WEEK 10 – 10^th November

9.1 Lesson 10 Mayhem Manor: Designing a Poster. 

WEEK 11 – 17^th  November

9.1 Lesson 11 Mayhem Manor: Designing a Poster. 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

In today’s lesson you will learn how to;

• Create posters for two different target audiences
• Evaluate own and others work. 

STARTER: Assessing Posters / Advertisements.  (RED HAT – FEELINGS)

Search the Internet for an advert / poster that you particularly like.  It must be advertising something and must include both text and pictures.  Grab a white board, pen and cloth.  Work in your pairs.  Use the following terms to jot down comments on your white boards about what you like about the poster, why you think they are particularly good;

• Layout
• Font
• Images

Are there any posters you don’t like?  Why? 

TASK 1 Criteria for Posters (RED HAT – FEELINGS)

You are going to design two posters advertising the big wheel – one for teenagers and one for adults.  Grab and white board, pen and cloth.  Work in your pairs.  Jot down on your white boards as many points as possible;

• Things on posters appeal to teenagers. 
• Things on posters appeal to adults. 

REMEMBER: It must be obvious that both posters have been created by the same company, so there must be some element of “House Style”, even if it is only a logo! 

TASK 2 Create a Sketch Design

1. On your copy of Design Planner (Reso10a) sketch out ideas for each of your posters.  One of these will be aimed at teenagers, the other one at adults.  These sketch designs do not need to be coloured, but you can add notes to show the sort of colours you will use. 
2. Open Poster Information (Reso10b).  Add your name to the dialogue box.  Save this document into your Mayhem Manor folder.  Call it Poster Information. 

One of the Mayhem Manor staff has written a piece of text about the Big Wheel.  The problem is, it’s about as inspirational as a wet weekend watching paint dry!  It needs to be rewritten.

1. Copy the text into the text box and rewrite the text so that it appeals to a teenage audience.  A suggestion for the first sentence has been added for you.  Try to use language that would appeal to teenagers – that means it can be informal, but don’t use slang. 
2. Copy the text into the next text box and rewrite the text, this time for an adult audience. 

REMEMBER: The ticket prices also need to go on the poster.  Find these on your financial model, and include these on the poster. 

TASK 3 Creating your Teenage Poster in MS Publisher

Now you have your sketch designs, you can start to create them on the computer. 

1. Open MS Publisher. 
2. Choose Blank Publication, and then click on Full Page. 
3. Save your poster into your Mayhem Manor folder.  Add your name to the footer.  Call the poster Teen_Poster. 

IMPORTANT: DO NOT click on Poster, as this option prints over multiple sheets of paper. 

TASK4 Amending images using Photoshop Elements

You need to include pictures in your poster.  Before you include them in your poster you need to alter or develop them in some way.  Before you open Photoshop take a look at Mr Curtis’s screencasts.  They start simply and then get a little harder!!!  Try to add one of the effects to one of the images you are going to include in your posters. 

• http://www.screencast.com/t/Y7gTGDxn2lv
• http://www.screencast.com/t/y6×8P5QgdKB
• http://www.screencast.com/t/VMe5Aa0bEA

TASK 5 Inserting Images

Find the image or images you want to use in your poster.  You can use images from Big Wheel Images (Reso10c).  Right click on the image and choose Copy.  Right click on your poster and choose Paste. 

Alternatively, if you have a saved copy of an image, choose Insert / Image / From File. 

Use your sketch design to position and resize the image on the page. 

TASK 6 Insert a Text Box.

To add text to a publisher document you need to create a text box first.  Click on the Text Box icon on the Object menu, or choose Insert / Text Box and then click and drag to draw the text box. 

You will see that your text box has a rotation handle, which is the little green handle on a stick.  If you pull this handle then you can place the text box at an angle.  This can be used to make text and titles more interesting. 

Create as many text boxes as you need and then copy and paste your text into them. 

TASK 7 Select Font and Font Sizes. 

Once you have pasted text and titles into the poster, you will need to experiment with fonts until you find one that is suitable for your audience. 

Title fonts can be more decorative than body text, but you should NOT use more than two fonts altogether.  Any font you use should be readable!

You can also change the font colour by selecting the text and clicking on the font Colour Icon on the Formatting menu. 

TASK 8 Add Fills to Objects. 

To add colour or effect to a text box, choose the Fill Colour Icon on the Formatting toolbar. 

To add a simple one-colour fill, choose a colour or click on More Colours to see the full colour palette. 

If you want an effect such as Gradient, Pattern or Texture, choose Fill Effects.  Select from the tabs at the top of the dialogue box to see each palette. 

Don’t be afraid to experiment with effect!  If you don’t like one, use Ctrl Z to undo the effect. 

TASK 9 Creating your Adult Poster in MS Publisher

1. Open MS Publisher. 
2. Choose Blank Publication, and then click on Full Page. 
3. Save your poster into your Mayhem Manor folder.  Add your name to the footer.  Call the poster Adult_Poster. 

REMEMBER: DO NOT click on Poster, as this option prints over multiple sheets of paper. 

TEST YOURSELF

Display your TEEN poster using Print Preview.  Move around the class looking at everyone’s work.  From the class, select your FAVOURITE poster.  Go back to your computer.  Jot down on your white board the main reason WHY you chose that particular poster. 

EXTENSION WORK:  Assessing Your Posters and Your Favourite Poster.  (2 wishes and 1 star)

Evaluate your TEEN poster using the criteria we decided on at the beginning of the lesson.  REMEMBER – Think about;

• Layout
• Font
• Images

Now do the same for your FAVOURITE poster.

Starter: Please open the worksheet called Create a band Res2e.doc which you saved last lesson.  Then, Using the internet, locate the website of your favourite band.  Once you have found it, see how much of the following information you can find out – write the answers on a whiteboard.

1. when and where was the latest gig?
2. what is the name of the band’s latest CD?
3. which town are most of the band from?
4. what are the hobbies and interests of some of the band?
5. who is there management company?
6. which record label are they signed to?

Task 1

You need to think about the structure of your website.  How many pages are you going to have?  What is the focus of each page going to be?  How will it link to the other pages on the site?  Using the structure planning sheet, identify the pages that your website will contain.  You will also need to identify how you will navigate between your pages.

Task 2

Once you have planned the pages of your site, open your website in MS Frontpage – you created this last lesson.  To make sure that this opens up properly, Choose File > Open Site and then click on the folder which contains your website and open it.

You can now create the pages for your website – remember, the homepage is always called index and when you rename your pages, always remember to include .htm at the end.

Task 3

You now need to design the basic layout for your pages.  Almost every web page is created using a grid or table.  Using one of the grids available on FrontPage, design the layout of your pages.  What will go where?  Band name, page name, pictures, links, text etc.