For those of you who don’t know me well, I am addicted to trashy reality TV. It’s my ultimate weakness and Project Runway is one of my less shameful favorites (along with, cringe, Rock of Love and American Idol). I’ve watched all the seasons and absolutely love it. So imagine my complete and utter shock when I’m just going about my business at work, Eugene Swim and Tennis Club, and in walks one of the contestants from the original season, Austin Scarlett! Apparently he is the grandson of one Buzz Summers, a tennis pro at ESTC, and was in town for Buzz and Joyce’s 50th anniversary. They were making the rounds in Eugene and stopped at the club. Pretty much the best day at work EVER. Shook hands and conversed. Love it.
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Inspired by a story of a child inadvertently finding out the shocking truth about Santa Claus, Deb Morrison challenged us to create something, anything, about the loss of innocence. Immediately I thought of something that we had been talking about in my international class – child soldiers in Africa. With Blood Diamond bringing the conflict into the mainstream media consciousness, the eyes of the world have once again turned toward Africa. I spent some time looking into a NGO called Invisible Children.
It’s an amazing organization with a unique story. It started as a trip to Africa that three filmmakers untook in search of a story. The footage that they came back with was shocking, horrifying and inspiring. After showing the rough cut to family and friends, the overwhelming response was, how can I help? From that they built their organization on the mission to turn apathy into activism. It has developed into a really innovative campaign that has integrated all types of social media. They have an amazing website as well as a blog, newsletter and an online store. The campaign has even caught the attention of multiple celebrities who have acted as spokespeople.
So for my project, I created a print ad for Invisible Children. I found a really great picture of a child soldier from Uganda. What drew me in were his eyes. They looked sad and hopeful at the same time. I wanted to really emphasize the eyes so I took out all the color except for in his eyes. Because one of the main goals is to offer hope, I made that the slogan.
Here is my final project:
Today is a new day for America. As we usher in a new president, one who built his platform on hope, peace and a better future, I find it appropriate to look at some of my favorite moments that led up to today.
will.i.am produced these two videos after being inspired by Obama’s words.
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I think everyone would agree that Tina Fey was genius with her impersenation of Sarah Palin throughout the campaign.
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After Wieden quit Starbucks, BBDO made quite a splash with their first ad for the coffee giants. Offering a free cup of coffee for anyone who says they voted on election day, Starbucks was accused of breaking the law. Acting quickly, Starbucks amended the offer syaing that, instead, anyone who requests a tall coffee will be given it for free.
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The last video is of Obama’s stirring victory speech he delivered on November 4, 2008 at Grant Park, Chicago.
