1. I do think my stance was clear in my final poster because I was able to demonstrate a contrast in perceptions of what theater as an art form means to a typical person. I used a pair of drama masks to make a clear cut distinction between the good and bad perceptions. The drama masks originally demonstrates comedy or tragedy in theater. On the corresponding side of the positive mask, I used light colors as well as the positive ideas that one should come away with thinking about after watching a live theatrical performance. On the negative side, I used darker colors to convey the negative perceptions that people often associate with theater as an art form and industry. Then, I used a silhouette of a single audience member to make clear that a person must decide for themselves to either be critical or willing to learn.
2. The poster on the left closely resembles my original ideas found in my thumbnail sketches. While I was able to recreate my original draft successfully, my stance was not conveyed in the manner that I wanted to originally. I do, however, like the new visual outcome because the message that I wanted to get across is much more clear.
3. I decided to keep the "Playbill" Template, but I got rid of the stage setting, globe and Shakespeare quote. While it was clearly representative of drama or theater, there was no sense of urgency in the poster. I had to remove those things and make the text and images meaningful in context of my stance. So by creating a more direct focal point, using contrasting colors, and direct text, my stance made more sense in the long run.
4. I think my project is strongest in the design portion, because I made sure that everything I had on the poster was specific to my stance. This includes the images of the silhouette audience member, the white drama mask, the colors in the background, etc. I think my project is weakest in the concept section because I found it difficult to incorporate all of my ideas in the way that I originally wanted. My concept made sense to me, but it may not have to to others. There could have been various ways to bring my concept to life.
5. The most challenging part was making my concept make sense through art. I think it's easier to do so in speech or writing, but artistically it is much more difficult. Thinking about detail conceptually was therefore a challenge because I had to really think about why I was putting images and colors onto the poster and how they would convey the message I needed to get across.
6. Technically speaking, assorting images and colors in a meaningful way was hard. I needed to be precise in image and color placement in order for my message to be clear. I had to think about technicalities a lot more in this project than in any other.
