work

1. Evaluation

2. Do your finished pieces of work fit with their intended purpose?
• I feel that my work fits entirely with the intended purpose, to inform those who are more lucky that not everyone
who is effected by poverty is necessarily unemployed, in fact statistics show that poverty primarily effects the
employed in the UK. From the start I knew that this was the issue I wanted to address, so throughout the production
stage of the project, at all times I made sure to make sure that my work mirrored these intentions and did not stray
away and end up focusing on a completely different topic.
• Every fact, figure, quote or sentence I’ve written has been directly linked to my original intentions, which has
allowed me to ensure that my work is a reflection of the intended purpose, and despite making changes to the
layout and visual themes and ideas, I’ve managed to keep a clear idea of what I wanted to achieve throughout the
process of creating the campaign.
• Some of the purposes in specific (such as bringing about local change) are hard to analyze the success of due to the
nature of the project being one which didn’t actually involve distributing and marketing our campaigns as we would
have had it been a real life social campaign, so I’ve had to keep an open mind when trying to measure how much
the pieces fitted their intended purpose.
• According to my survey, the amount of people who could clearly understand the intentions of my campaign is 100%,
meaning that everyone got the picture in terms of what the campaign was setting out to achieve. The statistic
below is evidence of this, and this reinforces in my own mind the fact that my work fits in exactly where I wanted it
to. Whether or not it will tick every single purpose box is another matter, for example, it might not actually bring
about a massive amount of change (which Is something I will go on to discuss in more depth later on in the
evaluation), but it certainly has achieved my realistic intentions in terms of how it has gone about presenting itself
and the way in which it presents information on the UK poverty crisis.

3. Is the campaign appropriate for your
target audience?
• When creating my product, the target audience has been something I’ve kept in
mind at all times. Due to the nature of my campaign it was easy to distinguish a
clear target audience, and I knew that middle class people in general were less
informed than they should have been on the topic of UK poverty, meaning that
they were clearly the group of people I needed to focus my work on changing the
views of.
• The simple brown colour scheme I used was intended on being gender neutral so
to cater for my target audience (which was a 50/50 split of males and females),
the idea behind this being that the more people I got on board with the campaign
the better, and gender neutral colours are always a good way of achieving a mixed
audience. The brown colours also aided as a way of looking simplistic yet
sophisticated, and along with the neat and smart looking layout, I was able to
aesthetically cater for the middle class (who generally are associated with liking
more neat and simplistic aesthetics). In hindsight, whether or not this had a great
impact on my target audience I’m unsure of, but in my opinion the work is
definitely appropriate for it’s audience in terms of aesthetic.

4. Other people
agreeing that the
campaign is likely
to have an
influence on the
privileged middle
class (my target
audience).

5. Does your work communicate a
message clearly?
• The work that I’ve done really communicates a clear message in my opinion. This was down to a multitude
of things. Primarily my ability to tie in multiple techniques in order to communicate and send a message
across to more than one type of. What I mean by this is that I specifically adopted a diverse range of
communication techniques such as visual ones and more verbal ones in order to cater for all types of
learners, thus meaning I can communicate the message of my campaign to a higher percentile.
• To add to this point, my usage of multiple media outlets in order to present my information has meant that I
have been able to appeal to a wider audience. Take for example the fact that I have included both a website,
and a brochure. Both communicate the message of my campaign in very similar ways, yet their audiences
might be different from one another (meaning that more people are likely to be able to have access to the
campaign and it’s message).
• In terms of how this message is actually put across to the audience, I feel that language used is short and to
the point, and focuses primarily on the topic at hand rather than straying off. The language which I used and
other communication techniques are something I will go on to talk about on the ‘techniques’ slide and
possibly the ‘content’ slide.
• Although I didn’t have a survey question directly asking about the message communicated in my work, I feel
that the survey question presented in the previous slide also ties in with this in with this slide of the
evaluation, in that if everyone thought the intentions of the work were made clear, then it’s likely they also
feel that the message was communicated clearly. To summarize, this and the previous slide really go hand in
hand with one another in a lot of ways.
Short and snappy,
with a clear meaning
and intention.

6. Compare and contrast your original intentions with the outcomes you
arrived at
• The original intentions which I came up with were ones not too different from
the final outcome, however, along the production process a few things did
change. Primarily, I wanted to make a campaign which literally just raised
awareness towards poverty in the UK, without any more defined purpose. This
was something which changed, when I realized that having a certain and specific
message with a campaign can help you to create better and more meaningful
work, so rather than just stating some facts about poverty in general, I decided
my campaign should be aimed at targeting the issue of working families effected
by poverty, and the misconceptions and prejudice towards those effected by
poverty in the UK.
• Another thing which contrasts from some of my original ideas is the whole
visual style. Originally I aimed to create something which inspired British pride
and glory in an attempt to unite the people of our country against poverty.
Unfortunately, as was later pointed out during some peer feedback, some of the
designs and ideas based around this had come out looking more like nationalist
campaigns than anything else. For this reason, I decided to revamp the whole
visual style into a calm and gentle brown palette.
Some of the
original logo
designs

7. How effective are the techniques you have used
• I’ve used a multitude of different techniques throughout the creation of my campaign, in order to
create the most effective campaign I possibly could. These techniques vary widely from visual
language, language and phrasing choices, as well as using facts and figures etc.
• To start with, as mentioned when discussing if my work has conveyed a clear message, language
usage has played a key role in allowing me to achieve the campaign’s goals. Specifically, my use of
rhetorical questions has allowed me to be both persuasive and to the point. The phrase ‘bet you
didn’t know that, did you?’, whilst being rhetorical, is also fairly informal, which allows my
audience to feel more like they’re being talked to by a human being and not a piece of text.
Similarly to this, I’ve used the language technique of command phrases such as ‘it is time to wake
up.’ in order to create the idea in my audiences head that this issue is very real.
• Another key technique which I hold responsible for helping to bring my campaign to life, is the
facts and figures I’ve used in order to present information, for example ‘over 50% of people
effected by poverty in the UK are employed’. Using facts and figures Is a technique that shows
your audience that the campaign has reasoning behind it and helps you to gain their trust through
statistical evidence. This was particularly important to me due to the nature of my campaign being
one which relies on evidence in order to convey it’s message.
• By creating multiple drafts, as mentioned in the survey response below, It’s allowed me to see
what works better in terms of colors, layouts etc. This is a valuable technique when attempting to
find the perfect version of each piece of work. An example of where this was really useful was of
course the logos as mentioned before, but also the posters, of which I designed lots of very
slightly different drafts to choose from.
• All in all, I feel that the techniques have been more than effective, and my survey participants
agree with this. Despite not diversifying my techniques and using particularly different approaches
in each piece, I feel that the way I’ve chosen to tackle the issues has been well executed.

8. These examples of other poverty posters demonstrate some
similarities between my poster and two others, as well as some
obvious differences. In terms of language techniques, both the
posters are pretty similar to mine. The poster on the top uses a
rhetorical question ‘what will kill her first?’, and this is something
used on both my poster AND merchandise. Similarly, the poster
at the bottom right of the page uses statistical evidence in order
to reinforce it’s cause. This is very similar to what I’ve done on
both of my posters in order to push the audience in the direction
of trusting the campaign and being fully aware of the extent of
the problem. When compared to the poster in the top right, my
poster is also pretty similar in terms of how it has been
presented, the graphic of the child looks like something that has
been thrown together using a few basic tools in Photoshop,
much like my UK pennies graphic.

9. Is the content effective?
• I’ve chosen to utilize a multitude of different campaigns which I can present my work
across in order to maximize effectiveness. This has ranged from posters, a brochure, a
website and merchandise. The reason that I chose to use so many different platforms
was that it allowed me to spread a more viral message which could be seen
everywhere, whether it be on a street corner poster, or an iPhone website. Not only
this, but by utilizing these different platforms, it’s opened me up to the opportunity of
expanding my scope for creativity on a larger scale and in different forms. By this, I
mean that I can showcase my creativity more by creating different things rather than
just one poster for example. This in turn, has allowed me to create more effective
content which is more likely to contribute to an effective campaign. Take for example
the merchandise, which allowed me to showcase graphic design skills (the clock design),
and the brochure, which is completely different to the merch, and allowed me to show
off my writing skills in a productive way.
• I had fairly mixed responses in terms of which members of my survey audience favored
which areas of the campaign in terms of their effectiveness. The website and the
merchandise received the most votes, followed by the brochure, posters and then the
logo. The fact that the results were fairly mixed tells me that all of the content must
have been fairly effective to receive votes all round. On the flip side, this could mean
that none of my work was particularly effective, but I don’t think this is the case, due to
all of my audience rating the standard of my content as either being ‘highly
professional’ or ‘professional’. Usually I’d presume that being professional goes hand in
hand with being effective at achieving something.

11. What impact do you think your
advertising campaign will have on the
public?
• I hope that my campaign achieves what it sets out to achieve, and manages to
have at least some form of impact on the general public. The target audience
for the campaign is those who are not in any way effected by poverty, which
has meant that making this group of people understand about the issue was
crucial in order to create some sort of impact. My well rounded set of
persuasive and shock value techniques (as mentioned previously) should
hopefully mean that this was a realistic aim. Facts and figures used help to back
up the points I make throughout my work, meaning that my audience will be
able to trust the campaign and feel that it is a real issue. This hopefully will
contribute to the effectiveness of the campaign in changing the way that the
middle class amongst the UK view poverty and the issues surrounding it.
• In terms of how it will actually effect the nation’s war against poverty I can’t
tell, and it’s obviously not going to be a dramatic nationwide change, but what I
can say, is that by changing the way people perceive this problem we have, I’ve
achieved a valuable goal. If my survey is anything to go by, I can conclude that
the campaign will definately change the way people think, in particular the
middle class and the youth.

12. What are the technical and aestheic
qualities of your work?
• For me, there’s lots to talk about in terms of both the technical and aesthetic qualities of my work.
Some of which have been previously addressed in other parts of the evaluation, so whilst I might
still mention them, I’ll focus one evaluating the qualities which I haven’t already gone over. For me,
I feel that the consistency in aesthetic style through all of the pieces of my work really helps to
merge the campaign together into something that works synergistically and looks professional. This
was something that was achieved through multiple different aesthetic considerations, for example
the color schemes, which remains a brown palette through each piece of work. Not only this, but
the fonts used, and just general visual themes (for example the UK cutout) really add to this well
rounded aesthetic in my opinion.
• Attention to detail when creating each piece of work is another technical quality which I feel brings
the campaign to life. An example of where I’ve really paid close attention is the phone website. The
fact that I actually made a mobile version of the website with an interface which has been adapted
for a phone screen really adds a sense of quality to my work, and makes it feel like it has been far
from rushed in terms of technical aspects. Another example of where I have used attention to
detail in order to make work feel more filled out and full of life is the brochures, and the fact that I
actually did include stories in them rather than just filling them with ‘blah blah blah’ repeatedly.
Originally, I did intend on just filling the brochure with random words, but after deciding that I
wanted to make a more dynamic and realistic campaign, I invested some time into this technical
aspect.
• In general, I haven’t used many photographs for my work, except on the website and brochure. The
reason for this being the fact that photos often feel are invasive looking and submerge the general
aesthetic with bold colors. For this reason, I instead chose to create a background graphic which
worked well with the rest of the design, rather than just implementing randomly sourced images in
to my pieces of work. This graphic was a flag of the UK made up of a penny coin texture in order to
represent lack of money. It was fairly simple to make using Photoshop, yet stood out to me as an
innovative and original graphic that worked well.
• I feel that my work is neat and well presented throughout. In particular the website (which was
voted highly in my survey), but each work brings its own bit of quality to the table, whether it be an
inviting layout or a particularly good use of images, and I’m happy with how it’s turned out.

13. Technical similarities in website
layout between my website and
that of ‘PSE’, who was my original
client. Although originally I planned
on implementing my campaign
directly onto their website, I came
later to the conclusion that it would
be beneficial for the campaign to
have a dedicated website which
targeted the niche area of working
poverty. It also allowed me to
showcase my own creative skills and
not have to simply work off what
another person had designed.
Having said this, I did look to the
PSE website for inspiration when
creating mine, as I admired it’s
simplicity and contemporary
aesthetic.

14. The poster on the left, and the PSE logo, are two pieces of design from different poverty related
campaigns. As you can see, they both are aesthetically similar to my work. Starting with the PSE
logo, it is very bold and simplistic in style in the same way that my logo is, adopting the simple text.
In terms of color, both of these examples are similar palettes to my work, adopting the brown
scheme, the this seems to be a fairly popular choice throughout poverty campaign work. The
poster on the left implements a piece of graphic very similar to the graphic I created, with the same
basic principals of the outline of a country. This makes me feel good about my design, as it can be
directly compared to that of a real campaign that is ran by professionals. The font of my website’s
design is also very similar to that of the poster on the left, bold, white, san serif and to the point. I
hadn’t seen this poster prior to the production of my campaign, so it is purely down to luck that my
campaign manages to aesthetically replicate another, and I want to make it clear that the choices I
made were my own creative decisions.

15. • Thank you