HISSHA

            Have you ever seen a poster that made you stuck perfectly just to read the whole? I have found such a very attractive poster on the announcement board in my faculty. I have thought how it could be so interesting. In my opinion, it is probably because of the impressive design of its picture, the meaningful slogan, and the creative event. The most stunning part I appreciate is the eye-catching design of its picture. It comes up with a picture of a band in front of the spectators which represents the event will look like. It uses cartoon effect which makes it more glamour. Besides, if the readers pay attention to the picture, it will probably make the readers laugh because the glance of a “Pocong”, an Indonesian ghost that is wrapped in a shroud, under the tree. The picture is also full of colour and thus it is suitable to the readers who are almost the youth. The second attractive point is the explicable slogan. That is “Bersama mewarnai sastra dalam NOSTALGILA”, Nostalgila word is actually from nostalgia word, but the creator put “L” letter to make it become GILA which is by Indonesian means crazy or insane. Maybe it means that this event will make you crazy and burst into happiness about this event. Moreover, the creator named this poster as SASTRASWATI which is related to Faculty of Letter. SASTRA in Indonesian means literature and SWATI is probably from the Indian name of the third brightest star in the night sky, called Arcturus in the western world. The least interesting thing is the concept of its event which also provides such a creative thinking process. This event is not only about a staging of bands but it also provides acoustics, theather/operetta, poem reciting, dancing, art performance, short movie playing, and many more. In addition, everyone who wants to show his talent is allowed. The thing that must be underlined is the free registration offering. So it will be so good that everyone can participate or just attend to this event. To sum up, the Sastraswati poster is an example of a poster which is successful to grab people’s attention. In view of that, before creating something, the questions we must ask are what an interesting thing we are going to make, who will be our objects, and how will we create it as well as possible.