Social Issues & Messages

Social Issues & Messages

Social issues are matters that directly or indirectly affect many or all members of a society and are considered to be problems, controversies related to moral values, or both.

Social messages are works of art, music, film or text that highlight a social issue with an intention to draw attention to it and help resolve the issue.

Examples…

Making a Social Issue a Social Message…

Objective:• think about social issues that affect our

community or the world• learn how to use photography as a resource

for solving these problems• research social issues and consider how they

affect you and society• study and analyze artwork that uses a social

message • create your own original work of art with a

social message

In your sketchbook…1. Compile a list of social issues that exist locally

or in the world. You should include at least

TEN different issues in your list.

2. Choose the top THREE issues you would like

to consider as part of your project. Circle

them within your list from above.

In your sketchbook…3. Find FIVE examples of photographs portraying

the top three issues you chose

• Save them, print them, and tape or glue

them into your sketchbook

• Your examples could be simple

photographs or graphic designs, such as

posters, ads, etc.

In your sketchbook…4. Brainstorm ideas for your own photographs.

• think about different things you would

need to take pictures of

• where you would need to take the pictures

• who/what would be the subject of your

pictures, etc.

• your brainstorming can be sketches or lists

What you will do…5. Shoot a series of new pictures (40 minimum)

based on the ideas brainstormed in your

sketchbook. Your images should make a

statement about the social issue.

6. Compile and edit images into a poster type

design. You should plan to add text and

possibly create a collage using multiple

images. How you use your photos is up to

you…but it should be clear what social

message you are trying to make.

Due Dates:

Sketchbooks: 20 pointslist of 10 social issues, top 3 choices circled, 5 examples, and your own well-planned & detailed ideas

Wednesday, February 3rd

40 Images Uploaded: 40 pointsMonday, February 9th

Final Social Message: 100 pointsThursday, February 12th