Movie Poster Project. Assigned 2/25, due 2/27 at the end of class - MAJOR

You will have two class periods to complete this project and then we will move onto the Interior Design Unit after Spring Break.

Your assignment is to create a Movie Poster for any movie style (sci-fi, drama, action, rom-com, etc) of your choosing. We will be using Canva to create this product. You will make up everything for this movie, but you should use real-world companies, actors, etc. You DO NEED TO MAKE UP YOUR OWN MOVIE NAME!!

The first thing you need to do is to decide which movie you want to make a poster for. Once you get into Canva, you will find almost everything you need to make this poster, including photos. Once you have picked out a movie, think about what the main photo might be...think in general terms. Now let's get logged into Canva.

Make sure you are signed into your Google Account through AISD.

In the upper right corner select Create a Design (it is a bright purple box).

At the bottom of that pop-up box, click the + sign and create a custom size canvas.

When that box opens, change it to INCHES and select 27x40, 40x60 or 24x36 (the three most common sizes for Movie Posters.

Now go to the ELEMENTS option and do a search for an appropriate photo for your movie. I will show you what I would like you to do. I will be doing a Sci-Fi movie.

Once you pick out a photo, make sure it covers the entire space you selected.

Now start adding to your poster. You should think about a few things:

1. The individual items you will need on your poster. The list is below.

2. The "MOOD" and the "elements" that you learned about last class that are generally associated with that genera.

3. The colors you are going to use for your poster.

4. The fonts you will use.

5. The layout of your poster.

I strongly recommend you do a Google search for movie posters and find one to use as a model.

Here are the required elements for your poster (you can use the elements button on Canva to get almost all of these). You will need to make text boxes for all places where you plan to include text.

1. Title of the movie

2. Main photo

3. Stars of the film

4. Directors name

5. Release date

6. Review data or Slogans or Logos

7. Social Media / website

8. Rating of the film (PG, PG-13, R)

Take your time and use the next two classes to make as detailed a Movie Poster as possible. You are creating this on a very large palette - so you should zoom in and out to get the scale proper.

Remember what you learned with the magazine covers. Think about Scale, Proportion, color and font use and placement of all items.

Here is one I created. It took me about an hour, so I think you will find that if you put in a little time and effort, you too will make something that looks like a real movie poster. I will also show you the first few steps on the screen so you have a place to get started.

Next class I will give you instructions on how to turn this in, and you will also have a reflection to complete once you are finished.