Big Brother
I was thinking about security, a corporate and big brother styled state and what that would look like. Visually it has been presented in movies of the past, with the setting in the future. But what struck me was going back and looking over the introductions to the reality show Big Brother. These short spots, and intros capture a form of propaganda within the object and use of CCTV which are visually appealing in the teasers. I also questioned the filming of the show to an extent: With the show drawing thousands of viewers, the majority of them mainly watch the highlights witch are broadcast later in the evening. With this in mind the editing behind the evenings show reel of highlights can be cut in a way to either make a person within the big brother house seem lazy, argumentative, racist, obnoctious, or show them in a positive attractive, kind light.
This poster taken from a bus shelter shows how in order to control the masses, and create a sense of security, governmental forces can lead on the public with campaigns such as this. I feel this poster has a very strong message uniting Londoners, creating a sense of security when we live in a time of fear, and are raging a war against terrorists. While I feel these ’safety’ posters and other forms of this public service style ads help it worries me at the same time. With a motive to install hundreds more CCTV cameras around London, amongst other places, it only limits personal space and approaches ever closer to breaching personal identity with the ability to track YOUR movements around a city (with the reason of security and lowering crime rates).
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