CHOOSE A TOPIC:

POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE:

• Discourage youth from smoking
• Encourage students to clean up after themselves after lunch
• Discourage youth from joining a gang
• Eat organic, eat local
• Support a peace initiative, oppose a war or occupation
• Feed the hungry, house the homeless
• Anti racism & Equity

PROMOTIONAL

• A school event or program (can be a fictional event)
• Concert poster
• Hollywood movie poster
• Band – concert, tour schedule, new album release, in-store signing, crowdfunding campaign, fan club, festival, documentary film, battle of the bands, charity drum-off, memorial service for drummer who died in a tragic on-stage spontaneous combustion incident, etc.
• Restaurant – grand opening, new menu item, taco tuesdays, appetizer menu, kids menu, ladies night, holiday tie-in event (Cinco de Mayo), jazz night, etc.
• Clothing – year end sale, coupon, seasonal clothing, new location, fashion show, sponsor charity event, coat drive, new fabric promotion, etc.

REQUIREMENTS:

• 11″ x 14″ – portrait (vertical) 
• 300 dpi (resolution for printing)
• CMYK colour mode (colour mode for printing)
• The poster must be tasteful
• The poster must not be offensive
• If you have any doubts about the suitability of your poster, ask me to review it.
• This is a creative design project – do not simply throw some images together and apply some photoshop effects.
• The poster must be creative and effective – make it your own, be original
• The poster must appear authentic (if it’s a movie poster it should look like a movie poster)
• You must have ONE PICTURE that you have taken yourself of a person in there. No objects.
• Design requirements: Your poster must follow the essential tips on poster design:
  • The user comes first
  • Reduce clutter
  • Use text sparingly
  • Think big
  • Rule of thirds
  • Elements & Principles of Design

CREATE A PRE PRODUCTION:

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