Letter to the RSPCA Wymondham

Wymondham High School

Folly Road

Wymondham

Norfolk

Nr18 0QT

Dear Wymondham branch of the RSPCA,

                        I am a pupil of Wymondham High school and as I member of the Creative and Media Diploma have been assigned to help you get more donations for your shop.

                        We would use the skills that we have so far learnt on are diploma. This would involve: TV adverts (using a mixture of drama, theatre studies and ICT editing); Posters (art); Radio board casts (drama and ICT); ands finally leaflets that we could go around town on market days and give them out. We would also distribute these to schools in the local area, as well as organisations and local businesses.    

                        Helping out would be no problem for us as we a range of skills that could be applied to a variety of areas. We would be interested in helping your business. Happily we would help you once we had collected, we would window dress to attract the general public into the shop its self.

                        Advertising we would send a leaflet/ poster into all the local news papers in the area such as:

The Mercury, The Norfolk magazine, and The EDP.

We could also put adverts on radio stations like:

SNYA which are run by young adults in the local area- many of the presenters go to my school.

                        We also have many other ideas which can be viewed on are various blogs. http://www.frosdickl.blogspot.com/, that we can discus once we meet each other properly.

                        Thank you very much for agreeing to let us work with you. We hope that we can make more money to help an extremely good cause –I know what your money does because we have got are pets from the RSPCA in the past. We hope to come and see you soon; these days will mostly be on Tuesdays as we are a mixed group from different schools.

Yours Faithfully

Laura Frosdick,

Beth Copper,

Ryan McGee,

Ross Creighton,

Charlotte Godolphin,

And Freddie Tarrent.

Publications for Campaign 5.2

This lesson we have had to design posters, scripts, radio ads etc. This is so we can begin to pubulise it to the general public.As well as most of Wymondham high; as the posters etc will be put up aorund school.
This is are poster:

This is a leaflet that has been design more for adults so we may put this around town (for example in the Doctors surgery).

This is the front page we've desided to go for a theme with the "We need you" and the little pionting dog that we all love.

The first page gives so detail and history to the Charity overall. Also has detail to many different campaigns.

This page is the same as the last one really just outlining the campaigns.

Giving people information about what they can do to help.

Review For Tiny Giant

Drama Review

 The lights flicker and sputter, leaving us in the darkened hall a girl –well slightly older than 16- appears on stage only to be followed out by a green hatted ninja who she claimed was her “idiot of a little brother.”

Tiny Giant was the name of this very small theatre company. Their play was about road safety. Something that is still slightly important and relevant to us now.

They had very few props but they were used for maximum effect. There was one screen. It wasn’t a very dressed set, which in some ways was better because then you could focus on the actors. They used four chairs to make a car and the living room etc. However sometimes they didn’t interact that well with them (e.g. no one ever opened and closed the car doors which in reality you would have to do.) It think that they could have had more of a backdrop so we could have imagine it better than using the speaker to play music whilst they changed scenes. And in the hospital scene they could have used the chairs again but with a white sheet to cover them up and one for her to hide her face in.

They also had a speaker for sound. It was really only needed for the dramatic car crash scene but was also used in a few other places (I thought that they use of it in the car was slightly superfluous) and it could have been used for them to change the scene instead. 

The costumes were what you expect of a normal family. They had to change for different characters so you could recognise when they were the mum or the daughter or the older mother. Some of them (for example the boyfriends) clothes were very dated.

The acting was amazing. It kept the audience focused and attentive. The principle character: Anne narrated to the audience in a clear way which was also funny because it linked in with the other actors. For example when most people speak monologues or narrations the characters around them freeze or there is no one else on stage however they incorporated hers into the play (the other characters said things like “Stop talking to the walls Anne!”) they had played each part to near perfection and you could really imagine that is was just a normal dysfunctional family.

The little brother (or the Green hatted ninja) had very good accents and they were all roughly the same (so you didn’t have one of the characters from Wales, and then another from Liverpool etc.).

We got a few clues as to what would happen in the end throughout the play as the writer chose to use dramatic irony.

The play was just about a normal every day family who end up getting into a horrible car accident where their daughter Anne flies through the windscreen and ends up losing most of her face and so having to undergo serious surgery. It also included other issues like bullying, sibling rivalry, and boyfriend trouble.

While their other daughter is constantly getting in trouble at school and gets a few letters sent home. It ended with the little brother giving his monologue of what had happened to the family.

I think that the car crash was also done very well. It was extremely dramatic with the sound effects It’ a very hard scene to do on stage with four chairs and a screen for props. It was very intense you could feel the audience holding its breath and gasp when it had happened. It was a clever use of monologue and synchronised action from the other two actors. As for “I was flying between the chairs” they had pick them up and start to spin them.

Although this is based on a true story I think that it was more for a younger audience. Because at the end only about 3 or 4 people put up their hands to say that they don’t always wear their seat belts. It was also a little bit young because of the language that they used. I did find it slightly patronising in places however. Although I do find it slightly relevant as people could get in car accidents similar to this however what they showed is extremely rare to happen.

I felt that we were a little bit too old for it. It think that it would work better for the lower half off the school (years 7, 8 and 9’s). I think that for our year things like:

Drinking,

Relationships;

Clubbing;

Teenage pregnancy;

STD’s;

Friendships;

And work.

Also at out school many people bike, walk or get the bus in. So in some ways we didn’t really need it. I think that if they edited it slightly then they could perform it to younger children because it would stick in there memories more and also help them remember.

There was a part right at the end where they asked you to close your eyes and were asked to imagine someone in your family who sits in the back seat of a car (in my case my little sister). I found this slightly disturbing but did get the point across.

I would recommend this play to another school for younger year but I wouldn’t pay to see it because it’s slightly to short to watch (only about an hour) and the props do need to be improved if they were to perform it in a play like the Theatre Royal Norwich. I would definitely watch this again but suggest a few improvements.

Campaign- Meeting

Today, 5th October 2010, we went into Wymondham to meet and discuss are ideas with are charity shops.

Again everyone there was happy to help us. They showed us the problems that they faced and were happy to be filmed.

They said about the two types of donations they get:

• When people give them a bag of fairly new clothes that are too small or they don't want anymore.
• And when a relitive dies they get a massive bag of very dated old clothes that they can't sell.

They also had a storage container full of clothes. Their shop is acturally part of The Norwich RSPCA. This means that it is a very local chairy. They said that they qualioty of danations was quite good. But they could use more volenters.
They could only take people over 17 or on DofE (Duke of Endiburgh).

I also think that the shop could be tidiedy up a little bit becuase its very had to see anything.

It was a really good insite and gave us lots of ideas. i look forward to working with these people for the next few weeks.

tester for CJ

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Charity Shop Campaign: 5.1 Understand the nature of a campaign. #2

RSPCA: Royal protection for the prevention of cruelty towards animals.

They have a range of different campaigns but there main aims are:

Ø      To stop people being cruel to animals –e.g. beating them etc.

Ø      Abandoning pets on the side of roads etc.

Ø      And to get people to adopt rescued animals so that they can have a good life.

Other campaigns:

Think Pig:

It’s about the 160 million pig’s bread for meat across Europe every year. They believe that many of these pigs are living in poor and uneatable conditions. They say: ‘If you’re partial to a bacon butty, bangers and mash or a pork roast on a Sunday, then we’re urging you to ‘Think Pig’ when out shopping and make sure what you put in your shopping basket is a vote for better pig welfare.’

The reasons for this campaign are:

Ø      Pigs are highly intelligent creatures.

Ø      They are being caused unnecessary pain in a life that will end in death.

Ø      They have to sleep on base slate floors.

Ø      Poor conditions can increase the chance of tail biting between pigs due to stress.

Ø      Living a life of boredom with nothing to occupy their intuitive minds. 

Chickens:

Over 800 million chickens are breed in the UK for meat alone every year. The RSPCA believes that the quality of life is unacceptable. They are trying to get the EU to make laws clearer labeling of well breed chickens so that people know what they are buying across Europe and to get caterers more involved in using well breed chickens.

Facts about chicken’s quality of life:

Ø      80% of chickens have less space than an A4 sheet of paper.

Ø      Some can only live for around 35 days.

Ø      This can cause heart disease in chickens and other diseases.

Ø      There are kept mainly in the dark.

Ø      There not allowed to sleep for too long.

Ø      They are encouraged to eat more so they grow more quickly.

Ø      They receive ‘Hock Burns’ leg sores caused by wood shavings on the floor. They also cause Ammonia.

They ask people to support them by:

Ø      To check the labels in supermarkets and make sure that they go for organic as it’s the best quality of life for a chicken. Or Freedom foods (although this is not as good).

Since Jamie Olive and Hugh Fearnly-Whitingstalls campaign a few years ago it is shown now that less and less people are buying the cheap chicken and option for more expensive freedom foods as they are conscious of what they eat.

Puppy Trafficking:

It’s when puppies are breed in large numbers for a profit, with the breeders caring little about their welfare. Often puppies will become sick and some may die.

In 2006 some offers did an experiment and brought 6 puppies that had been trafficked. Two were found to have potentially fatal illnesses. That’s a third! Out of the two dogs one died of his illness despite vets doing all that they could to save him.

In 1999 the government brought in laws about Puppy Trafficking. Limiting the number of dogs you could breed with and the number of litters she could have. In Ireland Laws are slightly more relax so many pet shop owner may be buying the Puppies in. You also have to have a license if you are going to sell puppies on a large scale to the general public and they have to be checked by a vet.

They would like to bring in more laws to strictly control breeding and importing pets from abroad. Also to get police etc to enforce these stronger.

They are trying to raise awareness so that the public only buy puppies that they know where to buy them from properly and show that they don’t buy dogs that could have fatal illnesses or cost them alto of money to save.

Facts about Puppy Trafficking:

Ø      They are taken away shortly after birth.

Ø      Many don’t know their mothers.

Ø      They will not be vaccinated against diseases.

Ø      They don’t get the proper nutrients they need.

Ø      They will often be underweight.

Ø      They often have nothing but food and their own waste to play with.

Ø      Some will be sold for animal testing.

On the website there is also a film about this issue. It highlights important key facts.

 They also advice people how to spot puppy traffickers and poorly breed puppies:

Ø      You should see a puppy with their Mother and father; if not the father the breeder should be able to show you a picture of them. If not then be suspicious.

Ø      Get as much background about the puppy as possible.  And beware if the dog comes from outside the UK.

Ø      Ask to see the vaccination card. If the vets details are not on the card or are outside the UK the card could be fake.

Back Off Badgers:

The government this year announced that this year they were going to in certain areas have a badger cull because of a link between badgers with TB and cattle becoming infected with it. Although there is a vaccine that has be administered mainly in Wales the RSPCA are hoping that the Government will reconsider until they get the results from Wales.

Ø      Bovine TB is a strain of tuberculosis (a bacterial disease usually affecting the lungs)

Ø      Bovine TB can infect a wide range of animals including cattle and badgers

Ø      Prior to the pasteurization of milk and the testing and slaughter of infected cattle, bovine TB was an important source of TB in humans. However, control measures now mean that the current risk to human health is considered negligible

Ø      Although bovine TB is serious in cattle if it fully develops, it is very rare to see clinical symptoms in the UK because infected animals are identified through testing and culled long before they show any

Ø      The disease, and efforts to control it, have serious economic implications for farmers and government

Ø      According to Defra, in 2006-7 cattle testing and surveillance in England cost about £44 million and £24.5 million was paid in compensation to farmers for cattle compulsorily slaughtered

Ø      According to the Welsh Assembly Government, in 2006-7 spending on TB compensation and associated costs (e.g. haulage and slaughter) totaled just under £11.7 million

Ø      The RSPCA recognizes that bovine TB in cattle causes massive hardship for farmers whose herds are affected and that there needs to be a sustainable and humane solution

Ø      Over 92% of herds in Great Britain are free of TB, according to the Animal Health 2006 Report of the Chief Veterinary Officer 

Reviewing the EU Lab Laws:

They want the EU to review the laws of animal testing made over 20 years prior. They think that it’s cruel although this will help new drugs. We use rodents to test new drugs for toxin levels so that there shouldn’t be any side affects when humans are tested. Although this isn’t total effective all the time. A few years ago a drug was being tested and burnt off the patients fingers. One man had to re-learn how to walk after having skin grafted on to the souls of his feet again.

They believe that they should consider:

Ø      The necessity and justification for using animals is always critically reviewed.

Ø       Every possible step is taken to reduce the numbers of animals that are used and to significantly reduce their suffering and improve their welfare.

Ø       More is done to speed up the development of humane alternatives

They lobbied for:

Ø      Extension of the law to cover all research which may cause animals to suffer.

Ø       That each country should have a clearly defined and effective system of authorization, control and inspection of animal use.

Ø       That an ethical evaluation which critically assesses the likely harms to the animals involved (taking into account the whole lifetime experience) against the proposed ‘benefits’ of the experiments, must be part of the authorization process.

Facts:

Ø      Over 68,000 people signed our petition calling on the UK Government to work towards ending the use of animals in experiments, replacing them with humane alternatives, and to support the RSPCA position with regard to the new European laws.

Ø      Around 1300 establishments (including universities, pharmaceutical and chemicals companies) use a total of 12 million animals in experiments each year across the EU.

Hunting Act:

In 2005 there was a ban on hunting with dogs. But now there are threats that it could be overturned as the new coalition Government has promised to give MP’s free Reign on this subject. Before dogs where being breed for fox hunting only this meant that they were a threat to people and couldn’t be kept once they became too old.  Today people use drag hunting instead of traditional fox- This is when meat or something with a strong sent is dragged through a particular area and the dogs have to find it first.

Ø      In a survey 75% of the general public didn’t want the ban to be over turned.

The main messages are that animals in the UK need to be better protected. The target audience of the are adults  because of all the technical terms and animal lovers because it would interest them.
Methods to reach them are posters, websites, leaflets, Tv ad etc.
There is a very High sucess rate as it is one of the bigest known charitys in the UK.

Homework Definitions

Festival:

Is an event in a village, town or city for a set period of time –usually days or weeks. Showing different events or performances; for fun or to make a profit. There are all different types of the arts here such as: drama, art, music, comedy, and the list can go on and on. A good example of a festival would be the Edinburgh Fringe that I went to in the summer.

Campaign:

A series of events normally set up a by a group of people, a charity or a political party set up with an aim achieve awareness or make money for a charity about a certain subject. For example Barnardoes are a charity campaigning against child cruelty or child abuse.

Artefact:

Something that is existing. Anything in the material world can be classed as an artefact. Normally though we would refer to it as something form the past. Such as a Roman dress.

Performance:

The act of performing something to an audience at anytime. E.g. a rehearsal can be classed a performance if some one other than the director etc is watching. It’s only classed a performance if what you call an audience is watching.