Stress LESS

Who knew work could ACTUALLY be done at a sleepover?
Believe it or not... we DID.
We managed to complete the analysis of the advert and have decided precisely what shall be in our PowerPoint.

It honestly feels like a huge weight has been lifted off our shoulders. I can't emphasize how lucky I am to be in a group who genuinely work together with equal contributions. (They supply the brains and I supply the food - BAM, awesome project :) ) Just kidding.
Another thing which has taken me by surprise is how simple this project actually is... I'm a bit nervous for the "sensible advertising part" but I'm sure the "Einstein's" in my group will come up with something amazing.

OH MY HAT! I just realized....
Nina AND Tarryn are BOTH directors for their house plays and Kim is assistant stage manager for this years Major production and well me... I'm just really good at making sound effects >Insert: Pew pew pew<

The day is looming over us... 11 April 2011
I'm confident we will be prepared and have completed the project by then.

Sigh, now it's off to do some marvelous Accounting homework... Isn't Grade 11 just so much fun?

Going strong

Hey guys!! (girls) :)

I'm glad to see so much thought is going into this project :)
I wish I could have been there last night but i'm glad my research was useful to you :)

Can't wait to hear about everything tomorrow at school.

Good Morning :)

This morning I'm feeling quite optimistic about this project. In fact, I am looking forward to going home and researching some more :)

Last night we started (well, we're nearly finished) analysing an advert for tobacco which used a famous and very attractive Hollywood actress to sell the brand. When I first saw the advert, I thought about how beautiful and glamorous the woman looked and how happy the men around her looked while they were all smoking their cigarettes. But then, when we really started analysing the advert and looking at every message the advert was sending us, I realised how fake and untrue the advert was.

It struck me how easily the advert had fooled me, a grade 11 who is taught to analyse everything she reads, and it really made me think about how well advertisers can trick people into believing that they need something that they really could live without.

All of this has inspired me to try and make this project so good, that when we give our presentation to 11B, they can feel the same way that I felt after analysing that advert.

:D Right now though, I'm going to look in Jade's fridge for some breakfast :)

The whole group together :)

Here we are, Kim, Jade and Tarryn, on a Saturday evening .... doing our English Project. Fun.

We are together to try and work out how to tackle this project - it just seems so daunting! But, following Ms Smith's advice, we have broken it down and it all seems a whole lot do-able now.

Steps:

1. Try to figure what is expected of this project.


2. Research! Research! Research! *For PowerPoint*


3. Eat food and replenish on low energy


4. Stop procrastinating


5. MAKE our own advert... With what camera?


6. And ... finally ... analyse an advert

Nina has given us some good information to get started with so we are now tackling THE PROJECT

>insert: dun dun dun<

We are also looking into getting the movie "Deadly Persuasion" out because it looks like it might be quite useful. So maybe we will have a movie night! Not the typical type of movie you watch at a sleepover, but a movie all the same!

But enough blogging ... and more working! :)

Wish us luck!

posted by: Kim, Jade and Tarryn :)

Waiting in anticipation

So far I have found a lot of very controversial video clips similar to the one Tarryn posted. I also cannot believe how shocking some of them are. Using the ideal image, children and plain lies to market their product. I am so keen to see if we get any replies to our e-mails that were sent and if we do,what kind of resources are given to us. This is turning out to be a very interestind project. Let's keep it up girls. :)

Banned Cigarette Advert

While researching, I found this advert on YouTube. My jaw literally dropped open. How can they use young children to advertise CIGARETTES! I'm still recovering from shock!

At least now companies aren't allowed to do that! So, it is already clear in at least one aspect how advertising has changed - there are more restrictions and thinking has evolved.

Shocked.

I just watched some old Marlboro adverts onYouTube. WOW


They are revolting. Not only these, but the old flyers and posters as well.


They used macho men, women, teenagers and BABIES to market their product.

Let's bring them down.

Let's do this.

Yay got this working :) Jade it looks GREAT!

I'm excited to see what kind of resources we get sent back from the companies, if they do send us stuff back that is. It's a really interesting topic seeing as there is a law against the advertising of cigarettes these days. How were they previously advertised? Well, we'll find out :)

Step One: Complete.

Nina x

Moving in the right direction!

Wow! This blog is looking GREAT! At least now we have a formal start. Our letters are handed in, and have been sent to all the different companies; we now have a fabulous place to record our work; so all that stands in our way of finishing this project is getting a response to the letters sent out. Lets go girls! We are going to rock this project!

Testing ... 1 ...2...3

Hi Guys :)

This blog looks great and i love the our name, it looks great up there :)
Super excited to start working on this project with you guys. To be completely honest, I still have no idea how we're going to go about tackling this thing with all of the other work we have, but it sounds like an interesting project and I'm sure we'll work it out.

:D Now lets start brainstorming for advert designs :)

The blog is up and running :)

Yes finally!
One step closer to completing this project.

Honestly, I can't wait for it to be COMPLETED and splendid looking, in order for us to all get distinctions.
Thats what we are all aiming for right?
(I know I sure am.)

Blog away my fellow group members... Lets have fun with it :)