The picture shows 3 children, and 1 of them has an American flag. The other 2 children are holding today, just playing just like a normal day, until the Germans came. In the background, there's a 'demonic' and 'evil' shadow of the Nazi's cross. In the caption it says 'Don't Let That Shadow Touch Them', and by buying War Bonds they could protect the children from the Nazi.
This poster is powerful and creates great impact in it's portrayal. The children, besides themselves been iconic American, what they're holding also has a significance for the US. The children are innocent, and this poster is meant appeal to the caring side of people and their instinctive protection for the young and those who do not have the strength to fight back.
This poster is one of the most common and one of the best posters (in my opinion) made. It's iconic, and it's impactful as well. As we all know, Uncle Sam was the government personification, as an old man in a goatee beard with clothing the imbued with the colour of the US flag (Top hat, jacket, etc).
The purpose of this poster was to attract and gather soldiers for the US Army. This poster carries this out very well, with the iconic American Uncle Sam, with the stern look on his face which signifies seriousness; the finger pointing at you, involving the reader. Readers also tend to think about who Uncle Sam actually is, and overall this is an impactful, and as much powerful it's also impactful.
This poster is from China. It's quite simple, without any words whatsoever, and the it depicts the portrait of Mao (Founder of the Republic of China), and several children. These children seem happy, and are all wearing a different costume. In my opinion, each costume represents a race, a culture. What this poster tells me is that the future China would be one united country, and all the cultures and races living in harmony, each with different 'expressions' and will live in happiness.
This poster is similar to the first 2, it's about war. The only difference is in possibly the message, and obviously the target audience. The character in the poster is female, and therefore my assumption would be the target audience is for women during the war. From my contextual knowledge, women during the war a that time were housewives, working at home and doing all the cooking and cleaning. The poster is trying to show that women are strong as well, and can do something for the nation. As this was a war poster, the intended outcome was to convince the women to help with the making of ammunition, etc - An impactful poster.
This is not exactly a propaganda video, but it achieves its effect. In the video, there are the infantry on foot, the tanks, and the helicopters. The SAF are clearly portrayed as 'ready' and 'equipped'. Inside the video, the soldiers' expressions are determined and show confidence and enthusiasm, alongside determination. All these are quite impactful, and it shows how ready the SAF are, as well as Singapore as a country, including all the other 'defenses' in 'Total Defence'. That is the message this video is trying to bring across to it's readers. Impactful, creative, entertaining and technologically effective.
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