On & Off the Stage
Throughout this year, I was contracted by the CHS Drama Director to develop graphics, videos, print designs, and animations for the two on stage productions of These Shining Lives and The SpongeBob Musical. I also developed a new logo for the program and accompanying flyers for gaining sponsorships.
In both my graphic design & digital video production courses, I taught students the pre-requisite skills for digital/print design, animation, as well as copyright, trademark, & contract law to develop a poster for each production & an animation for The SpongeBob Musical. After the student work was developed, the Drama Director would choose his favorite poster concept & I would re-work the design to ensure the design met the required specifications & copyright/contract restraints. I also developed additional graphics that matched the creative design strategy of the original poster design.
For both productions, I created background images/graphics for use during scenes. For The SpongeBob Musical production, I developed multiple videos timed to music for the background of musical numbers to enhance the scenes. I edited a student animation for one scene from my digital video production course for use on stage & developed a second animation for another scene in the production.
Lastly, I also developed social media advertisements including graphics & video reels to support the marketing of the productions & targeting of community members to attend.
Recommendation from Michael Scott, Drama Director
“[Leah’s] compassion for her students and community is astonishing. Her utilization of software that is seemingly easy like Canva, to the hardest like the entire Adobe Suite (which she utilized for timing of videos to music for our musical production and made look incredibly easy) is mesmerizing to watch. As a leader, yearbook coordinator, social media director, teacher, and now a friend, I could not recommend someone better suited for your program to lead and show other teachers and students how to grow in the ever-changing technological climate we live in.”

New Cheney Drama Logo

Drama Sponsorship Flyer - Page 1

Drama Sponsorship Flyer - Page 2

Poster for These Shining Lives developed in my Graphic Design class with student ideas & base creations. I polished the design & developed accompanying graphics.

Web Banner graphic for These Shining Lives

Poster for The SpongeBob Musical developed in my Graphic Design class with student ideas & base creations. I polished the design & developed accompanying graphics.

Back page of the playbill for The SpongeBob Musical

Website & web banner for The SpongeBob Musical

Graphic created for the background of the stage production ending of These Shining Lives

Graphic created for the background of the stage production of These Shining Lives

Graphic created for the background of the stage production of These Shining Lives
Giant Escape Pods R Us graphic & large print for The SpongeBob Musical
Video background for Patrick Star number timed to the music for The SpongeBob Musical
Apocalypse Spectacular graphic & large print for The SpongeBob Musical
Video background for Squidward number of a marquee with lights timed to the music for The SpongeBob Musical
Video background for Plankton number timed to the music for The SpongeBob Musical
Graphic created for the background of the stage production of The SpongeBob Musical