Poster Titles
3. Poster
Design and make a poster or a display card for one of the following topics:
Higher Level Craft
(a) The Vintage Emporium
(b) Half Marathon 2014
(c) Urban Ink Tattoo Parlour.
Ordinary Level Craft
(a) Antiques Auction(b) Picasso Exhibition(c) Walking Festival
The full title of your chosen topic must appear on your finished work. Personalised handconstructedand rendered lettering is preferred and should reflect the topic. You may use analphabet stencil which you have cut but the layout and spacing of the lettering must be doneduring the examination. Stencils, where used, must be submitted.
Materials: ruler, t-square, papers for collage, card, textured materials, brushes, adhesive, inks,paints, any other quick drying medium, etc.
The shape and type of advertising card you use can be of your own choice, but it must notexceed A2 in its greatest dimension. If you wish to work on a sheet other than that supplied, thesuperintendent must sign this sheet before the examination commences stating that it isblank.
Tips to get started and get started now!!
Start Researching and collecting ideas and images as soon as possible. Research the title that you are most interested in and look up posters for that title on google image, search through magazine, newspapers, books... The internet has every image thinkable as well as unlimited text/alphabet stlyes so try to find images and text styles that suit your chosen poster theme. Vary your search, look for many directions and interpretations for your poster. Be Creative!! And begin sketching from your images. Use many different types of media and materials (pencil, coloured pencil, pastels, paint, collage..) and begin to play with different layouts for your poster.I looked up some ideas online so here are some ideas to get you started;
The Vintage Emporium (H.L)
(Vintage Store with a collection of vintage items)
Antique Auction (O.L)
Half Marathon 2014 (H.L) /// Walking Festival (O.L)
Picasso Exhibition (O.L)
Here is a list of words associated with each poster title. Read through these and start googling images related to these words (look up sketches/photographs/ posters/ paintings..). Try to imagine the images working as a main image/focal point for your poster, or a combination of images!!
The vintage emporium or Antique Auction
Vintage/ Antique
Old school/ antique/ cool/ classic/ hipster/ indie/ chic/
All things vintage;
Furniture, fashion, objects, camera, suitcases, clothing,scene, style, record player, old radio, books, hairstyles, tea-cups, tea-party, 1920's, the great gatsby, bikes,clocks, jewellery, chairs, tvs…
Half Marathon 2014 or Walking Festival
Walking, running, heart rate, shoes, finishing line, stopwatch, sport clothes, movement, crowd, landscape, cityscape, fit, tired..
Urban Ink Tattoo Parlour
Ink, scar, earring, Forearm, wrist, ancle, skin, chest,mark, pattern, ornament, shirt, sleeve, biceps, needle, skull, design, paint,symbol, dragon, snake, piercing, decoration, spiral, butterfly, leg, sailor,tribal, rap, body, mask, wings, angels..
Picasso Exhibition
Cubisim, artist, modern, broken up, reassembled, abstract, childlike, many faces, all angles, colourful, viewpoints, lines, shapes, hard angles, collage, paint, war, Picasso paintings/prints…
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