Friday 23 January 2015

OUGD401 PIN UP GIRLS ESSAY PLAN

INTRODUCTION - Hypothesis, what aiming to find out. How pin up girls have changed from their birth in 1890's until now. How pin up girls are have been portrayed in advertising. What is the modern day version of the pin up girl.

Brief introduction into the history of pin-up girls. Say why they died out and changed in the 60's - free love etc. Explain start of pin-up girls and brief now.

How pin up girls were used in advertising - Dior, calendar girls, WW2 planes. How used in general - purpose - bring hope to men at work. How pin-up girls were advertised? Pin ups leaving cards in bars and on street corners for people to pick up - info from "Pin Up Grrrls" book. The pin-up presence in magazines - compare to now. What kind of women have replaced pin ups? Celebrities?

Compare 40's/50's high time pin up with the 'pin-up' girls of today - Dita Von Teese and others similar. How they've changed. Do same for modern day version of pin up girl - what replaced the pin ups? Even Dita modern day pin-ups are just adopting the looks of traditional pin ups - they're not actual pin up girls - just copying. Not the same as traditional pin ups although they look pretty similar.

CONCLUSION - Summarise points made - come to conclusion on hypothesis. HAVE pin up girls changed throughout time in advertising? Is the traditional pin up girl still alive today in some way? What is her role in advertising?

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