My Canada West Poster

Analysis on My Poster

Colors: the colors I chose were picked to make Canada look like a very inviting and fertile place

·         The Yellow wheat to make the land look big and to show that it is very good wheat

·         The blue sky to show that it is very nice weather

·         The Red letters to resemble Canada

·         The Brown on the cow to make him stand out

Symbols/ Images:

·         the big healthy cow in the front to show that it is easy to survive in Canada, and to raise cattle their

Slogans:

·         That there is plenty for everyone to have enough supply to survive on the land

Textual Information:

·         People will be able to go to Canada and have all the resources they need to live off of with lots left over.

Historical Context

Thousands of settlers came to Canada in search for free land to start a new life. Many people heard about this land by pamphlets, newspaper ads, public lectures, and free trips to promote settlers to come to Canada. These posters showed Canada as being a very fertile land, but did not show settlers how harsh the winters could often be. The posters made thousands of settlers move to Canada in search of great land and a chance to start over.   

History of Posters

Analysis

Colour: The colours chosen here were picked to make Canada to look much better than it actually was

• The wheat is a rich gold that shows people that it is fertile, and the colour is bright so it makes the land look bigger than it actually is
• The title is red resembling Canadian colours
• The sky is blue showing that the weather is good and will help make the wheat grow really good

Symbols:

• The stocks of grain show that the land is very fertile and that you would be able to make lots of money off of the land

Images:

• The people that look at the poster would see that the land is very big and that you would be able to be very rich off of all the grain that you grow

Slogans:

• If the one person can do anyone can do it and be very prosperous.
• Anyone can be the right man

Textual Information:

• Show that there is a way to get their and that this advertisement is not fake.

Truth in Advertising

These posters lead many people to Canada with the hope of having another chance to start over. The posters showed that Canada was a very fertile place and reviled it of having abundance of crop.  This indeed made many settlers move to Canada in search of free land.

Although the posters made Canada seem like a place to have an easy life and have good land, the sad reality is that many people did not know of the harsh winters that Canada had. Many settlers did not expect the winters to be that harsh and therefor were not prepared. It is not fair to them for not knowing this. People therefor should be able to know fulling what they are getting themselves into.