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above student poster sample was drawn my my younger child several years ago. She has always loved the theater and musicals as well |
Title: Limelight Logos
Topic: printing, advertising, theater, logo design
Goals and Objectives:
- Students will develop either a logo or a poster design based upon the theater play, musical or performance.
- Students will demonstrate unity in their artwork by repeating design elements, colors, shapes etc...
Fine Art GLEs:
STRAND I: Product/Performance
Select and apply two-dimensional media, techniques, and processes to communicate ideas and solve challenging visual art problems
- Create smooth, continuous value through even pressure
- Define edge through variations in pressure or angle
- Demonstrate proficiency using a single drawing media
STRAND I: Product/Performance
3. Communicate ideas about subject matter and themes in artworks created for various purposes
A. High School Level I
· Create original artworks using non-objective, architecture and anatomy subject matters.
STRAND IV: Interdisciplinary Connections (IC)
1. Explain connections between visual art and performing arts
A. High School Level I
· Connect meanings of elements in art with terms in music, theatre, or dance
STRAND II: Elements and Principles (EP)
2. Select and use principles of art for their effect in communicating ideas through artwork
E. Unity: High School Level I
· Explain how elements and principles create unity in artworks
STRAND II: Elements and Principles (EP)
2. Select and use principles of art for their effect in communicating ideas through artwork
B. Emphasis: High School Level I
· Identify and create emphasis (focal point) through contrast and convergence
STRAND II: Elements and Principles (EP)
1. Select and use elements of art for their effect in communicating ideas through artwork
A. Line: High School Level I
· Identify and use weighted contour, parallel, and perpendicular lines
STRAND II: Elements and Principles (EP)
1. Select and use elements of art for their effect in communicating ideas through artwork
B. Shapes: High School Level I
· Differentiate between and use geometric and organic (freeform) shapes
Grade: 9th – 12th
Length of Class Period: 55 minutes
Frequency of Class Period: five days a week
Time Needed: five class periods
Facility & Equipment Requirements:
- One computer lap top
- Room with good lighting
- Large tables, approximately ten, each seating four students
- Two sinks
- Dry erase board
- Drying racks
- Cabinets for storage
- Projector for viewing computer video, CDs and DVDs
Resources Needed:
- Power point about graphic artists and logos/posters
- Slide show depicting theater posters
Materials Per Student:
- Drawing paper
- Variety of drawing tools: markers, colored pencils etc...
- Heavy cardstock
- Scissors
Vocabulary: most definitions originate from dictionary.com
- Logo - Also called logotype. a graphic representation or symbol of a company name, trademark, abbreviation, etc., often uniquely designed for ready recognition.
- Theater - a building, part of a building, or outdoor area for housing dramatic presentations, stage entertainments, or motion-picture shows.
- Graphic artist - an artist who designs and makes prints
- Advertising - the practice of calling public attention to one's product, service, need, etc., esp. by paid announcements in newspapers and magazines, over radio or television, on billboards, etc.: to get more customers by advertising.
- Emblem - a sign, design, or figure that identifies or represents something: the emblem of a school.
- Fonts - a complete assortment of type of one style and size.
- Computer Graphic Font – these are small symbols designed to use with computer software programs that are simplified drawings of visual elements.
Motivation - Looking and Talking Activity: Students will view a slide show depicting theater posters and participate in classroom discussions.
Step-by-Step Studio Activity Specifics:
- Students will view a slide show depicting theater posters and participate in classroom discussions.
- Students will need to draw two versions of a design for a logo or poster that includes a logo within it's theatrical theme or production advertisement.
- Students will meet with teacher to discuss the potential design with their instructor before beginning their final version.
- Students will also discuss the elements they must include to make their logo or poster reflect their choice of subject with their teacher.
- Students may use any drawing tool of their choice to draw their final design.
Health & Safety Concerns: There are no health and safety concerns for this project.
Cleanup Time & Strategy: Students will be instructed to put away art materials neatly in their containers, clean off their tables, and recycle their trash two minutes prior to dismissal.
Assessment: A formal assessment/grading rubric sheet is included along with this lesson plan.
(The above student work is of a logo only, not a poster that hung inside the high school classroom where I did my student teaching. This student based his logo design upon a film.)
All lessons and photographs are copyrighted 2011 Grimm
More links to lesson plans about logo design.
The logo was based upon a film the student appreciated, the film was not assigned by his teacher, just the logo design concept.
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