A poster is any piece of printed paper designed to be attached to a wall or vertical surface. Typically posters include both textual and graphic elements, although a poster may be either wholly graphical or wholly text. Posters are designed to be both eye-catching and convey information. Posters may be used for many purposes. They are a frequent tool of advertisers (particularly of events, musicians and films),propagandists, protestors and other groups trying to communicate a message. Posters are also used for reproductions of artwork, particularly famous works, and are generally low-cost compared to original artwork. Another type of poster is the educational poster, which may be about a particular subject for educational purposes.
Many people also collect and sell posters, and some famous posters have become quite valuable. Collectors' posters and vintage posters are usually framed and matted. Posters may be any size.
This is where Publisher excels itself, so therefore tonight’s class was all about creating posters! Bet you didn’t see that coming!
I set a few exercises, enough to keep the best of students going. The first exercise was to create 5 posters, A4 in size. The first was a Circus Poster, the second was a Warning Sign, the third was a Birthday Poster, then one for a ‘For Sale’ poster, then finally a School Sports Day. Each of the posters are different in content, and the design chosen for each should reflect that in terms of the colours, and fonts that are chosen.
We ran out of time in this session, but we will continue the exercise next week, where we will look at banners and large scale posters!
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