Inspirational Piece #5: Advertisement

This is an advertisement for a security job at the University of Karachi, which I believe is somewhere in the middle east.  It has a job description, how to apply, and what you need to apply.  I found it on the University of Karachi website while google searching for job advertisements.  It uses alot of the normal conventions, like black and white, plain, informative, job decription, job requirements, contact info, and how to apply.  The target audience is anybody looking for a security job in that region.

Original Piece #5: Advertisement

This is an advertisement for a job at the Police Dept. in the fictional city of Stilwater.  It gives a brief description of the job and how to apply.  I included most of the normal conventions for a job advertisement: Black and white, informative, plain, contact info, how to apply, job description.  The only thing I left out was the job requirements because it seemed unnecessary and just a waste of space.  The target audience is anybody looking for a job as a Police Officer.  This displays alot of information from my ethnography including all the downsides of being a Police Officer and how the public hates them for helping them. 

I made this is Microsoft Publisher and the box around the Job Includes: section shouldn't be there so please ignore it.

Inspirational Piece #4: Flier

This is a flier about a missing cat.  It has the cats name, contact information, and the offering of a reward.  I found this flier on the advertised website, NoTail.com while searching google for a flier.  I had a hard time finding one I liked.  The author used many conventions like including contact info, a picture, the cat's name, a reward, and description of the cat.  The one thing he didn't do was state an amount for the reward.  He made it plain and simple, so that nothing distracts the reader from the information.  The target audience is everybody, because the author wants everybody to see this in the hopes that they find their cat. 

I have no idea if the person found their cat or not.  I'd assume not since the website is still up.

Original Piece #4: Flier

In this flier, it has a picture of the wanted man, the reward, description, and offical seal.  I used alot of the normal conventions.  I put a picture of the missing object, who to contact, why it is wanted, and the reward.  The target audience is everybody.  The whole point of a flier is so that everybody sees it.  The flier talks about a man who is wanted for murder, which is one thing that I focused my ethnography on. 

Everything in this flier is true.  This man is really wanted by the FBI for 3 counts of 1st Degree Murder and are offering a reward of up to $100k.  I got all information about the fugitive from the FBI's official website; FBI.gov.  I made this flier from scratch using Adobe Photoshop 7.

Inspirational Piece #3: Gift Certificate

This is a $100 gift certificate to Stellars Jewelry.  It has contact info, a title, and the necessary information.  I found this on the company's website while looking for a good example on Google images.  This certificate uses many of the normal conventions.  It has it's value clearly printed on the side, as well as who it's to, who authorized it, the expiration date, and the company info.  The target audience for this would be anybody who wanted to go shopping at Stellars Jewelry.

Original Piece #3: Gift Certificate

I chose to do a gift certificate.  The certificate has the Company info in the bottom left corner, with the formal information on the top.  This certificate entitles a person to get out of a speeding ticket for free.  I used most of the normal certificate conventions: title, expiration date, company contact info, who its to, etc.  The target audience is really anybody.  If this were real, the target audience would be anybody who speeds a lot, but it's not.  This certificate shows how if you speed, you will get a ticket. 

I used a fake PD because I don't think it would be a good idea to put a real department on this, and I'm pretty sure I could get in trouble if I had.

Inspirational Piece #2: Greeting Card

http://www.hallmark.com/product/greeting-photo-cards/graduation/

I did the Stars on Blue one. There's no direct link.
This greeting card has a colorful cover with a phrase about graduation and the word "Graduation" in big, cursive letters.  The inside has another phrase that relates to graduation.  The card is made by Hallmark and I found it on their website while looking for Congratulations greeting cards.  This was the best I could find.  This greeting card has a phrase on the front instead of some catchy picture like many cards.  The inside phrase is short and meaningful.  The target audience is anybody who is graduating from something.  Either highschool, college, or something else.

Original Piece #2: Greeting Card



I chose to do a Greeting Card.  The card is some-what of a joke card because it has "Congratulations!" on the first page, then when you open it, it says "You've been arrested!"  I used a traditional template for my greeting card from Microsoft Publisher and inserted pictures of criminals and jail.  I kept the short message on the inside with a Congratulations on the outside and put my name and some small picture on the back like there often is.  The target audience is really anybody, but somebody with a criminology background would probably find this the most humourous because nobody actually wants to get arrested.  Except maybe homeless people, but I don't see someone giving this card to a homeless person.  I kept the information in this very basic.  If you commit a crime, you go to jail.  Thats basically all that this says. 

Its a little hard to read on this, but the second picture says "You've been Arrested! You're going to spend the rest of your life in jail!" incase you couldn't read it.  It's easy to read on the full size one.

Inspirational Piece #1: Poem

http://www.policepoems.com/AnotherNightOfCrime.htm

This poem is about a police officer who is working the night shift.  The officer spots a crime and chases the suspect up a set of stairs but the suspect pushed him and the other officers down the stairs and shot him.  When I found this poem, I originally was searching for crime poems because I thought our examples had to relate to our topic.  I believe this was the third link in google, but I decided to keep it as my inspiration because it did help me in writing my poem.  The author had 6 stanzas with 4 lines in each.  She didn't use any rhyming scheme in her poem, even though the first two stanzas seem to have an ABCC rhyming scheme.  She used a bit of repitition with "day" and "another" in the first and last stanzas.  The target audience is definitly people with a law enforcement background.

Original Piece #1: Poem

NYC Nights

 

Patrolling the night,

A crime is born,

Turn on the lights,

Wail the air horn. 

Arrived on scene,

Suspect on the run,

Ten Thirteen,
“Put down the gun!”

In a rain of fire,

Backup arrives,

Check for a prior,

Everyone survives. 

Except for the one,

For which the call went out,

Realizes he’s done,

Blood flows like a spout.

N-Y-P-D,

F-D-N-Y,

Come help me,

I don’t want to die.

My poem talks about an NYPD officer who is working the night shift.  He recieves a call about a crime and responds to a man with a gun.  He gets into a gun fight with the man and backup arrives, but in the end, the officer gets killed by the criminal.  I used a couple of different conventions in my poem.  I used an ABAB rhyming pattern as well as 4 line stanzas.  The target audience is pretty much anybody, but I guess it's more geared towards people with a Criminal Justice background or education.  I used some information from my ethnography.  It shows some police procedures like checking for a prior crime, the NYPD code 10-13, which I talked about in my ethnography.  Also, this poem shows how in special circumstances, things don't go according to plan, which is something I learned in my interview.