{"id":109,"date":"2016-05-29T08:01:39","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T08:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/?p=109"},"modified":"2016-05-29T09:05:42","modified_gmt":"2016-05-29T09:05:42","slug":"minimalistic-posters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/2016\/05\/29\/minimalistic-posters\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimalistic Posters"},"content":{"rendered":"

I really liked the first example of a multi-modal translation project that Professor Lueck showed us last class. It was a somewhat minimalistic poster\u00a0that used only pictures and colors to convey meaning and capture the audience’s attention. Like I mentioned in my previous blog post, I want to take a similar\u00a0minimalistic approach to my project\u00a0using hand-drawn illustrations, a few words, and color. I\u00a0want the poster\u00a0to be as easy to understand as possible and not require the audience to do too much reading and analysis.<\/p>\n

Similar to what I did in my previous blog post, I looked up some more examples of minimalistic posters. I tried to determine what seemed to be key components throughout all of the posters I looked at. Here were some of my findings:<\/p>\n

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In all three posters, there\u00a0are very few words used, and when they are used they are big and easy to read. There also seems to be a consistent use of contrasting colors to make the images and messages stand out. This is not surprising\u00a0considering this medium relies heavily on visuals to engage the audience.<\/p>\n

Something I noticed in the first poster especially is its heavy use of symbolism. The cigarette, for instance, represents the start\u00a0of the fuse that leads to a bomb which would destroy the heart. This image alone clearly conveys\u00a0the\u00a0message\u00a0of how smoking kills, and could even have been left alone\u00a0without the words. This\u00a0powerful and easy to understand visual is the\u00a0type of component that\u00a0I want to include\u00a0in my project.<\/p>\n

Another component I noticed was in\u00a0the second poster; it uses a witty phrase, which\u00a0both conveys an important message but is also eye-catching. I’m hoping I can come up with a similar saying about censorship that I could\u00a0include in my poster, but because pictures are meant to be\u00a0the primary components of my project, if it becomes too distracting I’ll just leave the drawings\u00a0without words.<\/p>\n

This research has helped me\u00a0gain a better idea of what specific elements I want to include\u00a0in my poster.<\/p>\n

Images Cited<\/p>\n

https:\/\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/236x\/d6\/e4\/a4\/d6e4a40a7149e8793ee371d62784e25d.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/daisysartdojo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2DaisyColchie9-112gradeposters.jpg<\/p>\n

https:\/\/mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net\/project_modules\/disp\/2251c019499549.5604071c6f77d.jpg<\/p>\n

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I really liked the first example of a multi-modal translation project that Professor Lueck showed us last class. It was a somewhat minimalistic poster\u00a0that used only pictures and colors to convey meaning and capture the audience’s attention. Like I mentioned in my previous blog post, I want to take a similar\u00a0minimalistic approach to my project\u00a0using … Continue reading Minimalistic Posters<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1571,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"gutentor_comment":6,"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"lcosgrove","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/author\/lcosgrove\/"},"qubely_comment":6,"qubely_category":"Uncategorized<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"I really liked the first example of a multi-modal translation project that Professor Lueck showed us last class. It was a somewhat minimalistic poster\u00a0that used only pictures and colors to convey meaning and capture the audience’s attention. Like I mentioned in my previous blog post, I want to take a similar\u00a0minimalistic approach to my project\u00a0using…","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1571"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}