WHAT WE ARE MAKING

WHY WE ARE MAKING IT

a collage of a fictional future landscape

to explore the possibilities of alternative futures

the conditions of the future will determine

the Cyborg Enhancements of the future

LEARNING GOAL

CREATIVE CONFIDENCE

In creating imagery of a fictional world, students will begin to take ownership of the direction of their creative exploration. The use of a fiction futures places the expertise of the context in the hands of the author of that fiction, the student. 

ACTIVITY MATERIALS

Photoshop, 

Photopea.com,

or other photo editing software

Images from the Internet to collage

Background Image

Transparent PNG

1920 x 1080 Canvas

Add layers to construct your future fiction montage 

TELL A STORY

Use your collage to construct a narrative of what the future could be like, either good or bad, and why.

In the future, the police force will be a team of autonomous robots. These robots will be fearless and will be able to address traffic issues on busy highways without the need to stop the flow of traffic. 

WILL THE FUTURE BE A UTOPIA?

WILL THE FUTURE BE A DYSTOPIA?

CAN OR BE REALISTIC OR ARTISTIC

CAN OR BE CLOSE UP OR FAR OUT

Start with a blank canvas with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 or greater. 

Place each element on a separate Photoshop Layer

Use high resolutions (large pixel count) images to build your montage

Consider perspective, color, brightness, and scale

Try multiple different options to determine which best tells your story

Use Creative Commons for free images that are legal to use.

HOW TO MONTAGE

EXAMPLE STUDENT MONTAGES

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We will all share the collages that we create and tell the stories of our fictional future worlds.