Issues – A Personal Response

Bullying

Dannielle Doyle

Bullying Video

This clip shows a young girl threading a needle, and then a shot of her mouth.

I think these images of a doll and a child's drawing were shown so the viewers can understand that the girl in the video is only young.

This clip shows the girl sewing, however it does not show the viewers what she is sewing.

This shows the reflection of the young girl in the mirror. From the way her forehead looks it seems like she is frowning.

Again it shows the girl sewing something.The shot of the scissors cutting the thread shows the audience that she has finished and they are about to see what she has done.

Again it shows the reflection of the girl close up in the mirror. This time showing that she has sewn her mouth shut. Also at this last clip the words to the song come on. The song is Stronger, by the Sugababes. The lyrics to the song

are ‘I’m all alone, finally I'm getting stronger. You’ll come to see just what I can be.’

http://www.beatbullying.org/?gclid=CJbR16nF4p8CFQ1f4wodnlIWHw

The last three shots show the main tag lines and information about the Cyber Mentor campaign. By asking the question on the first shot it makes the viewer think about what their answer would be. Then the next shot shows how the viewer can contact them and talk about their problems.

If you’re being bullied who can you talk to?

The web site; Cybermentors.org.uk

You can speak out know.

Graphic Designed Poster• This poster represent victims that are to scared

to tell anyone that they are being bullied. Children being bullied are to scared to speak out because of the threats they get about what will happen if they tell. But keeping quiet is just giving a bully what they want and letting them get away with it. Childline and sugar magazine have made this poster to try and encourage victims to ‘speak up’. The image in the background shows how victims are told to be quiet about their problem, however peoples attention is drawn to the bold red writing in front of this image. I think that this symbolizes how speaking up over powers silence.

http://www.sugarscape.com/vote/anti-bullying-poster-vote-now

Photography• This photograph shows two young boys bullying

another child. This is a good photograph because it shows how bullies choose to pick on people smaller

than themselves, also they bullies are in a group. A

bully always has to have back up in case the victim fights back.

This photo shows how the victim is out numbered,

which I think shows how scared he must be, knowing he has no chance of getting away without getting hurt.

Web Site

http://www.bullying.co.uk/

This website has a navigation bar at the top of the page. Hold your mouse over one of the icons and a list will drop down.These lists included everything that is on the website. The navigation bar makes it easier for people to find the information they are looking for. This website is mainly text based.The website has many different

Pages designed to give advice about bullying and information that anyone needs. There are real life stories that you can read and also you can design your own poster for Bullying UK.

Along the right hand side of the web page there is a list of posts from the website’s blog. These look like they are updated every few days with information about bullying.

Also on the website you can design your own anti-bullying poster. This encourages younger people to get involved with anti-bullying campaigns.