AJ's Proposal:
SURVEILLANCE IN OUR SCHOOL? NOT WITH US!
Last week a
student came to me and asked me about surveillance in our school. The principal
wants cameras in our school. It is a very media discussed topic. Cameras
influence our privacy so how can we motivate the students to vote against
surveillance?
Flyers should
inform a certain kind of group about a certain topic. The flyer for the
students should be convincing and motivating.
The students who are the main target group should be motivated with the
flyer. The headline “Surveillance at Clay” should name the topic and is one of
the big sized phrases of the flyer. It is written in red to highlight the
topic. The two illustrations we want to use should be right beneath and next to
the headline. They are the main eye catcher. Beneath the headline there is a
picture of a group of students who are writing an exam and who are looking
stressed. Above it on the right hand corner there is a camera watching the
students while writing. The students should imagine the main conflict of
surveillance and should think about their own feelings.
“Do you want that?” is right in the center of the flyer. The students
are allowed to vote for or against it but first of all they have to be sure if
they really want that or not. They imagine the problem with the illustrations
and so they automatically think about it. It is kind of a help.
The second use of a different color should be like a motivation to think
and to be against it.
“Cameras everywhere” is the main focus of the problem. It is also the
definition/meaning of the headline. The arguments beneath should stress the
phrase. The students are informed and have to be clarified about the main
arguments. The arguments make it more obvious and are written in red to
convince the target group. They have to show importance.
“We don’t want that!” is the message and the answer for the rhetorical
question for the whole problem. It should be sized big and colored blue to show
that it belongs together with the rhetorical question. It is a motivation at
the end to show the students that it is very important to discuss the problem
and to vote against it.
The flyer is one of the best because it is well structured and good for
students to follow. It stresses on one problem and have different possibilities
to show argument or to convince a certain target group.
Darleen's proposal:
Cameras in schools aren’t a
new thing. In some schools the students get already filmed and now it is
possible that surveillance comes to our school as well. Still every clay
student has the chance to prevent cameras everywhere in our school.
We prepare a flyer that should convince the students
to be against surveillance at clay school, the message is to vote against
cameras everywhere and protect the privacy of every student.
--> Surveillance at clay school (red) /
illustrations -> eye catcher
--> Do you want that? (blue) ->our opinion
--> Cameras everywhere (black) -> main problem
--> No privacy, not necessary, waste of money (red)
-> eye catcher
--> We don't want that
(blue) -> our opinion
The red written topic catches the reader’s attention
because of the color and also of the big size. The students are now informed
about the intention of the flyer. The illustrations under the topic let the
readers imagine the situation if they permit cameras everywhere. It shows the
main problem. The illustrations also address the students because it shows the
students themselves getting filmed and that is what they have to convince.
In the middle of the flyer we choose a rhetorical
question written in blue to motivate the students to fight against surveillance
and also to address them again. We want to transmit them the importance their
behavior.
After rhetorical question we repeat the main problem:
"cameras everywhere" to underline the situation.
"No privacy, not necessary, waste of money"
are the most important facts and reasons of the flyer that’s why we wrote it in
red. Also to catch the reader’s attention and remain them what will be taken
away from them.
At the end we answer the rhetorical question by show
our opinion and again to convince the students.
The three colors red, blue and black have a special
effect. Red to catch the reader eyes.Blue to convey our opinion.Black for the
main problem. The flyer need to be very large to transmit the importance.
Plüschi's proposal:
Surveillance
at Clay? NO!
Video surveillance in schools has been a
media discussed topic. Now the Clay school in Berlin is thinking about using it
to avoid vandalism. The principal is now giving the student body the chance to
vote for or against it. It is important to convince the students that the
surveillance is changing their learning process in a negative way.
Since the flyer is designed for students
of the school it is suggested to design an eyecatcher. This can be achieved by
using two quite large illustrations that work hand in hand. The first picture
should show a class with worried looking students. This illustration needs to
be a bit larger than the second one and should be centered in the first third.
The other picture should show a camera which should be place in the top right
hand corner as if it would film the students in the other picture. This shows
the consequences surveillance in school would have in a really easy way. To
make the topic eyecatching as well it is suggested to write it in red.
The second part could start with a question that is adressing the students. It
is suggested to use neutral language so it's easy to understand and more
appealing for the students. The question should be written in blue so it is
slightly highlighting, but also to connect it to the message of the flyer,
which should be written at the bottom. Between the question and the message,
the main arguments should be presented in red to highlight them. They should be
close to the size of the topic so they stand out even more and are still
understandable on their own.
As stated before, the message "We don't want that!" should be written
in the last third of the flyer and in blue to connect it to the question .
Since we are using so much colour in the writing then it would be best to use
normal white paper to keep the focus on the information. Also using a large
poster in the size A2 is suggested to be able to write big in order to make it
visible even from far away.
This flyer would convey the message to vote against the surveillance in school,
because of the eyecatching pictures that would help the students to imagine the
consequences, but also because the different colours and sizes emphasize a
connection.
Weih-oh-lettaaaa's proposal:
A proposal for our flyer
Do you want to be seen everywhere in Clay school?
How can we still differentiate between surveillance
and voyeurism in our school when we are watched
everywhere, even on the toilets?
Our opinion is that we just need cameras there
where they are really necessary!!!
Our flyer will show you how privacy and safety can
work hand in hand together. So vote for us if you have
the same opinion!
Since the flyer is constructed for our schoolmates
we tried to use as often as possible the words “we”
and “us” to show that we are all involved in the
problem.
That we as a bulk are able to join in that conversation.
At the top of our flyer we placed a little cartoon
where two cameras have a talk about some students.
The left camera says: “Hey, do you see the pretty
blonde girl?” and the right camera answers: “Sorry,
but my job is to observe a suspect!”
On the one hand that kind of picture should make
the students grin, so that we have their attention.
But on the other hand it should directly make clear
what the problem is and what position we
represent.
Would you be not interested when there
is not only a long, boring text but also a little cartoon?
We think that this is the best way to get the
student’s attention after a again hard day in school.
Below this little cartoon we placed our problematic
question which is on purpose written in large letters.
“How can we still differentiate between surveillance
and voyeurism in our school???”
It should catch the student’s eyes, because this
question definitely shows our problem with the
cameras. That we don’t know if we are really
watched because of safety or just because some
people want to see what the girls wear under their
shirts.
The words surveillance and voyeurism are additional
emphasized with a red color to make clear that there
are two kinds of watching!
We also underlined the word differentiate because
this is exactly our problem.
Below this problematic question we put a little chart
which should demonstrate again that we are not exact
against cameras. But that we just don’t want to have
them everywhere!
On the right side of the chart we list up the places
where we think it is okay to set cameras.
The playground, the class rooms, the hall, the
entrances and the exits.
For this places it’s definitely okay. Because of
the cameras we can prevent vandalism and burglary.
Too often we had inky walls and broken bikes
because of vandalism. Of course this should stop!
But on the left side of the chart we list up all
places where camera are really inappropriate.
How can a student who sits on a toilet still differentiate
if he is watched really because of his safety?
Honestly, we can’t do this !
So we put a big red cross on the left side of the chart
to show that we don’t want to have cameras
in our toilets, dressing rooms, student’s lounge
and also in the teacher’s lounge.
Both sides (teachers and students) should have a
place where they can disappear.
In return we placed a big green check on the right
side of the chart.
In the lower part of our flyer we repeat our actual
problem and our goal for the future.
“Cameras only there where they are really necessary!”
This is our conclusion and is also written in really
large letters to show what we want to reach.
Our flyer has a little bit of everything.
First: A little cartoon to get the student’s attention.
Second: A question to introduce the students.
Third: A chart to show a way how to deal with the cameras
And last: A solution everybody can live with.
Amy's proposal:
Proposal for a flyer
Do you want to be seen everywhere in Clay school?
Should the vandalism and the robbery go on? How can we find a solution for both
problems?
By using cameras, but not everywhere. This flyer will
show how safety and privacy can work together.
In order to convince students who are looking on the
flyer for the first time there are two cameras with speech bubbles as eye
catcher. The short talk between them informs about the topic. The question
below explains the problem someone thinks about when he wants to vote. To emphasize the
problem with cameras and privacy, the words surveillance and voyeurism are
separated with the word “differentiate”. As a kind of solution two lists follow the
question. One side is a list for areas and places where cameras should be used, and the other
shows the places where not. The
conclusion and the message are in the bottom of the flyer to sum up our
personal opinion and statement.
To make a contrast to the text and the illustration,
the whole paper is white. This also has the effect that the content is easy to
see. Because of the large letters the text is easy to read from a far distance. The most important words are printed in red,
a signal colour where the students will look first when they read. We also worked with underlined words that fit
together and to present our solution.
The cameras act like a little joke so that students will grin and go on
with reading, because the flyer doesn’t seem too boring.
This flyer will
impress the students because of the original little cartoon with the cameras and
the clear structure with a question, solution and conclusion.
Kreacher's proposal:
Proposal for a flyer
The most important question for students at schools are questions that
deal with privacy. In other countries they use video surveillance to protect
students and to make the school more safe for everybody. It is a good way to
stop crimes at clay-school and to offer a more harmonic schooltime. All positiv
changes are mentioned on the flyer.
Isn´t it an easy way to protect all students?
It is a big problem to design a flyer for a target group which you do
not know, but this flyer is easy since we can imagine the thoughts and feelings
of the students easiely. A flyer should state the most importnt facts and
because of the students the text should not be that difficult to understand. It
has to be eyecatching and serious with reasons for the arguments but not to
serious so the students remember the flyer and involuntarily think about the
message.
Addressing the target group in the headline is a good way to start the
flyer. It has the task to focus the readers attention and he will go on
reading. It should be written in a neutral colour (in this case blue) to
"hide" my own opinion first of all but to give the reader the chance
to make himself his own opinion. The text after the headline has to get a
neutral colour to highlight the arguments in another, more
"offensive" colour. The text should include the different arguments
and the advantages for the students.
Next to the text the word "SAFE" is written in green. It should show
the importance of it and in green because it means hope. To get cameras at a
school, to protect everybody and to prevent attacks and damages, is something
special and the school will become more safe for everybody.
Last but not least the slogan. This should get a neutral black but write it
bigger than the text. It shows your opinion so it has to include all arguments.
In this case the slogan "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to
fear!" fits perfectly because everything is included.
The colour of the poster is not that important in this case because the readers
attention should be focused on the text and the arguments. So a normal white
poster is sufficient but it should be rather large (size A2).
This flyer would convey the students because
it makes clear that nothing is published in any way and that it is just for
their own safety.
ET's proposal:
As known from the
newspapers in England every school has cameras for security reasons and now
surveillance is coming to Germany especially to Clay school.
The schools in England
has proven that the crime rate sinks and now this shall also be at our school.
The flyer itself
addresses the students directly in a neutral color as seen in the proposal. "Hey
students! ... Yes YOU!" is written in a bigger size and in blue to grab
the readers in this case the students attention.
This is been followed by
the informative text about the situation right now and the best solution to
handle it. Most people do not like it being filmed by a camera and would not be
violent if somebody could watch them so cameras scare crime and give some sort
of protection. A handful students also have the fear that the footage goes
public or somebody watches always in real time what they do but this is not the
case. Everything is recorded and will only be used if something bad happened.
The text is written in
black but the main arguments such as "scare crime" or
"protection" are highlighted in a red color to give a better overview
about the text.
On the right side of the
text there is a big green "S A F E" to show what surveillance offers
in one word.
The flyer ends with a
slogan for surveillance itself and for voting surveillance. These are again
written in a bigger size and the vote slogan is also in red to emphasize the
importance of cameras in schools.
Right next to them is a
"like button" illustration to show that everyone will like it and see
that it is not that horrible to have cameras.
All in all cameras in
school do not disturb the students and the teachers, they offer a perfect
addition to our current security. Security guards may scare violence but
cameras scare crime and offer better protection.
Alex's proposal:
It is an often discussed topic and some countries already have it:
cameras at school. The Clay-Oberschule is about to get cameras. The task is to
convince students to vote for surveillance and cameras at school. The following
proposal for a flyer has to convince the students of the Clay school. It is
important to address the students, because they are the target group and they
will vote for or against it.
Text:
"Hey
Students! ... Yes YOU!
Our
school is going to get cameras!
They
will be placed to scare crimes, isn’t it cool?
The
cameras just record, what
happens,
it is not live and they
offer
a great protection
against
bullies!
Nothing
will be public.
Crazy!”
The headline is written in a neutral colour like blue and addresses the
students as directly as possible. It should address them with “Hey Students! …
Yes YOU!” also to make them realize that they are addressed as it can be seen
in the proposal for the flyer. Then a text with some sentences should inform as
positive as possible about the changes that will happen. Inform them, as you
were one of them and use the word “Our” so that they can identify themselves
with you and to stress the fact, that you are addressing them. The text should not
be very complicated and should inform them well in a convincing way. It should
include the information that the school will get cameras for surveillance, and
that they will prevent crimes. A rhetorical question like “isn’t that cool”
should also appear to make them more comfortable with the use of cameras. The
text should also include that the cameras are just recording and that no one
will see them “live” and that it is a great protection against bullies. To make
it clear, that it does not affect them in a negative way the text should also
convey that nothing will be public. At the end of the text there should be an
interjection like “crazy” that makes the situation less serious, so that the
students do not feel overwhelmed by information. The words “cameras”, “scare
crimes”, “not live”, “protection” and “nothing public” are keywords in the text
and should be highlighted with red colour, so that the students, that do not
want to read the long text, are also able to understand the message, looking at
the red words. At last, under the text there should be the slogan “If you have
nothing to hide you have nothing to fear” and in red beneath it “Vote for security”
to stress the fact that cameras at school are just there to make them feel
safe. Right of the text, there is the word “SAFE” in big bubble-like letters in
a beautiful and calm green, to emphasize that everything is safe and the camera
surveillance at school is not connected with any dangers or trouble. Right of
the “Vote for it!” slogan is a big picture, which looks like a thumb-up button,
so that the students, which are most likely registered on Facebook, are
convinced to vote for it and to like it. The size of the flyer should be DIN-A
3 and it should be pinned in front of the cafeteria, because there are many
students, every time in the break.
This proposal is one that is made to catch attention of the students and
even to convince them, when they don’t read the flyer carefully because of the
red words. With as less text as possible the flyer still conveys the message. I
think it is a very suitable flyer, because it also
matches the colloquial language of the students.
