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School Poster Competition2009 Entry Form PDF | Past winners
Closing date 13 March 2009 This is an annual competition for Victorian secondary school students to design the official poster for Law Week and share in $1,000 of prize money. The winning poster will be displayed throughout Victoria to promote Law Week. The best entries will be exhibited at the Magistrates' Court of Victoria, Melbourne during Law Week and the finalists presented with prizes at the Courts Open Day. The competition's chief judge is Andrew Ashton, Director of Studio Pip & Co. In offering a few tips to aspiring entrants Ashton says: "The common poster is a critical modern communication medium - posters temp our desires, posters inform, posters reflect fashions and moods of the time. An impactful poster can lure wandering minds, a carefully detailed poster can sway public opinion. Posters that manage to attract and inform transcend their commercial function and become artworks of sorts on show in people's homes" Sponsored by
$1,000 in cash prizes 1st prize $500 and for the student's school $200 2nd prize $200 3rd prize $100 In addition Deakin University has donated a REGIONAL PRIZE for best student entry from the Western District of Victoria (inc Ballarat, Bendigo, Colac, Geelong, Warrnambool) of $50 and $500 for their school! Poster design tips 1. Imagine your poster in a shop window or on the wall of a building. Your audience may be driving, cycling or walking past. How are you going to attract their attention? Keep the poster simple and strong. Use a striking image or contrasting colours 2. Your poster should communicate a positive message of how the law helps people, and incorporate the theme of Law Week, which in 2009 is 'Law at Work' 3. You may design the poster on your desk or table, but that is not how people will see it, so hang it up on a wall and ask friends or family for their immediate impression, as you may have created a beautiful work of art, but not a poster! FREE Teacher Notes - Download The Arts - Civics & Citizenship - Communication - Design, Creativity & Technology - Legal Studies Free lesson ideas to download. These interdisciplinary learning activities explore elements of our law and justice system and guide students in the development of their poster. Ideal classroom activity for either the start of the year or end of the year as entries accepted anytime before the closing date. Judging Panel Andrew Ashton, Studio Pip and Co. |
