Patty,
I am doing this type of thing right now with my 9th grade media arts
students. I am teaching media literacy and ad design to them. We started by looking at
various techniques that adverstisers use to persuade. I used my on ad work
and they love my war stories from my agency days. When I tell them all the
tricks used in food photography and others "secrets" they are amazed. The whole
point here is that they understand that what they see in an ad isn't really real.
They then deconstruct several mag ads using a worksheet and have to
reconceptualize the one they think is the worst. They are having a blast. Next
week they will create their own product and begin final designs.
