How to Make Your Own Movie Sign

Movie signs are a great way to promote a movie or play and can be fun for students to create.

Making a movie sign is a great way to promote movies. Many movie production houses and independent filmmakers use this as a way to advertise their movie to the public. You can create your own movie sign for educational purposes whether you are in college or elementary school or just for fun. Students can create a movie sign for a movie they created or to express themselves about a movie they have seen. Making a movie sign is a great way to announce a play production at schools, churches or youth groups. It is also a way to announce movie night for students.

Things You'll Need

• Brochure creator program (Microsoft Publisher)
• Color printer
• Color ink
• Bright white paper or brochure paper
• Magazines
• Scissors
• Glue

Instructions

Computer created movie sign

1. Open your brochure creator program.

2. Click your "File" tab then select "New." Select "Brochures" and choose your page size and orientation. A new workspace will appear.

3. Create a rectangle shape to create your background. Click your "Insert" tab and select "Picture." Choose "Auto Shapes." Choose the rectangle shape. Click inside your rectangle shape and select your background color. Your shape will be filled with your color choice.

4. Create a text box to type in your movie title. Click your "Insert" tab and select "Text Box." Click your mouse inside your text box and select your font, font size and color. Type in your text.

5. Repeat the step to create more text boxes to type in more information.

6. Find images to accompany your movie sign. You can find images on the Internet or in magazines.

7. Add your images to your movie sign. Click your "Insert" tab and select "Picture." Choose "Add Image." A pop-up will appear. Choose your image file.

8. Resize your image to make it larger or smaller. Click your image guidelines and drag it with your mouse to resize your image.

9. Repeat the step to add more images. Adjust your images and text boxes to fit your workspace.

10. Save your file once you are finished.

11. Print your movie sign on your bright white paper or brochure paper using your color printer.

Paper and glue movie sign

1. Find images for your movie sign. You can find images on the Internet or in magazines.

2. Cut out your pictures using scissors.

3. Glue your pictures onto your paper.

4. Write your movie title with a pencil or pen, or glue on cut-out letters to your paper.

Tips & Warnings

• You can find images for your movie sign on the movie's website.

• You may use images on a movie's website since it is available for commercial use. If you are not sure if it is available for commercial use, type in the movie name into a search engine and look at images. Choose "Advanced Options" and select "Commercial Use." If the images come up, you have permission to use them. If they do not, it is copyright infringement and should not be used.

• You can create movie signs for school, church or youth group movie nights by having each person make their own movie sign.

• Using copyrighted work is illegal and can result in fines. You can use copyrighted work only for educational purposes as long as there is no monetary gain.

Resources

• Microsoft Office 2010 Free Trial