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Image: Creative Te Tuhi pre-visit lesson 3 Stories
During this lesson we will be exploring… Welcome to Creative Stories Places for posters Image:
Let’s start by exploring “Places for posters”. Image: /
What is a poster? A poster is any piece of printed paper designed to be attached to a wall or vertical surface for public viewing. Posters are designed to help sell products, entice us to attend certain events and encourage people to join in or be involved. Posters are designed to be eye-catching with some posters using just pictures, others just text and some posters having both. Image:
Where is a good place for a poster?
Poster in houses A house is a place where we store our most important things, including a poster. Having a poster displayed in our house means not everyone will see it. Only people we know will have the opportunity to see our posters. Posters can be visually vibrant and can often make our house or room feel like this. Image:
Posters outside Bus stops and phone booths are places that many people use. Large posters will capture the attention of many people waiting for a bus or using the phone. Bus stop posters don’t have to be large. Sometimes smaller posters grab our attention more. To see their posters designers have requested lights to be installed in and behind their poster. They have thought about the times people travel. Image:
Posters on buildings For many years the side of buildings or walls have been a popular place for posters. Posters that are the size of a building may mean a greater number of people will see it. Buildings or walls are great places for posters as many people walk past everyday. The more buildings and posters you have the greater the chance people will see it. Image:
Posters in other places Other places where posters are shown include the inside of shops, malls and restaurants. They can be printed in magazines and newspapers. They can be made as flyers and handed out on the street or left under windscreen wipers of parked cars. They can be exhibited in museums, galleries and libraries. Image:
Posters have been around for more than 200 years… So what makes a poster so interesting that we still use it today?
Image: Poster made in 1894Poster made in 2012 Poster Design As we can see both posters to the left have striking visual features in the center. Written language can be seen at the top and bottom. Posters are designed to be eye catching, simple and easy to understand. In a poster visual language is there to attract us, to make us want to learn more. Written language in a poster is there to tell us about the event. Over the last 100 years poster design hasn’t changed much.
Let’s recap on what we have learnt so far… As we have seen, posters can be displayed and exhibited in many places…
Posters… are designed to sell products, entice people to events or encourage people to be involved. can be shown in homes, shops and malls or outside of bus stops, walls and buildings. can include written and/or visual language. Posters are meant to be eye catching, simple and easy to understand. What have we learnt so far?
A sneak peak into your Te Tuhi visit During our Te Tuhi workshop “Creative Stories” we will first explore oral and body language by role playing our chosen story. Then in the art studio we will explore visual and written language to help create our very own storytelling posters.
We look forward to your school visit. End of lesson