In class Tue Mar 3rd

Critique CD covers

What we are looking at:

- Color

- Composition (placement of visual elements in 2d space...positive and negative space, rule of thirds)

- Image - subject matter

- Image - style

- Font - literal reading

- Font - style

Parts 1 of the  Movie Poster project is Due today!

Part 1

a) Write out your Movie idea! First pick a movie genre. (Horror, Sci-Fi, Romantic comedy) Then you need to figure out 'who' the antagonist and protagonist are, 'where' the movie takes place, 'when' the movie takes place, finally the 'what' and 'why' of the story.
b) Look up and download 10 examples of posters that inspire you

c) Compile a list of important information that needs to be on the poster including: movie title, main actors/actresses, film company, producers, date, credits, ext… (use the 10 examples you downloaded as a guide)

d) Collect a variety of imagery to work with for your poster

 * Make sure to find the largest images possible

Due Dates

Tuesday Mar 3rd – Part 1a,1b,1c,1d (due beginning of class)
Tuesday Mar 10th - Parts 2 all three on Google Photos (due end of class)

Tuesday Mar 17th – Part 3 Best one Printed (due beginning of class)