Propaganda Poster

Graphics Communications & Desktop Publishing

Project 2

“Propaganda Poster”

Date Assigned: 2-9-2011

Date Due: 2-18-2011 - THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED LATE!!!

Location: In class and at home

The purpose of this exercise is to help you to understand how to communicate through graphics in the form of a propaganda poster from World War II.

Project Information:

· This is an individual project and you must work alone.

· Decide on a message you wish to convey via your poster.

· Poster must be about real events during World War II.

· Poster can be from the US (Allies) or from the Axis side.

· You may do a different topic if I deem it appropriate.

· You can use a message from an existing poster but your poster must be original.

Project Specifics:

· Poster Size: US Paper (8.5w X 11h inches)

· Resolution: 150 DPI

· Poster Color: Poster can be color or black and white

Deliverables:

· PDF version of your poster should be uploaded to my computer or delivered via flash drive.

· Please no PSD files.

· File should be named as follows or it will get a ZERO: firstname.lastname.period#.pdf So an example for me, if I were in period 1, would be:

Billy.woody.1.pdf