One of the eras the used propaganda was World War One and Two as they both used posters in a way to get human emotion an uses it to twist the thoughts of the people into believing that everything was ok and that if they gave there money to the wartime efforts that it would help considerably. Propaganda is still used in this way because when Iraq were allegedly holding onto weapons of mass destruction the British and Americans used propaganda to make this feel like a more dire allegation that was almost definitely true.
A good poster that has proof of propagandistic techniques is a poster from the world war. I my first poster it is of a British soldier standing in the centre of the page on a hill. This would be used to signify that British soldiers are superior they would want this message to be shown because they would want it to appeal to the people at home so they would loan money to the wartime efforts. The main thing that stands of the page is the writing the is two different speech bubbles of writing the first is in quite an informal manor and is located just to the right hand side of the soldiers head this and the other show what the poster is about is actually about. When you look at the poster and see the man proudly standing there you start to think that he stands for the words at the bottom of the page that are Victory him winning, freedom for the liberty of the British people and the money that the people have given hi to achieve and stand for these things. This give out the signals for the more money you give to the soldiers the more likely they are to win the war. The fonts they use are easy to read but also bright and eye catching they are likely to have used bold writing because this would show strength power and honour is on the British soldiers side. It also gives out a positive attitude towards war, another thing that puts the British side in a brighter light is the fact that the main character in the poster is holding three Nazi Germans helmet this implies that it takes only one British soldier to kill three Nazis. As the soldier is standing there you can see that he has a bandage over his one eye and arm this makes people think that it has been a hard war and we have still won. The soldier is also still holding his gun over his shoulder signifying that he is strong because he is not straining with the heavy gun and also he still has the power to kill anyone who tries to hurt Britain. As the camera angle is low it makes the soldier look very superior on his hill. Also the sunlight on his side makes you think that god is on his side. I think this poster is very good at persuading you to think what it wants you to think instead of what is really happening with the specific subject.
In the second poster there are many similarities connecting the second to the first. One of these is the main focus point, which is a human but differing from the first this person looks intimidated you cant see their face and also the brighter colours in the first make you think that this is a bad poster that has a bad message.
Also to stand by this point and to make it stronger there is the fact that the first poster is of a soldier making every woman back in Britain think it is her son, husband, boyfriend that has survived the war. However in the second poster the similarity is there, but the thought would be a much sadder one because instead of I ing happy of the reminder of their son they would have the nasty thought of it being their son with the bag over his head. Which is the first thing you see when you look at the poster the second thing that noticed when I looked at the posters is the writing, which is situated at the bottom centre of the page it is written as audio signal that is celebrating the death of people in Czechoslovakia the writing is being said by the Germans to celebrate and also it would make the British upset because the Germans are showing off on how many people they have killed I think that is really horrible. The dark blue sky behind him shows anger and fear it also makes me think that something bad is about to happen also the place in where it is situated also makes you think something bad is about to happen because you cnt see any landmarks or signs and it looks as though the person has been backed into a wall. The red of the brick would also make you think of blood. The camera angle of the shot is also very low making the person seem very tall and important which makes you think anybody could be standing I that corner.
The font in this poster and the other is bold so it is easily read and also eye-catching. Another similarity between the posters is the colour there is red in both as in the first one they wanted to show victory and in the second they want to show danger. The sack on the person’s head makes you think that he has had his humanity taken away and they are doing this to a British person they are doing it o Britain and just when you think that the Germans couldn’t be any more evil you see the date at the bottom of the telegram which makes the whole killing even more realistic and dramatic.
In conclusion I think that both poster hold very similar propagandistic techniques and because of this they both result in apiece of propaganda. I think if I was a British woman in the era of the World War One and Two I would have been very effected by the two posters in very different ways. I think that the people who saw these posters would of reacted as if it was a family member in the poster and would have been drawn to the poster in this way. I don’t think that the government would of wanted this to be the reaction of the British people and would have done anything in their will to stop propaganda getting around the country in this era.