2.2 Critique and Analysis on Posters

This poster has a good idea of looking through the hedge to a group talking. The flamingos are referencing garden ornaments. There is no relation to 'emergency preparedness'. The plants are nice as decoration but it might be too much to attract and translate the purpose. There isn't a clear rhetorical concept.

The critique on this poster was that it was visually strong, from afar it stands out and has high contrast. There could be a bbq down the bottom that could reinforce the event idea, that would make people want to come. The text will need refining. The message in the text needs to be cut down to a few words. Maybe add an element of 'neighbours' that show the community coming together. Sub-title would include the website, this is because the image will portray the message then the viewer can go to the website to get more information.

This poster is conceptually strong. In terms of developing the idea we could try with more kebabs, potentially with a skewer for each kind of neighbour with objects that go specifically with the neighbour (eg. family based, pets, students, elderly). The white and red stands out against the green background but perhaps the colour could be different or I could use something else in the background - textural, pattern, shapes?

This design works quite well, but the poster has appeal to designers because of the clever imagery but maybe not as much to non-creatives as it is not as visually informative. There isn't any link to the 'prepare for emergency' feel we were going for. When seen from afar this poster gets quite lost, there is no contrast, and the person mowing the lawns becomes unrecognisable. Also, the text “Neighbours Day” is quite uninteresting - could this be different? Could the imagery and text be closer up so that the person mowing the lawns is more obvious?

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