THE PROJECT: It is a tradition that Graphic Design classes design posters for the Drama productions each year. This year will be no different. We are on a very short schedule, students have only two days to complete this project!

Here are the SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS regarding the creation of the "A HILLBILLY WEDDIN'" Poster:

• The Poster MUST include the following elements:

  • The title A HILLBILLY WEDDIN' should be prominently placed on the poster and should be typographically designed to look like a play title.

  • The Dates and Times of the performances: "NOVEMBER 13TH AND 14TH at 6:30 P.M."

  • The Ticket Prices: "THURSDAY: $5.00, FRIDAY: $10.00, with a "WEDDIN' RECEPTION DURING INTERMISSION."

• The Poster will be created on a PORTRAIT 8.5 x 11 inch canvas.
• The Poster will be created using ONLY Black, White and Gray. NO COLORS!
• The Poster should include eye-catching graphics that fit the theme of a "Hillbilly Wedding". All Typography would be OK, simple graphics would be fine, as well.
• The Poster should use all of the design principles that we have been studying and practicing all year and should look clean and professional when completed!
• The cover should NOT include anything inappropriate to the subject matter. Nothing creepy, no pictures of your girlfriend or favorite rap star, no guns, no crack pipes, no trippy designs. Anything turned in that is inappropriate in any way will be given a ZERO immediately and will likely be referred to Mr. Yaussi for further action.
• The cover can include a very small "lastname, 2014" in the lower right corner, giving you credit for your design!

SOME VIDEO TUTORIALs THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL ON THIS PROJECT:

• Photoshop Learning: Using PATTERNS and STROKES.

• Modifying Text in Photoshop: The Character Panel, Warp Text, Rasterizing Text and Text Pattern Overlays. (this one is a little long, and was designed to cover information for the sentence typographic portrait, but it has lots of good information that you might want to use for your cover.)

CREATION and SUBMISSION OF THE POSTER: Be creative with the design of your Poster! Just because you are restricted to black, white and gray does not mean that you can't be extremely creative with the look of your piece. When you are done with your cover, save it as a JPEG and call it: lastname_HILLBILLY_POSTER.jpg COPY IT TO THE "HILLBILLY POSTER" FOLDER ON THE Q: DRIVE BY FRIDAY, so that the Drama class can select and print the winning poster(s) by the end of the day on the 29th. The winning posters will be posted around town in small format and will be advertised in large poster format here in the school.

GRADING: This project will be graded on the following criteria:

• Project submitted by 4:00 p.m. on the 7TH of NOVEMBER and there is evidence of thought, creativity and strong effort with no missing elements or errors: 100/100 points.

• Project not printed and submitted by 4:00 p.m. on the 28th of March OR any other issues (poster completed, but missing or incorrect elements, poor execution, use of improper colors, misspelled words, etc.): 0/100 points.