PSA's
SOI:
PSA’s communicate an expression of physical, psychological, and/or social well-being to a specified audience. Inquiry Questions: (F) What elements make up a PSA? Where did PSAs originate? Who makes PSAs? What do I need to know to make a PSA? (C) How can I use visual and/or text elements to grab an audience’s attention in a PSA? Why do PSAs exist? (D) Do PSAs actually work? Are PSAs propaganda? Should there be more PSAs? |
Getting Started:
You are a designer working for a not-for-profit organization. You will be making a PSA... but what is that? You will be doing some guided research to help get you started.
Click here for the Guided Research Worksheet. The completed worksheet is worth 1 First Demonstration benchmark. You will need to be signed in to your CPS email to access it.
Here is the presentation we viewed in class.
Click here for the Guided Research Worksheet. The completed worksheet is worth 1 First Demonstration benchmark. You will need to be signed in to your CPS email to access it.
Here is the presentation we viewed in class.
Designing Your PSA:
Choosing your topic.
You need to first decide what you will make a PSA poster about. Use the worksheet below to start generating ideas.
Click here for a PSA planning worksheet. This is due Friday, and worth 5 first demonstration benchmarks. Tips for writing headlines:
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Designing your poster.
Your poster must be visually appealing and original in design! Additionally, viewers need to be able to clearly understand your message. This means you have to think about what you are saying, how you are saying it, and how you are presenting this information (your design... remember what we learned about visual hierarchy).
Visual Hierarchy and design:
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Designing Text:
Think about how you are treating the text in your poster. Your headline should be the text that is noticed first. The rest of your text needs to look good AND be legible. What do you need to consider when you are designing?
This is the video we watched about font personalities.
This is the presentation we viewed on designing titles.
Think about how you are treating the text in your poster. Your headline should be the text that is noticed first. The rest of your text needs to look good AND be legible. What do you need to consider when you are designing?
This is the video we watched about font personalities.
This is the presentation we viewed on designing titles.
Due by the end of class this Friday, 12/16/13:
In my sketch (left), you can get an idea of what my finished poster might look like and what its going to say. |
Final PSA Poster
Benchmarks and Rubric
You need to include in your poster:
- A headline (original)
- A visual (original- can be hand drawn, done in illustrator, or photoshopped, or some combination of the three)
- Copy - three to five lines of text, at least one line of text is a fact or statistic,
- Source, citation included in your design
- Signature- a company logo, real or imaginary, that would in theory support your PSA
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