Battlefront Video - Socks & The City

Socks & The City from Battlefronters on Vimeo.

'Socks & The City' is a play on words from the programme/movie 'Sex & The City, which is based on 4 women with all their glam and money. The socks are the women in the movie, they talk about all the silly things about putting on and losing weight suck as "7 out of 5 women put on weight looking at chocolate" & "If I just cut out bread, water, natural sugars and oxygen, ill be able to lose 4lbs". A sock walks in to the cafe where they are sitting and is a lot bigger then that socks at the table and asks for a doughnut. All the socks are shocked but decided to get something as well.

I find this video very simple and does kind of make you think just go for it how ever I don't think its that effective as I know people would just laugh and not pay attention to the moral of the video. I personally think it being simple is good as people can not get confused but it should have a bit more to it. Using socks instead of humans is a lot better, because if it was a big campaign u wouldn't need permission for the actors and you can do and say what you want for object such as calling them names or making them look bad. I thought the writing within the video was very plan and not to exciting to read, could of added a bit more info. I found it strange that it went straight in to the video and didn't tell you what it was.

I can learn from the video that it is a good idea to keep it simple and to the point. I think I could use the idea of using objects for people, giving it the humour it I wanted. I would use a voice over within a campaign to tell people whats the cause.

I want..

I Want..

My choice was 'Be Happy With Yourself', I chose this because I think the size issues are getting ridiculous and I have personally suffered from illnes from trying to be smaller and convinced myself that I have problems. I want to put across size and looks doesn't overall personality and should be loved not loathed. Everyone in the class agreed with my choice, there was more girls then boys which made it unfair and there was only 4 people older.

CRaM Logo

My CRaM Logo

                                             

My logo includes a computer screen coverd in paint with a film strip on the screen and at the bottom there is a paint can tiped over. Its very colourful and shows both sides of the 'creative' and 'media' side of the course. The bad points of printing my design is that there is many colours on the picture and shades of the same colour, It wouldn't be able to be printed because the printer that the college will be doing is only 4 colours including black. The good points that it shows off the course well and would be able to relate to what its about.

Photoshop Breakdown of your favourite t-shirt

My T-Shirt

                            

The writing I had to change each line to make the rainbow. With the arrow I chose a colour to blend with the top design and a bending arrow to give it a different look, I got the arrow from a shape briush. I cut and added pictures of the band and logo from their Myspace, the pictures had to be printed screens and changed to fit with my work.

T-Shirt

T - shirts from other websites

http://www.threadless.com/

I like this t-shirt design because its eye catching and quirky. The ' I A M Alt O F Ctrl' as in 'I am out of control' . It would cost for shipping depending how quick you would want it to arrive : the original price was $18.00


There is also the problem that it is in Dollars and would have to get money change.
I think its quite a good value for the t-shirt if u don't pay for the expensive shipping, however I don't think I would like to purchase the top.

www.spreadshirt.net

I chose this top from 'spreadshirt' as its humours and is'nt over the top. I don't like the colour of the top however I think it was chose so the picture could stand out.

By buying a top or any merchandise from a online retailer may be preferred as not as many people will buy the same top or even its only sold online. A lot of clothes sold on online retailers websites are normally for people with an Alternative taste in clothing and high street shops don't sell clothes such as band tops or gross tops such on 'DropDead' and 'Loud Clothing'.

Research

History of the T-Shirt

The T-shirt was 1st worn by the US Navy that is, however other historians say it was The "swabs" in the British Royal Navy who wore them under their uniforms in World War I, some even suggest it was the French Army. American soldiers liked the comfortable lightweight cotton undershirt compared to the wool uniforms American soldiers wore and the rest is history.
http://www.zoozoo2.com/t-shirt-history.html

Up until the 1950’s, t-shirts were still considered underwear, until John Wayne, Marlon Brando, and James Dean shocked Americans by wearing their “underwear” on T.V. In 1955, James Dean helped make the T-shirt a standard item of clothing in Rebel Without a Cause.

Advances in Screenprinting gave people the opportunity to print on T-shirts in the 1960’s. Tye dying also become popular in addition to other forms of the t-shirt, such as tank tops and muscle shirts. In the late 60's and 70's, people began to realize that printing on t-shirts could be a good business. Rock and Roll bands and professional athletic teams started to make huge profits selling custom screen printed t-shirts.

Such as the rolling stones have a wide range of t-shirts with their logo

http://www.t-shirt-buyers-guide.org/custom_t-shirts/t-shirt_history.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-shirt

Vintage T-Shirts

by Lisa Kidner and Sam Knee

The Roots -
the t-shirt began life as a functional item of underwear designed not to be seen. In the early days it would have been considered offensive to reveal the shirt.


40's & 50's -
American colleges started printing their names and logos on tees; in the early days; normally using flock iron-on fonts.


60's -
Rock-and-roll bands were making and shirts which got massive. It was a lot bigger in the 70's how ever it started off in the 60's.


70's -
do-it-yourself T-shirts were made by using marker pens, tape, pins ad zips. The Sex Pistols and Clash fans were doing this.