Do people look at posters?

PHB

I do some postering for events and always wonder do people actually look at them and say, ooh i'd like to go see that?

It really depends on the layout and eye-catching appeal of it. Be careful of too much text. Best poster I've seen in a good while was the DU players one "Biloxi Blues"

There are workshops in journalism from time to time which cover using Quark and possibly photoshop. If not, there's definitely something else which covers photoshop. Keep an eye out for a poster!

HomesickAlien

Myth wrote:

Best poster I've seen in a good while was the DU players one "Biloxi Blues"

a friend of mine produced that show and said that the poster had obvious homosexual undertones. (look at the way they're standing!!)

Well yeah! But it still caught your attention big time.

And standing? You mean the press-ups?

Stargal

Yeah that was a great poster:)

To be honest, a lot of it is about where you put the posters - you really have to blanket the place if you want people to notice the event. Also flyers in lecture theatres and the Buttery on the day of the event are good.

Kevin_rc_ie

i look at the card soc ones a lot. too much some might say.
(joking)

xeduCat

Also for publicity it can help to write stuff up on blackboards, OHPs, whiteboards etc, nice and simple and even if rubbed off, will still have reached a few people!

Chick

I always read posters on campus!

(We're deprived of 'em in D'Olier st ha ha)

Kevin_rc_ie

i've also noticed a sharp decrease in cubicle advertising (grafitti) since boards.ie got bigger, is this where all the modern poets have gone?

Chick

I love reading the funny stuff on the "Niteline" stickers in toilets, it's kinda bad though cos I think that nitelines a fab idea, but still....

John

Kevin_rc_ie wrote:

i've also noticed a sharp decrease in cubicle advertising (grafitti) since boards.ie got bigger, is this where all the modern poets have gone?

Yes. My work has become mainly an online artform but I'm thinking of doing a new installation in the Hamilton building. I just need a good subject. Karl the Amoeba and John Guiney jokes are dead to me now.

You forgot Eric the E.Coli. At least I think it was eric.

There's this long running argument about some guy who (apparently) drives a van around and gets lots of money, and starts giving out to students for going to college (all written in the Hamilton toilets). And then there are the toilet nazi's...

John

Myth wrote:

You forgot Eric the E.Coli. At least I think it was eric.

Pah, a paltry imitation of Karl the Amoeba.

Pet

Why "Karl"? Why not a catchier moniker, like "Andy" or "Amy"?

John

When the character is good you don't need to use assonance to attract people's attention. Why Bruce Wayne and not William Wayne? Or Wayne Wayne? Karl is the name and the name is Karl. He is a fully developed character and not just a cartoon character. Philistines.

Pet

I consider myself told.

foxybrowne

The JCR poster about PeeWee Herman was classic.

Ron DMC

I heard that dubes had to take down a load of their beach party posters after a complaint from the provost but i luckily manageed to get my hands on one before they disappeared. Go on baywatch!

Andrew 83

I think people in societies are the most likely to notice them. When you're going around putting up posters yourself and making sure they're all in clear view you notice most of the others but when you're not you don't.

I used to notice loads of posters but this year I haven't been doing that much postering so haven't noticed anything except for big colour ones that are plastered everywhere and even then although I notice the poster's constant presence I normally wouldn't take in what it's for or when the event's on.

That might just be me though.