2. Ad, Announcement, or Fake Family Photo

Due Monday, September 16, 2024 at 11:59pm Central Time on Gradescope.

Late deadline is Monday, September 30 at 11:59pm Central Time on Gradescope. See the syllabus for the policy on late assignments.

Description

Design one of the following using GIMP (or Photoshop or some other application) to create a composite image.

• Ad for a fake product

• Public service announcement

• Fake family photo

Ad: Your ad should include an image of the product you are trying to sell. This image should be a composite image, made by putting together different pieces of at least two images. There should also be some text to go along with the image, such as a slogan, catchphrase, or some marketing verbiage. Think of what catches your eye when you see billboards, signs at bus stops, posters in stores, or TV ads.

Public Service Announcement: A public service announcement (PSA) is a brief message designed for the community to raise awareness about an issue and/or change behavior among the general public. If you choose to create a PSA, there should be a composite image included, along with some text that gives insight as to what the goal of the PSA is. Examples of PSAs that you may have seen include ones to encourage people to get the COVID vaccine, to prevent cyberbullying, to discourage people from texting and driving, etc.

Fake Family Photo: This would involve creating a composite image that includes you as part of a family that is not your own. This family can be created using real people or fictional characters, and can be made up of people from various families in real life. So you do not need to incorporate yourself into a family in real life, but can make up your own family (e.g. maybe you want to be adopted by Spongebob and Bill Gates). There should be some text accompanying the photo, and this is up to you. A couple ideas could be to write a greeting, such as for a card that is sent to extended family and friends, or a news article about your family.

Below are some examples that may provide inspiration.

Be as creative as you would like with this! Please keep it in good taste and appropriate for an academic assignment.

Submission Details

Use the Share feature within Google Docs to make sure that anyone at UIC can view it, and then to obtain a link to your submission. Be sure to post this assignment on your online portfolio, including a brief description, at least one screenshot/picture of the assignment, as well as the link to the assignment.

Then turn in your work to Gradescope, which will ask for the link to your Google Doc and the link to your portfolio. The submission is called "Assignment 2: Ad, Announcement, or Fake Family Photo."

Grading Rubric

This assignment is worth 20 points total.

2 pts: Your ad, announcement, or fake family photo is posted on your portfolio - there should be a subpage under “Assignments” with a brief description, at least one screenshot/picture of what you created, and a link to the Google Doc.

5 pts: Images that have been cut have clean edges and integrate reasonably together. 

5 pts: Your creation should be stored in a Google Doc. The last page of your document should include the original two or more images as well as the composite image, for a total of at least three images. Be sure your Google Doc permissions are set to be readable by anyone at UIC.

8 pts: The ad, announcement or fake family photo is interesting, with the image strongly connected to the text.

Up to 3 additional points can be earned as extra credit for particularly interesting or creative work.