SAVE THE CITY

POSTER

 
                                 					        		

  BIBLE READING
Mat 5:14-16  “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.  Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” 


  PARAMETERS & PANORAMIC             
     SCOPE OF THE PROJECT

Setting/Background: An awesome, Christian design studio (GGG INK) an acronym for Great Godly Graphic Ink, currently employs you.  Your company has been awarded the international PPP Award, an acronym for Pretty Powerful Posters.  Your firm is located in the heart of Debauchery, USA, the hub of Avant-garde fashion and progressive social trends and ungodliness of every sort.  Needless to say, the plummeting neighborhood relishes the naughty merchandise of “Babylon the Great.” The miscreant retailers peddle her vain finery for exorbitant profits (Rev. 18).  

You are commissioned to fight the good fight of Gorilla-Graphic Warfare by faith and good works, works of Great Godly Graphics, otherwise know as GGG.  The PPP Award nomination is coming up this Friday, (first due date for your project plan) and it’s rumored that you will be nominated if you make the cut on this gutsy project.  You really want to win.
It’s also rumored that someone at GGG must be let go—restructuring for financial reasons.  Although GGG productions are phenomenal, customers are fleeing the hub of Debauchery in fear, instead of combating the issues and conquering the source of the problem…. SIN in the heart of the hood.  Don’t be a coward; don’t be restructured out of the design department.  However, there is a new, low-level position opening at GGG—the mail-boy’s job.  He expired shortly after an anthrax-laced letter accidentally detonated when he used his personal cell phone while on the job.  That’s why cell phones are so not allowed by GGG or PPP employees.  He’d been warned.  Oops! 



Here’s the rest of the scenario: Babylon the Great is going down, but God is saying “Let my people go… Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities…  And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.  And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee” (Rev 18:4-5, Rev 18:21-23).  

Who will show them the way?  I’ll tell you: those who’ve been set free themselves.  Get free and then free others.  Grab your mouse and hammer your keyboard—do the graphics with a holy vengeance.  Save the people of Debauchery, and your job.  Do the work of a graphic evangelist.
  















  GRAPHIC PARTICULARS	 						 
1.	You must use at least one of the images supplied by our client.  Retrieve these images by visiting the Christian Graphics Drive, “SaveTheCity” folder.  They are awesome images.
2.	The client needs a powerful image and dynamic words to clearly get the salvation message a-cross, if you catch the drift.
3.	Use Bible Gateway to find the punchy, in-your-face Scripture to drive home the simple message: “YOU THINK GLOBAL WARMING IS BAD? TRY BURING IN HELL!” “YOU NEED JESUS NOW or YOU”LL FRY IN HELL.”  “TURN OR BURN!”  You get the idea.  There are sweeter ways to deliver the message; however, the client’s heart is set on this approach. 
4.	If the above “in-your-face” approach is not your way of communicating truth, great!  You may create a poster that reflects your way of visual communication.  Your poster may be more mellow and reach a totally different sector of the population.  Besides, you must be genuine with the particular personality God has given to you.  Be authentic and know that, in the truest sense, your poster design is literally a matter of life and death for every lost soul who sees it.  Please understand, this is not just a fun project, it is reality education.  I’ve literally seen people get saved because of God’s message communicated through artwork.  
5.	Use no more than 3 fonts.  
6.	Decide for yourself the size of your poster.  You may choose to create an 8.5x11 so that many folks can take your poster home.  You may create a 23x28 for framing and hanging in a public place.  The choices are yours.
Is there a real world application for this assignment?  Does your church have a need for a poster of this sort or for an upcoming event that you could advertise?  We can tweak this project to meet a real need.  Can you find a real world place, and get permission to hang your poster where people will have opportunity to see it, read it and feel the tug of God on their hearts? Take school out of the classroom box.

 GRADING CRITERIA

1.	Number of layers	
2.	Color harmony and punch
3.	Visual tension/excitement
4.	Verbiage
5.	Clarity of message