Movie Posters

Explore the movie poster. What do you notice?

Have you experienced other movie posters on billboards, TV, or social media?

Brainstorm a list of things you might find in a movie poster.

Planning a movie poster

Student Success

Think-Pair-Share

Now that you have brainstormed about movie posters and their different techniques, you are going to choose three of your favourite stories that you think would make excellent movies!

Note to teachers: See your teacher guide for collaboration tools, ideas and suggestions.

What’s your plan?

A movie poster shares important information about the movie. For example:

• the title
• names of the main actors and/or director
• release date
• pictures or photos

Choose a story. You will create a plan for a movie poster about your story! To make a poster interesting to an audience, it should include important elements from the story.

Before planning out your poster, let’s review our story elements!

Select the correct answer, then press ‘Check Answer’ to see how you did.

Complete the Storybook Poster Planning Sheet in your notebook, or use the following fillable and printable document to help you get started.

Press the Activity button to access the Storybook Poster Planning Sheet.

Activity (Open PDF in a new tab)

Creating a movie poster

Now that you have completed your plan, it's time to create your movie poster. Make sure to include:

• the title
• release date
• important elements from the story

You may create your poster using paper, a computer application or an audio recording. Include photos, pictures or a description to help the audience understand what your movie poster is about!

Let's reflect

How did your plan help you create your movie poster/description?

Would you want to see this movie? Why or why not?

Reflection

How do you feel about what you have learned in this activity?  Which of the next four sentences best matches how you are feeling about your learning? Press the button that is beside this sentence.

I feel...

I have an excellent understanding of the concepts   I have a very good understanding of the concepts   I have some understanding but need to review some more  my understanding of the concepts needs a lot more work

Now, record your ideas about your feelings using a voice recorder, speech-to-text, or writing tool.