basic outline of speech for presentation so far

Hey guys, This is the very rough guide to the presentation so far, if you want anything else included or anything just let me know :)   -Iain

Hello, we are Valid

We have decided to create our response to the rising cost of essential living, specifically for a student in London. We chose this topic as it something that affects everyone in the group and so is something we would very much like to change.

Our initial idea was to focus on the fact that various toilets in London, especially at train stations cost money to use and we see this as quite unfair, and definitely an inconvenience that has, in the past,  annoyed quite few of us and I imagine quite a few of you as well.

Thinking about this led us on to us thinking about what other essential things are there with what we see as an unfair price(tag?)?

Prices for food, travel, rent and pretty much anything you could consider needed for essential living keeps having the price raised and this is making things more and more difficult for many people, but with uni prices being raised as well, it’s a massive problem for students.

What we would like to change is to make the cost of essential living more reasonable for students. Maybe planting the idea in people’s heads that students may need some help, maybe a student discount that applies to more essential things or maybe a reduction in the costs that are quite often the things you don’t account for in your budget, such as money for printing credit. Ideally, we would like to see it made easier to get the materials needed for university in general.

We looked at some illustrators to help us with some inspiration for our outcome; we were specifically inspired by the work Edward Gorey and David Foldvari and the dark, bold and yet still slightly humorous style. We believe that this style is something which works quite well when trying to convey the life of a financially struggling student, and so a style we’ve tried to take elements from in our piece. 

-Iain