Oliver Georgiou

SASH

The poster sticks to a plain colour scheme of white and red but it is quite plain. Its bright enough to grab peoples attention but with no images its not entirely eye catching. The logo is the biggest piece of text so people can maybe recognize it if they have seen it before. Homeless people could know of the charity and take notice of the poster.

Task 3

Crisis Charity

Crisis Homeless Charity

This poster uses real statistics to highlight the important facts about homelessness. The most important facts have a coloured background . It also highlights the word ‘homelessness’ to make people aware that the poster is about homeless people. The poster is quite plain but it gets its point across.

Like the SASH poster it has no images and uses text. It is also quite plain in terms of the colour scheme but the red and yellow against the black really stand out.

Shelter Charity

The colours used in this poster are dark and dull to sort of reflect on the fact the homeless people have a dark and dull life on the street. The paper suit refers to how homeless people use old thrown away newspaper for shelter from the rain or to sit on. It implies that they cant afford a real suit and have to make do with what they can find.

This poster is different as it has an image and a lot less text. The colour scheme is a lot more dull with only grey and black and white.

The main focus of this poster is the image which is quite different and some people could find upsetting. The image shows a homeless man on the streets and it could draw peoples attention to it because he looks upset and the fact that his face is being zipped to he floor is quite obscure. There isn't a lot of text in this one which I think draws more people to because if someone sees a poster full of text from afar they might not seem as interested in it if it had an image. The text on this poster still stands out as you can clearly read it.

The SASH and Crisis poster have similar techniques as they both use a lot of text with a basic colour scheme of two or three colours. They are both quite plain and neither of them have any imagery. The Crisis posters text stands out more with the black background and yellow and red highlighted text. The SASH posters text doesn’t stand out as much as the white text against the red background. The Shelter poster is a lot different to the other two posters as it uses an image and a lot less text. The colour scheme is a lot darker and dull but the newspaper suit really stands out which could grab peoples attention and want to go over and find out more. The Simon on the Streets poster has about the same amount of text as the Shelter poster which makes it quite similar. Both of the images are made to make the audience feel bad or feel sorry for homeless people.

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