wateraid Flashcards

1
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When was water aid established

A

1981

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2
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What was water aid a response to

A

United Nations campaign for clean water

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3
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When did King Charles become a patron

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1991

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4
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Who was the ad made by

A

Atomic London

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5
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When was the ad made

A

October 2016

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6
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What was the aim for live aid

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To raise funds for relief of ongoing famine in Ethiopia

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7
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What song did water aid make to raise awareness

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Do they know it’s CHRISTMAS- band aid

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8
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How much did live aid bring in for donations

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£1 billion

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9
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Who performed for live aid

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David Bowie
Elton John
Queen
Wham!

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10
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How does water aid conform to charity advert conventions

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A personalised narrative- the use of a British accent
Key info on concern - 650 mill people no clean water
And a direct appeal for money - £3 today to help people like Claudia

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11
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What difference is seen when looking at Claudias genre

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Non-die gif voiceover from well known people, melancholic audio codes and black and white visual codes (neales codes and conventions)

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12
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What does the medium shot with a pull focus at the start of the ad show

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Shows the setting as modern Britain

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13
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What do the visual codes and audio codes of Neale show about the narrative

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The song and the settings

Sunshine - Africa
On a rainy day - Britain

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14
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How is suspense created hermeneutic codes (Barthes)

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Use of slow motion, close ups (any coplan)
Low angle tracking shots of Claudias feet and bucket

This all emphasised by the crescendo of the song being in the same scene as the water pump with info on-screen graphics appears (the pump being a proairetic code)

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15
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Binary opposite in water aid

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Between Claudia and the audience (text sunny to give £3 today and help reach people like Claudia) RACIAL HIERARCHY

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16
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Binary opposites in WA

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between Claudia and the less fortunate people without water - happens using genre conventions (Claudia happy ad with water shown, most ads said and shown not with water)

17
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Binary opposites in WA

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The first few part of ad is washed out, beige and bowl colour palette

Last part when water is brought in is bright and visuals of smiles and children laughing (gesture codes), king key lighting

18
Q

What did water aid say about the ads charity format

A

“Deliberately broken away from the traditional charity ad format”

19
Q

Why did water aid change the ad format

A

Because audiences are desensitised to it and healthy Claudia stands out more due to the difference

20
Q

Costume costumes stereotypes

A

Very feminine colours - pink top and shoes and a knee length skirt

21
Q

how does David Gauntlet theory link

A

Claudia acts as a role model for the type of lifestyle changes the audience could be responsible for

22
Q

how many times had water aid been viewed on yt by December 2016

A

47000

23
Q

who is the target audiene

A

literate with technology 30-40s years olds who will find nostalgia in the song choice ( sunshine on a rainy day) and who can use the # and text the number

24
Q

How many organisations does water aid work with

A

37 African,Asian and Central American countries

25
Q

what was the # used when marketing WA

A

share sunshine

26
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who gets perosnal identification from WA

A

young girls or parents who empathise witht he smiling young kids

27
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how is WA the company an opinion leader

A

it uses two step flow as people use believe that 650 million people need water because WA says it.

28
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what is WA unique selling point

A

the happy visual and audio codes which makes audiences more likely to donate

29
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what is the shared conceptual road map

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Stuart hall says its a stereotype about a place - Africa being dusty and dry / this being used due it being easy and effective way to set out a setting without having to say.

30
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how is Claudia set up as the adverts protagonist or hero (prop)

A

water being the princess ad drought being the villain

set up through her gesture codes of smiling her open and confidence being captured on handheld shots - creates intimacy.
they do this so audience can see the character who they positively associate with.

31
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how is the cultivation theory used

A

audiences have become immune to conventions of a charity advert as they seen it too many times

32
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how to WA create a preferred reading position

A

the indirect mode of address and the handheld shots make audience feel like they are following Claudia story and the fact she is named makes audience feel they should invest into Claudia story plus it happy

33
Q

how does alavado connect

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pitied trope - extreme close ups, costume ( shoes on that road), prop of bucket and casting ( youth)

34
Q

how does Bulter fit

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the women cleaning is getting mirrored by a little girl - traditional gender being ritualed into kids proves theory

35
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van zoonen spectacle

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women domestic - Claudia getting water (chores)
men work - the famers cutting down crops - sweating work too rough for women

36
Q

how does Gilroy fit

A

reinforces racial heiaroary
Britain asked to give money to Africa - links to slave trade