wrote media by cutting out different letters from various magazines, I wanted to make it look creative aswell as representing a creative diploma. Although this was just my draft and I edited on photoshop I wanted to make it more tidy and also make the film strips more wavy so they look more realistic. I don't think my logo would work because its not very clear of what creative media includes. This could represent film studies as it looks more to do with film studies but I think i should have to added paint splats or something different to make it better.


Analysis of 2 designs from t-shirt websites.

 
This is the t-shirt i chose from www.threadless.com

I think this t-shirts different, i wouldn't wear it myself but i like the design, the other t-shirt i have chosen is pretty this one is more different as its just one design and can be worn by anyone, where as the other t-shirt looks pretty and it would be warn by girls. I like both t-shirts although i would more likley wear the t-shirt from www.spreadshirt.com
both t-shirts differ in design they are completely different but they are both funky.



This is a picture from www.spreadshirt.com

I chose this t-shirt because i would wear it myself, its simple also different.
its made to look as if your wearing a necklace although its printed on the top. 
i think its funky, you can also get it in various different colours.








Wednesday, 21 October 2009

History of the t-shirt



http://pro.corbis.com/images/HU052637.jpg?size=67&uid=D259AD2D-5A41-467B-98FA-6B394DCE41B8

http://www.toolazytodoit.com/t-shirts.jpg

In the early twentieth century, the t-shirt became very popular in America. Now the t-shirt is very well know in the twenty-first century, the T-shirt is known world wide.
The T-Shirt was made during WWI when American troops noticed European soldiers wearing a comfortable and lightweight cotton undershirt, when it was humid in the summer days. Compared to the wool uniforms that the American soldiers wore, these undershirts were cooler and more comfortable and they quickly caught on with the Americans. Due to their simple design, these shirts became known in the USA as "T" shirts or, as we know them now, "T-Shirts".

http://www.t-shirtcountdown.com/t-shirts/history.html

In the 1920's , the "t-shirt" had become part of the official american english language.
By 1955, the T-Shirt was tolerated worn without another shirt covering it. Then James Dean made the T-Shirt real cool in "Rebel Without A Cause". James Dean made the T-Shirt a contemporary symbol of rebellious youth.In the 60's people began to tie dye and screenprint the basic cotton T-Shirt making it an even bigger commercial success. Advances in printing and dying allowed more variety and the Tank Top, Muscle Shirt, Scoop Neck, V-Neck, and many other variations of the T-Shirt came in to fashion.

Now a days the t-shirt is a very popular clothing and is worn by everyone everyday.



Saturday, 17 October 2009

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