Country+Reflections+HE

Assignment: You will create a 3-column (3-fold) 2-sided tourism brochure for a Spanish speaking country.
1. Enter the URL of the Bookr product that you created for a Spanish-speaking country. URL: http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/?id=56326 What country did you write about? : Spain
 * Background **


 * 2. Know: ** These are the facts that I know about the country/country site.
 * 1) Located in Europe
 * 2) 94% of people are Roman Catholic
 * 3) Money- Euros


 * 3. Need to Learn: ** These are facts that I need to learn to complete the brochure.
 * 1) Cultural Aspects
 * 2) Activities


 * 4. Go to Country Report to research more information about the country. **
 * Do not copy and paste, but make notes of information about the country here. **

Activities:

Rowing at the the Parc de la Ciutadella
Visiting Beaches Climbing at Montjuïc Windsurfing at Base Nàutica

High School/ University Students Traveling through Europe. This brochure will describe how High School and University students can adapt to the culture in Spain while also participating in fun activities known to Spain. Within this brochure, I will target the young adults who are back packing through Spain and visiting different cities within the country.
 * 5. Decide on a specific focus for the brochure and decide on a target audience. Describe both here. **

Intensity because I will be using words such as greatest, and best.
 * 6. What language of persuasion will you use in the brochure. Explain with examples. **


 * 7. Use Open Office Text to create a 3-column, 2-sided brochure. Make sure the information is accurate. You may use creative commons images for the documents. **


 * Keep in mind the 4 principles of good design: Contrast, Alignment, Repetition, Proximity. **
 * Use //**CONTRAST**// to “pull” the viewer in, create hierarchy, and make it easy to pick out important information
 * Use //**ALIGNMENT**// to unify and organize the page(s) and publication(s), and make text easy to read and understand
 * Use //**REPETITION**// to unite, join, and fuse the pages and publication(s) together, and provide a consistent “look and feel”
 * Use //**PROXIMITY**// to indicate relationships and create visual connections between elements.


 * 8. Export the final document as a jpg and upload it to your wiki page. **



=Thinking about Your Thinking= =9. Your Analysis:= Learned: These are facts that I learned about the country.
 * 1) I learned that athletics, especially soccer, are a huge part of daily life in Spain.
 * 2) I learned that there are so many important Catholic Cathedrals located in Spain.
 * 3) I learned that food in Spain has a very particular taste and much time is spent on cooking.

Resources: The most useful resources for images and ideas were:
 * 1) I used countryreports.com for all of the facts found within the Cultura column on my brochure.
 * 2) For the Actividades column on my brochure, I first looked up on Google what tourists to Spain are most likely to do. This took me to expedia.com, which is a well known travel website. It talked about what outdoor activities are most popular in Spain and what young people would most likely be attracted to.

Discuss the following:
My target audience are young adults backpacking throughout Spain. This was a good audience for the country I was researching because many young people who are just getting out of college look for ways to interact with other cultures. My sister spent a month traveling throughout Europe right after she graduated from high school and she said that Spain was definitely her favorite place to travel. This inspired me to do my brochure on those young adult who are looking for a cultural experience while also having a lot of fun with all of the amazing activities located within this country.
 * 1. What is the target audience? Explain why this was a good audience for the country you were researching. Why would they be interested in the country?**

I used a lot of different creative techniques to attract attention on my brochure. I used a lighter background because I really wanted the words to jump off the page. Blue is also a very relaxed color, and I thought that those who are reading it would find calm in just an information filled brochure. I used very persuasive words throughout my brochure to appeal to the reader and make them feel like they really wanted to go to Spain. I used very readable, yet still nice looking, text on the brochure to make sure that all of the information located within it could be easily read.
 * 2. What creative techniques are used to attract attention? How do the text, colors, language appeal to a specific audience. Provide specific examples. **

I think that if a retired group of people read this brochure, they might not be as interested in traveling to Spain. I think this because the brochure is packed with adventure and fun activities that young adults would probably go for more than the retired group of people. People who are looking for a exceedingly relaxing trip to Spain might be turned away from it upon reading this brochure because it makes Spain seem like a thrill seeking environment that young backpackers would go to more than those who wish to be in a calm environment.
 * 3. How might different people understand this message differently? (Would a different audience find the brochure appealing to them? why or why not?) **

Within this brochure, I talked about Spanish culture. I stated that the majority of Spain is Roman Catholic and that there are many Catholic cathedrals located in Spain. I think that this shows that a lot of the people's values in Spain will be similar to that of a normal Catholic American. I also talked about the adventures located in Spain which represent the thrill-seeking lifestyles. The point of view in this brochure is mostly that of a Spain loving person. Spain is talked about in such a high way that it seems like it would make almost any young adult wish to travel there.
 * 4. What values, lifestyles and points of view are represented in, or omitted from, this message? **

The language of persuasion that I used was intensity. I used multiple superlatives to make the reader want to travel to Spain. I used words such as perfect in the middle column of the top page. Under the Cultura column, i also stated that Spain was the most unique an beautiful country. When describing the different activities found in Spain, I stated that the lake in the park was stunning and that Spain has some of the most amazing areas for climbing.
 * 5. What Language of Persuasion did you use? Provide examples of the application to your document.**


 * 6. Why would this message be distributed? **

This message would be distributed because it really attracts people to the Country of Spain. Those businesses or places who distributed this brochure would then attract more youth to their own business. This brochure talks about Spain to the highest respect and it really brings out all of the amazing parts of Spain. Many travel agencies would want to distribute this brochure because it would then attract more people to Spain.

The problems I encountered during this assignment was mostly with uploading the pictures. Upon uploading a picture, I would constantly get this pop up even when I uploaded it the correct way. Also when completing this assignment I had issues making sure everything was aligned correctly. I had inserted many lines instead of doing manual breaks which made it difficult to get my text or pictures in the perfect place. I solved these issues by inserting manual breaks and closing the Open Office program and restarting it.
 * 7. Problems and Solutions: What were the biggest problems that you encountered in completing the assignment. How did you solve the problems?**