I choose to make a poster to be my media product. It is a anti-war poster. I want to use simple lines and pictures to show what I want to tell the viwers. First one is my draft and second one is the finnal product. Roland Barthes said the rules of drawing is based on tranpositions. Based on it, I make the first draft. I choose the red to be the back ground colour because red is the colour of blood. After the war, many people will bleed or dead, I think red can make the theme of poster more prominent. In addition, The red word "No war " in the mid of the poster can also yell the theme of the poster. The picture above the words are two missiles, two guns and a destroyed earth. It is a equation which means missiles plus missiles and guns equal to zero, it also means wars can make the earth worse. In the right side of the words is a baby who is crying, which represents wars are harmful for our next generation. The soldier which is a disable in the left side is gaving a salute. He came to the war for the country but he came back with walking stick. He hates wars and feel grateful if no wars. In the bottom of the poster, there is two dove of peace, which have olive branch and two hands are holding a beautiful earth. As we know, dove of peace with olive branch is a sign for peace. Doves is the signifier and it's signified peace. This part means if there is no more wars in the world, the earth will pure and beautiful.
Wars not only make many people lost their home and families, but also make the earth become worse. I want to make this poster to tell people to anti-wars to let us have a happy and hopeful life in the earth.
This is a very busy poster and you run the risk that your message will be lost. You might want to consider simplifying the poster to make it more effective as a piece of communication. For example the missile + missile = zero/destroyed earth is a simple, clear idea with a strong graphic message. Just use that. You don't need any additional text as readers will work it out for themselves and this will engage them more with the poster and its message. Often the simplest approach to communication is the best - less is more!
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