Poster Design

Learning Objectives

  • Students will know the difference between content, layout and styles.

  • Students will be able to idenify the audeince and purpose of different posters

  • Know what elements make a good poster

By the end of this task you will be able to:

  • Design a poster that will appeal to the target audience.
  • Use a checklist to evaluate your work.
  • Improve your poster

Before we start our PowerPoint presentations, we are going to look at other ways of presenting information about ourselves. One way we could do this is by producing an A4 poster.

Learn more about content, styles and layout. Read this presentation


STARTER TASK

Learn about how to use content, layout and styles in a poster for different audiences.

Poster 1

Poster 2

Poster 3

You should now have a better understanding of designing for different audiences.

TASK A : Good Points / Improvements
Open the Bart Poster, a word file. Bart Poster
Look at the poster. List three things you like about the poster and three improvements you could make.
TASK B: Creating your own poster

You are now going to create your own A4 poster using Microsoft Word.

  • The audience of your poster will be fellow classmates.
  • Think about the points that have been raised in class, and remember your audience.
  • You should use your storyboards and mindmaps to help your with your design.
  • Save your file with a sensible file name!

Extension Task: Audience / Discussion

There could be other people who want to know information about you, such as your Form Tutor, Class Teacher, Head of Year or Headteacher.

  • What other methods could you use, what would you take into consideration?
  • How would the style be different?
  • What about if you were a famous pop idol such as Gareth Gates and your fans wanted to know information about you?

Use this word file to record your answers about different types of audience. Right click and select 'save target as', then open the word file and record your answers.

TASK D: Evaluating your work

Evaluate your poster using a checklist and then make improvements to your work.


PLENARY TASKS

Matching Game

Terminology:

  • Layout
  • Content
  • Styles
  • Audience
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