The Wilderness Must be Explored! 🌲

Driving Question 🏎️:

The driving question for this project was “how does language inspire adventure?” We would showcase this by making adverts that advertised Oregon. This project was by far the biggest one all year. We went to Oregon, had an exhibition, and revised our work until it was perfect. This project was very diverse because we worked in groups by ourselves, and I learned the most this project then any other one, not just about ads, but about myself and my worldview when it comes to advertising. Language inspires adventure because text and convincing ads and make someone want to go on an adventure.language inspires adventure because you have to communicate and talk about where you’re going to go. It could inspire adventure because you could read about the place you want to adventure to in a book. Language also inspires adventure because you need language to communicate with the new people you meet along your adventures. When your all done your adventure, your still not completely finished, you have to write about it and tell it to others, adventure never ends. It can inspire us because if you hear a very inspiring speaker talk about adventures then your going to want to do it too.

My Definition of Adventure:

We all had to define adventure in our own words and what it meant to us, this is my definition of adventure: To me, I think that adventure means stepping outside of your comfort zone, wether that be going for a walk in the park, or traversing a cliff on skis. It can be different for every person. It can also mean doing something you’ve never done before or going some place new. For it to be an adventure, you can’t have already done it. It has to be a completely new, fun, adrenaline pumping, activity. An example of an adventure that I’ve been on is backcountry mountain biking. Which is where you have your stuff in a bag, and you go mountain biking. Another example of an adventure is when I ran almost 20 km. I had never even thought about running that far, but I set my mind to it and did it. Anything can really be an adventure though, like trying new things, going to new places and meeting new people.

How I Used Media and Language to Inspire Others

We learnt about how ads influenced people to buy products and how to make an ad have a feeling to make the consumer want to buy it. We practiced with ads that we made of quarry rock. We revisioned them multiple times and learnt how to take critique and use it to improve our ads.

So How Does Language Inspire Us?

We learnt about our demographics and how where we live and what’s around us influences what we want to buy. We also explored different advertising techniques and how companies use those to make their audience buy their products.

Oregon Trip Book

When we went to Oregon we had books on book creator that we had to fill out and put in everything that we did and saw. We filled it out with the museums we went to, and we had to answer the questions in the book.

 

 

 

 

 

Making the Ads

When we got home from Oregon, we had to create ads in our groups that we were assigned. I was in a group with my classmates, Cole, Elsa, Eloise, Siena, and me. We had to all create ads and then present them at the exhibition. We were experimenting with different fonts and photos on Canva and then we came to a decision on which ones we liked best. We chose my ad to be the big one in the center and then we had the other four ones around it.

The Spring Exhibition

We decided to make a zip line since our groups category was escape and excitement and we went to a zip line on our trip so we based everything off excitement even our ads. The zip line was set up so there was a bucket at the top of the set of stairs and we had water balloons at the bottom and people would get asked trivia questions about our presentation when it was done and if they got it right then they would get to throw a water balloon at us.

Collaboration

We talked about why collaboration was important and this is what I said: There are may different ways to collaborate, whether that be in a group of many people or just two. In my opinion the most important elements of collaboration are speaking to everyone and including all group members. This is important because if you don’t include others, then you won’t get to hear their ideas and thoughts so your group won’t be as strong. Another important element of collaboration is clearly expressing thoughts and ideas. This is because if you don’t say what you mean, then your point won’t come across clearly and your ideas won’t be heard. Working together and participating is definitely one of the most important ones. This is because if one person doesn’t participate, that can really impact the group and can knock it off balance. If everyone does their part, then the group can run like a well oiled machine. 

What Does Campaign Mean?

To me I think that campaign means an action to complete a goal or obstacle. It can be anything,  like raising awareness about climate change or advocating for rights. It can also be an advertisement that sells you a product or experience. In my opinion, a good campaign is something that is meaningful and you don’t just participate in it for money or status. I’ve been apart of multiple campaigns and advocated for things. I think campaigns are very important for raising awareness about something and they can be really affective when it comes to to raising money. In other words, you corral a whole bunch of people with a common goal tho complete a task or tackle a problem or do something.