Product, Range and Distribution - Part 2: Poster Ideas

I have had a few ideas for posters in the campaign. Below shows them all scribbled down.

I have been trying to think about what would get through to people the most. I had an idea for a range of 'The NSA knows...' posters. The posters would state something embarrassing or private that you may search online or send and then underneath it would say '...the NSA knows'. People tend to react to things more when it actually involves them, I think if most people knew that the NSA passes around nude pictures they come across whilst surveilling us they would be furious. This poster range would perhaps hit home harder as people would relate it to what they do, each poster could explore a different area that the NSA have access to. I have already compiled a list here, so can use it to pick out key sections. 

I don't know if it would work as a poster but I quite like the idea of a line between public and private being blurred. This could work well as a gif so that the line gets more and more blurry. This again, really links in well with the idea of them sharing naked pictures without permission as it is totally disregarding privacy.

The idea of using redacted lines could work with the logo as an extra element. They are used to retract information and keep certain details out the publics knowledge, mainly for privacy reasons. The lines again could work as a gif revealing text underneath - It would be nice if this could reveal my 3 word slogan like 'Stop Surveilling Society'. 

An image or illustration of a wallpapered wall in someones house. A man in a suit resembling the NSA is wearing a suit that matches the wallpaper; he is camouflaged. This is a strong idea as it has the potential to be quite sinister, the caption 'They don't have to be in your home to be watching you' would fit with the image and also act as a reminder that people are watching what you do online. However I think this idea will be hard to execute well, I can't think of a way of producing it which will have a hard hitting affect on the audience, perhaps just a hand drawn image would suffice. A hand drawn image would be a good change from something digital, especially with this brief where it is all about technology and the digital world.

This was another idea of Obama held up on strings like a puppet. This idea came from two sources: firstly the song lyrics in Ronald Reagan by Killer Mike and secondly what Glenn Greenwald said in an AMA.

"Ronald Reagan was an actor, not at all a factor

Just an employee of the country's real masters

Just like the Bushes, Clinton and Obama
Just another talking head telling lies on teleprompters"

"One of the most darkly hilarious things to watch is how government apologists and media servants are driven by total herd behavior: they all mindlessly adopt the same script and then just keep repeating it because they see others doing so and, like parrots, just mimic what they hear."

Both of these sources argue that those who are seen to be in control actually aren't. They are saying what they are told to say whether this is true or not it makes an interesting point and could make an interesting poster. I think again this design would have its limitations and problems. Firstly having to illustrate Obama so that it is recognisably Obama would be hard. To combat this I could create a range of puppets but with a blank face, the suit could be made out of the flag of the country it is representing.