Movie posters are a fun way for students to boil down the most important aspects of a novel. After reading Long Way Down, students will create a movie poster that showcases the setting, characters, and a chosen scene or overarching themes of the story. Students can include the title and author of the book, a catchy tagline, and a "critic's review" informing the audience why they should go to see the movie and briefly describing the compelling story.
To make this a class assignment, consider giving each student a different chapter or scene to focus on. When students complete their posters, they can be printed out and hung in the classroom. Students should be prepared to present on the choices they made during the creation process.
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Objective: Create a movie poster for the book Long Way Down.
Student Instructions:
Begin the lecture by discussing what a critic review is and how it can be added to the movie posters to convince the audience to watch the movie. Students should comprehend the main points of the critic's review before adding it. This can include trying to understand the critic’s perspective first and then even adding their own analysis afterward.
It is recommended that students choose quotations that are brief, powerful, and accurately convey the critic's favorable opinion of "Long Way Down." The best quotes to include are those that draw attention to the novel's advantages, distinctive features, or emotional impact.
Remind the students to select a critic review for their critic review that is reflective of the central ideas and themes present in the story. Explain to the students that a movie poster is made to grab the attention of the primary audience hence the review that the students are adding to the poster should also consider the type of audience that will be seeing the poster.
Ask the students to perform research on sources that provide credible critic reviews. Tell the students to be cautious of sites that provide any sort of biased opinion or unauthentic data. Teachers can recommend some trustworthy sites to students and students can also perform their own research to make their movie posters seem more realistic.
Help the students wrap up the discussion on the critic’s review for the movie poster of Long Way Down. If students are interested, they can also explore other avenues and have further discussions on topics such as the significance of critic reviews in the movie industry and its relationship with literature, etc.
By utilizing a balanced arrangement, selecting complementary colors, and adding attention-grabbing visuals, students may guarantee an eye-catching poster. To help readers navigate the poster's elements, students can also think about the visual hierarchy. It is also important to consider the target audience when designing the movie poster as their preferences differ based on age, gender, and demographics.
Of course! Students can creatively and succinctly incorporate any personal views or insights they may have regarding the novel on the poster. This can be done subtly with the help of visuals such as adding images that help convey their own ideas or giving brief taglines with correspond with their ideas.