Our logo!

This is the logo I made, it's similar to what we discussed Yeji right?

My final advert

After rattling my brains and rejecting many of the ideas it presented, we eventually agreed upon an advert.

I did the finishing touches yesterday and I hope it comes out alright and can fit in the CD

I made a short video and called it The Playground.

I think it fits in with our "Bye Buy Childhood" campaign.

Yeji, did you get my PowerPoint? It's a huge slide so i fear you might not have received it. :(

Nanzi

:)

Hello!

I've been working on my advertisement this morning!

Have a look at it :)

and I started making the powerpoint presentation!

Please send me all your powerpoints soon and when I am done with it, I will email the final stuff to you guys!

xx Yeji

Bibliography

Yeji I couldn't open those 2 folders i recievd from you on Tuesday. So could you please save them as Windows 2003 and email them to me.
nanziandjan@telkomsa.net

Jess could you please email your bibliographies too :]

By the way, I was mistaken my trials only start next week Friday!

Nanzi

Industries taking advantage of minors

I think I should talk a little about my Vogue pictures.

I'll mention how the meaning of "dressing up" has evolved over the years. 

I also want to mention how various industries take advantage of young children in order to gain attention and cause controversy.

A prime example would be the band Scorpions who released an album in 1976. The album was called Virgin Killer and the cover featured a completely nude 10 year old girl, Jaqueline. The girl is posing provocatively and her genitalia is subtly covered by imposed image of cracked glass. The cover caused quite a stir in many countries and was therefore banned in a number of nations.

For the bit about "dressing up" I'm gonna compare how children usually dress up to the Vogue Christmas issue. Nanzi :)

Order of the powerpoint presentation

1)    Beginning:

“DO YOU THINK ADULTS ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING MANIPULATED BY THE MEDIA? ……”

[advertisements of adults]

Short intro

2)    Nanzi

-      1949 child programmes began

-      1972 everyone had one TV in UK

-      NOW, 3/4 kids have TV in their bedrooms.

[statistics – emphasizing that children are very open to all sorts of advertisements nowadays.]

-      Talk about facebook, billboards(nanzi pictures) even on Microsoft word

-      Talk about subconsciousness of children

3)    JESSICA

-      How advertisements influence children

-      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d4gmdl3zNQ

4)   NANZI

-      Gender issue + streotyping

5)    YEJI

[advertisements of children]

Talk about how children are being sexualized.

6)    JESSICA

-      HANNAH Montana

7)    Let’s move on from sexualization blah blah

YEJI – advertisements of food and how it influences children

8)    NANZI – closes off

I have started making the presentation so

LET ME KNOW SOON IF THERE'S ANY CHANGE

YEJI

The adulteration of children in fasion

Here are some pictures from Witchery Kids new child clothing line. The way the children are "adultified" is quite subtle however there is a definite underlying "grown up" aura through out the campaign. Witchery Kids responded by saying that their line (designed for two- to nine-year-olds) is meant to be fun and playful, with "up to the minute adult trends styled for the smaller set," and that "the majority of feedback...regarding our campaign and product range has been very positive." I think that not only have the children been dressed to look like miniature adults they pose in model positions too...pouting, avoiding eye contact,looking board or lost and no smiling what so ever. It's easy to draw a parallel between this clothing campaign and the once in a Glamor magazine, the only difference is these are children. Since industrialization there has been this urgency put on children to grow up as fast as they can. what is worse is in every new generation the age of wanting to be more "grown up" is lowering. These children are between 6 and 9 years of age. 
http://www.witchery.com.au/witcherykids/w1/i5504355/

Yeji I would like these pictures to be put into the Power Point presentation

Posted by Jess