Gatsby Movie Poster Visual Representation Project The Basics

Gatsby Movie Poster Visual Representation Project

The Basics So what is this project all about? You will create a movie poster for a new film version of The Great Gatsby. You can use whatever computer program that works for you to make up the poster. This will be due next on Thursday, May 28 th (you’ll upload it via Google Classroom).

The Basics To do well on this project, you’ll need to NOT be literal and straightforward with your visual representations on the poster. You MUST be creative and abstract and put thought into all your various details. You may NOT use any visuals or actors for any of the actual Gatsby movies and existing posters. You MUST use a tagline on the poster but it can. NOT be a quote from the novel. Also, you must title the film something OTHER than The Great Gatsby. Study actual movie posters and include some of the relevant elements found in movie posters in your own (i. e. actor names, release date, graphics, critics’ reviews, etc…).

Suggestions Don’t try to do too much with the poster. You can’t recreate the entire story. Think of one/a couple/a few key elements or themes or scenes and work off that Get creative with your title, your tagline, your actors, etc… Think about the layout and the aesthetics today. Consider pixlr. com or Google Draw

Poster Examples

The Basics Why are we doing this? Visual literacy is as vital as the air we breathe. This project will let you show your knowledge of the novel in a different way than a test/essay/ Socratic Seminar does. It’s the end of the year, we should try something different.

More Questions… How am I going to be graded? See the grading rubric sheet for specifics. I realize that this isn’t an art class so I’ll temper my expectations of the aesthetics a bit but I’d still like it to look nice. Just do your best to visually represent your ideas as well as you can. Would you like to see some examples of what our posters should look like? Here are some student examples. Remember, our requirements this year are a bit different than in the past. Some of these examples are very good, some are very bad, and others are decent. Assess them yourself.

Any Questions? Need some help in terms of learning more about movie posters? Here’s a good resource: www. impawards. com and then go to “More” and “Annual Awards” So…are you good? Any questions, things I need to cover in more details, stuff I need to explain more? If so, email me at john_keller@ipsd. org

Remember the Requirements To do well on this project, you’ll need to NOT be literal and straightforward with your visual representations on the poster. You MUST be creative and abstract and put thought into all your various details. You may NOT use any visuals or actors for any of the actual Gatsby movies and existing posters. You MUST use a tagline on the poster but it can. NOT be a quote from the novel. Also, you must title the film something OTHER than The Great Gatsby. One last thing: it might be easiest to convert your poster in whatever program you used to a PDF and upload that to Google Classroom (by Thursday, May 28 th)