Thursday, 24 May 2012

Studio Workshop 2

During this studio workshop, I started out still being unsure about which route to take my brief with, so I went at it with an open mind to see which felt right as I was figuring stuff out. During it I decided that I would go down the World No Tobacco Day smoking route as I felt that this would be a more beneficial way to take it.

5 problems attracting to briefs

  • raise awareness
  • promote a product
  • deliver specific information
  • persuade someone to change
  • produce a defining focal point

5 things wanting to get across
  • the effects everyday actions can cause
  • a defining focal point
  • not everything produced to raise awareness needs to shock & be in your face
  • important facts need not be boring and always too serious
  • it's each individual persons responsibility to what they do and no one elses

5 x why?
  • awareness campaigns often try to shock the audience with imagery of long term effects but it doesn't always need to be that serious to communicate a message
  • choosing a defining focal point can help focus a project/campaign which can then be pushed
  • making someone change a habit because they have to or for someone else isn't the best way to encourage someone to do something - it's down to each individual
  • keeping things more light hearted than being too serious may reach and speak to the target audience in a more effective way
  • existing campaigns clearly aren't having that big of an effect so trying a different approach could be more beneficial

5 facts about subject/content
  • smoking is bad for you and others around
  • smoking is something that can never be stopped
  • lots of people die or end up ill sue to smoking
  • existing no smoking campaigns include 'shocking' images on the packets, not smoking inside, etc
  • it's an expensive habit

5 facts about audience/context
  • working class 20-40 year olds
  • no disposable income
  • have a good social life - go out with friends, etc
  • started smoking because everyone else did
  • have no incentive to stop

5 distinct products I could produce
  • posters
  • direct mail
  • beer mats
  • leaflets
  • lighters
  • website
  • cig packets
  • etc...

1 product into range
  • posters
    • headlines
    • images
    • colour
    • orientation
    • layout
    • size formats
    • adshell
    • billboards toilet doors
    • ad boards
    • corridoors

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