Poster Design

4 things to keep in mind while designing my poster will be to keep it simple, put the most important things on first (to be sure they will make it on the poster), the use of colors and make it attention grabbing. 

Here's an example: http://www.xsportfilms.com/images/artikel/kickstart2_1_32222.jpg

Video

My video will be :45 - 1:00, I don't think I can fit everything I want to do in a 30-second time frame and get my point across, even with one minute it will be a task to make my point.  Visuals will be a car, line art car, gas station, a 10 minute, 10 picture per minute time lapse of a busy highway and a voice over using my voice, of course.

Approach

I will be creating a 3-D model, both graphically and physically in a 8:1 scale.  A suitable outfit is my normal clothes: Boots, dark-medium light jeans, over shirt and under shirt.  I won't dress up because I want to seem like I'm shooting straight with the people I present my project to.  I don't want to look like I'm dressing up because I want a good grade.  I plan on showing my video and graphics in my presentation.

Presenting

My presentation will be serious with small bits of humor thrown in.  For the website, I will just go with my gut as far as colors are concerned, but it won't be boring and will be straight to the point.  The layout will be simple and  easy to navigate through.  I want the website to be the same way I like my cars and trucks: all go, no show.  No bell or whistles, no extra frills, just straight to the point.  It will be persuasive because I will demonstrate what is wrong with every type of "economy" or "green" car be comparing them to gasoline or diesel cars.  then I will explain why my car is better than the diesel and existing gasoline cars.  My point of view will be shown in my video simply by making my points and elaborating on my points.

Goals

The goal of my project is to lead people away from hybrid and electric cars because hybrid-electrics and electric cars actually do more damage to the environment than their gasoline or diesel power counterparts (as demonstrated in my research essay).  My project is also to come up with a solution until hydrogen is readily available (to the extent of gasoline or diesel) for cars such as Honda's FCX Clarity, where the only emission is  water.  My car is important because it should get about 60-65 MPG, is cheap, affordable, has a low-cost maintenance schedule, doesn't use batteries, 0-60 should be around 6 seconds, quicker than any hybrid or electric car on the market (aside form the Tesla, which was made to be a fast electric, mind you, a Prius takes 14 seconds to get to 60 miles an hour) and should be fun to drive.  No major car manufacturer offers a $6-7,000 car with the performance or gas mileage my car should be able to achieve.  These goals and project fit in with my major because they have to do with one of the greatest engineering achievements of all time: the car.  It also has to do with innovating the car into something that is familiar yet radically new.  My project give back to the society because it will be cleaner to build than a hybrid, there will be no waste batteries aside from the starter battery, the emissions will be lower than nearly every other car on the market, and will be an inexpensive, not cheap, car.