Month: January 2012

I took this because of the mist and water drop. I have a soft spot for nature and it’s colour!

To bring home the truth of what’s really happening to people without homes, they mostly take a serious feel of approach to advertising. “Each advert depicts an ordinary person in distress because they are facing a serious crisis, such as sudden job loss or mounting debt. They carry a headline which shares the desperation the […]

Of popular Charities, Shelter is one of them; they are a housing and homeless charity. In order to understand how different charity campaigns are different to ordinary, I’ve decided to have a look at other charities. As the leading housing charity in the UK, Shelter works to alleviate the distress caused by homelessness and bad […]

Transport your mind into a different world, Two effective literacy adverts.

After choosing my adverts for my essay on Stereotypes in advertising, i came across one that would of been perfect! Who dosen’t know the theme of the Virgin adverts. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

These two images I found on the internet are from The Literacy Foundation, the quote is ‘When a child doesn’t read, imagination disappears’. I was once taught that there’s one rule when it comes to advertising which is to do with the relation between the image and the text, it’s generally either a peculiar image […]

Researching existing literacy adverts: After a bit of research, it would seem literacy problems are not as advertised as much as i assumed.

The latest project for me in Vis Com is called Visual Thinking. The brief is in connection with a charity called The National Literacy Trust. The aim is to help promote the company through the mediums of a poster that will alert people about the charity, and a second dimension and form of advertising which […]