A Fine art poster is considered as an entity of those below:

• Advertising medium: A medium for the transmission of advertising messages, with the aid of advertising material, may be brought up to the receiver of the advertising.

• Printed matter: A printed material produced by printers or publishers. The printed matter was created by printers or publishers, such as books, magazines, booklets, brochures, and other publicity materials and, in some cases, newspapers. A fine art poster can be said that an art form within those printed matters.

• Art genre: A form of art in terms of a medium or format (landscape vs. portraiture) or theme (religious vs. funerary). The invention of the artistic poster is attributed to Jules Chéret. Namely, the French government awarded Cheret with the Légion d'honneur, which is considered the highest national decoration of France, in 1890. This award was given to him for creating an art form that meets the needs of Commerce and industry. See other art genres.

• Visual artwork: A work of art that is primarily visual such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts, and architecture.

  
  

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  Constant scrolling through social media platforms and clickbait headlines, many of us uncritically consume a vast amount of visual media every day. This lesson plan asks student participants to make observations of visual media and to transform those impressions through the creative medium of cinematography. The goal of the lesson plan is to help develop a more nuanced, informed visual literacy among young learners.

  The use of visual impressions in this lesson plan allows the student to construct cinematic narrative stories based on Puerto Rican culture and daily life. The images printed on these posters relate to themes that explored art and exhibitions, medical education and prevention of diseases, natural disaster awareness and relief actions, community engagement in medical campaigns, as well as rural life in Puerto Rico. In order to write this narrative story, the student will interact heavily with the poster visuals and the stories they represent in order to awaken the student’s imagination and intellect as they engage in an exercise of writing fiction, allowing them to learn about Puerto Rican culture and cinematic history.