SPC Creative Brief
The Creative Brief In 2017, the Fringe is celebrating its 70th anniversary. The Fringe began when eight theatre groups turned up uninvited to perform at the Edinburgh International Festival. Not being asked to take part or having a slot to perform, didn’t stop these artists from being brave enough to express themselves and they went ahead and staged their shows on the ‘Fringe of the Festival’ anyway. This is where our name comes from, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Seventy years later, the Fringe still defies the norm and thousands of performers and audience members travel from around the world to the cobbled streets of Edinburgh to showcase their talent and share their skills in a supportive environment. The official Fringe Programme is a free guide to what’s on at the Fringe and is an indispensable resource to our audience. It’s important that the front cover encapsulates the spirit of the Fringe!
The poster design guidelines ★★ Use any media or materials to create your design. ★★ Final entries must be submitted in the following format: 2D
A3 (420mm tall x 297mm wide)
Portrait
✓
★★ Entries must be the pupils’ original artwork ★★ Collaborative entries can be submitted under a group name as long as the collaboration is between pupils within the same age category. ★★ Do not include the words ‘Edinburgh Festival Fringe’, ‘Fringe’, ‘edfringe’ or the dates of the festival. While previous programme covers do contain this, we will add this information. Use the whole A3 space for your design.
Examples of accepted digital entries: ★★ Drama class – pupils may have devised a new piece of theatre. Take a photograph of your favourite section and submit this in a printed, portrait, A3 format. ★★ Literacy lesson – pupils may have been penning poems in the classroom using the Fringe as a theme. The final poems can be handwritten, typed or doodled onto A3, portrait format. ★★ The same principles apply for photography, animation, textiles and sculpture art. While you can use various subjects and medias to create your design, all entries MUST be captured in A3 portrait finish for final submission. If you have any questions regarding what constitutes an accepted entry, please contact the poster team.
The poster design guidelines ★★ Use any media or materials to create your design. ★★ Final entries must be submitted in the following format: 2D
A3 (420mm tall x 297mm wide)
Portrait
✓
★★ Entries must be the pupils’ original artwork ★★ Collaborative entries can be submitted under a group name as long as the collaboration is between pupils within the same age category. ★★ Do not include the words ‘Edinburgh Festival Fringe’, ‘Fringe’, ‘edfringe’ or the dates of the festival. While previous programme covers do contain this, we will add this information. Use the whole A3 space for your design.
Examples of accepted digital entries: ★★ Drama class – pupils may have devised a new piece of theatre. Take a photograph of your favourite section and submit this in a printed, portrait, A3 format. ★★ Literacy lesson – pupils may have been penning poems in the classroom using the Fringe as a theme. The final poems can be handwritten, typed or doodled onto A3, portrait format. ★★ The same principles apply for photography, animation, textiles and sculpture art. While you can use various subjects and medias to create your design, all entries MUST be captured in A3 portrait finish for final submission. If you have any questions regarding what constitutes an accepted entry, please contact the poster team.
