Reflection on flyer

This week we continued working on our advertisements and we concluded our planning work for our advertisements we then started publishing our advertisements using the software Microsoft Publisher.For my advertisement i stared by putting the name of the product (ASAs) and then outlined it so it would be eye catchy and clear towards the audience.I also put some thing that could grab the audience’s attention towards the product in the advertisement I chose to put a sale logo which said”Buy one paid get one free !” and in my advertisement I made sure that everything was clear so the audience that are reading the flyer they could easily be attracted to the product I am advertising.I then added two  pictures so I could show some visual advertising in the flyer.I then added more information such as my email and my contacts I also added a question that I put to question the audience the question was ” Are you always staying bored at home doing nothing ?’’ I then added my slogan into my flyer the slogan was ’’ ASA’s The reason you come to school’’.Last but not least I added some information on ASA’s such as Where? When? and What?.In conclusion I  have successfully planned the flyer and have successfully started my flyer.

References:

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Design situation reflection

Reflection:Last week we accomplished our design situation assignment which was the third task from the unit.In the design situation assignment we talked about what product we were going to advertise for our term assessment which will end up being a video advertisement.We then wrote about the audience for our advertisement and some details about the creation of our advertisement .We then talked about some of our ideas that we were thinking of putting in our final flyer and video.I chose to advertise after school activities since students in our school have not been that motivated about them so I decided that maybe by advertising about the after school activities  maybe it could help solve this problem this was my product that I chose for my end of term assessment . This week we continued planning our advertisement so we took a planning work sheet and completed it so it may help us when we create our advertisement.Above you will find my  planning sheet that we completed in class.In the sheet we wrote what were the features of advertising  that we learnt during this unit.We then started thinking about the details of our advertisement such as: What would be the slogan in our advertisement?,What would be the question that we will ask our audience in the ad?.After that we drew the plan of our flyer as you will see above I filled in most of the details that will be provided in my advertisement.In conclusion I think I have successfully planned my advertisement and completed the design situation task properly and correctly. 

Definitions of DTP terms

Above you will find some terms  that are used used in the software DTP.

Design Situation

My name is Monica and I study in Emirates International School Meadows. I now study digital design , and as a part of our term 1 assignment, we are using DTP ( Desktop Publishing), which enables us to design CD covers, flyers, posters and brochures. Currently in school I observed that most of the students that study in our school do not participate in the after school activities or in arts. The reason I chose to advertise about this topic is that I believe that it is extremely important to participate in activities for the students I also think it is very beneficial for the students to contribute to the school’s activities. So to solve this problem, I am planning to advertise to the students about  the activities after school so that they may be encouraged and motivated .I will create the flyers by using the software DTP that will allow me to design a flyer that I will then be handing out to the students in our school. So for this Digital Design project I will be advertising about the after school activities which will hopefully solve this school problem .I will also research for Digital Design skills and different software such as: DTP, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint . Some of the skills that I will use to create my flyer are: Elements of surprise, uniqueness and innovative ways to present my information on the flyer itself.

The nature of my problem is about the amount of students that have not been participating in the school activities and how the students are neither encouraged nor motivated to contribute to them. Since there are a lot of different websites and software I decided to use the software DTP to create flyers to advertise to the students but in addition to that I also decided to use a website called Vungle to create a visual video advertisement. The reason I chose to advertise to the school is that I think by advertising about the school it will help to improve it and will also give it a better reputation. I also chose to advertise about the after school activities because I think it is an essential part of the school that is being ignored and I think it is a major problem that needs to be solved. I have also  asked a family member and she said that it is useful because it will help boost and encourage the students to join and contribute to our school activities. I am mainly targeting this advertisement  to the students because the activities in the advertisement are directed to them. There were also some features that I was inspired to use in my flyer when I saw the Dettol flyer the features were clear florescent colors, eye catching slogans and attractive pictures.

The main reason it is for teenagers is that the product (in my case after school activities) is mainly targeted to that age group. Also, this generation’s teenagers are the next leaders, therefore: in my point of view, such enthusiasm and confidence must be grown into them at a young age, so that they are able apply these important traits later on in their lives. I decided that I will create a flyer using Microsoft word or DTP, I will also be announcing this advertisement on the newsletter because it will grab everyone’s attention. My strengths in using DTP are that I am able to use: thumbnails properly, the drawing toolbar and am able to correctly use graphics. My video editing strengths are that I am able to: add music to the footage, crop a certain part of the video and can add effects. And for the end product (which is the video ad) I will be using the app I Movie or the website Vungle because it  will enable me to add effects , crop, add footage and edit the voice. In my advertisement the main idea will be to show how amazing and extraordinary the product is and how it is an essential part of people’s life. I will also justify the importance of the product and the amount of time it would take me to master the advertisement would be around 10 days.

References:

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