The Later Roman Emperors: Funky Fresh For This Century
Have you heard the news! You are a public relations dude/dudette for a film company! You must
make a lot of money! Look at you! Look how rich you are! Anyhoo, the bosses found out that
you used to take Latin in school, and that you know a whole lot about Roman emperors, and
there is a flashy new movie being made about just that: awesome Roman emperors that we just
recently discussed in class, or…er…that were discussed in that presentation you heard from
Magistra in your childhood.
Now you must put together a public relations poster to help sell the film.
A) Have the TITLE of your film in large print at the top. Although Hadrian: The
Movie is an amazing title, you need a new title, one more creative for this funky
fresh movie. Come up with a TITLE that reflects the life of your chosen emperor,
and that doesn’t feature the emperor’s name, and will bring the populace in to see
your movie.
B) Your cast must be listed on you poster. Look into your emperor’s life and see who
would be in his movie. Every emperor may have a different number of casting
choices, and only the MOST IMPORTANT must be listed on your poster. On my
Caesar poster, I listed Caesar, Octavian, Cleopatra, Mark Antony, and Calpurnia,
Caesar’s wife, you may have many less, but be sure to list the historical personage,
and the actor portraying this role.
C) Some central eye catching VISUAL must be included. It can be drawn, though it is
possible to paste appropriate images from the interweb. You could also use
Photoshop, or whatever strikes your fancy. The visual should help draw together
the elements of the poster.
D) Now you just can’t have one picture, you need FOUR OTHER eye-catching
visuals to bring in those plebs so they will see this film. You want to impress the
CEM, (Chief Executive Magistra), so be sure to have visuals that will reference the
life of the emperor you have selected!
E) Critic reviews! You are such a great PR person, that you have previewed this film
with a bunch of top reviewers. There will also be FOUR QUOTES from reviewers
discussing moments in your film that help tease out the character of your emperor.
For instance: “I loved the way Caesar crossed the Rubicon! He was so in charged
when he marched on Rome!”-Rober Ebert, or, “When Caesar was assassinated, I
cried along with Brutus, I felt the stabs too!”-Peter Leutz.
SPELLING COUNTS, So be every so carful!