Here is a list of activities that you can do after every lesson to enhance your understanding of the study material.

Lesson 1: Typeface vs. Font & Which Font to Choose for a Design

The best way to learn is through observation. Please look at these 3 movie posters provided and answer these questions:

1. Is it readable? Can you immediately tell the name of the movie and the actors' name or it takes you a while to figure it out?
2. If it is not readable, why is it hard to read? Is it because the space between the letters is too small or too big? Is it because everything is clustered? Is it because the color of the text has very little contrast to the background which makes it hard to read?
3. If it is readable, is it beautiful? Do you like it?
4. If you do like it, why do you like it? Is it because the background image is nice? How about the font? Is it something interesting or is it just something goes really well with the theme of the movie? Is it the color that captures your attention?
5. If you don't like it, what makes you say that? Is it because even though it is readable, it is irrelevant to the theme of the movie?
6. If you have mixed feelings about it, tell me what about it that you like and what about it that you don't like. You may like the arrangement of the image in the background but not the text. You may like the color combination but not the choice of font. etc.

Lesson 2&3: Typographic Terminology & Categories of Typefaces

Please go on Pinterest or Google and find 5 movie posters: each uses one of 5 categories of typefaces.

Here's a bonus for you: If you want to know the exact font used in any design, visit this website. Follow the direction to find the font.

Lesson 4&5: Typographic Hierarchy

Now, you have all the necessary knowledge to build your own professional movie poster for your favorite movie. Follow the instructions to build one.

Download an image from this website. You can type in the name of the movie in the search box, select the image you prefer, and click the blue box to download the image to your device.
Open Canva on your web browser or open the app Canva on your device. Sign up if you haven't and you can start designing.

Please upload your movie poster design to the class project gallery. I would love to see all of your beautiful creations.

Answer Guide for Lesson 1:

Here is how I will answer the questions. Remember, there's no right or wrong answer. This is just for guidance so it's completely fine if your answer is different from mine.

I think posters 1 & 3 are readable. Poster 2 is a bit hard to read. If I have never heard of the film before and see this for the first time, it would take me a long time to figure it out.
I think poster 2 is hard to read because the spacing between letters is not reasonable. It is very odd how the letters in the word "THE" are widespread to have the same length as the word "FAVORITE". Below that, the actresses' names are too close together making it hard to read. And below that, the line "A Film By Yorgos Lanthimos" is really hard to read. This is mainly because the space between the letters and the space between the words are nearly equal. I'm sure that the designer is trying to create an aesthetic for the poster but it is just ineffective.
Poster 1 & 3 are both very appealing.
I like poster 1 because it gives me a very fun, colorful vibe. The color combination is really nice. I like the drawing texture of the images of characters. They all give the impression that this is a fun comedy action movie. I like poster 3 mainly because of the photo. I love that classy and charming look of the lovers. There is nothing significant about the arrangement of the text and the font choice, but it works well and keeps the design clean and simple.

Deborah Odunfa

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