The movie posters mainly serve the needs of the movie makers, whose ultimate purpose is to popularize the movie. To create a successful movie poster, designers need to go deeper into them. Therefore, they occasionally design several posters for the same movie. The two posters I am studying are for a science fiction movie "Inception,” which may appear to be a little bit analogous in their overall mood, but quite different in colors, fonts, various codes they comprise, etc. The first poster is a popular movie cliché – a silhouetted loner, who is also the main character of the movie, viewed from behind and placed in the center so that he immediately grasps the attention of the viewer. We can see Leonardo DiCaprio holding a gun in his right …show more content…
It pictures ruining skyscrapers with the dust coming out of them indicating an inevitable disaster. Right in front of the falling giants, we can see ant-sized people again in formal clothing, standing on the very edge of the coast, watching the landfall and holding guns as well. So, we may assume, no matter what kind of weapon they have, they are forceless against the uncontrollable power of the nature. The camera angle is very appropriate I guess, as it emphasizes, even more, the power contradiction human versus nature by exhibiting how different they are in size. Water covering the lower half of the poster does not exemplify the same thing as in the poster of the loner. In this respect, it highlights the insoluble situation and the building on the farther background, falling directly into the water gives the feeling that the catastrophe is much closer than it appears to be. All in all, one of the main differences between the two posters is that the second one gives a lot more piece of information than the loner’s one as it provides action and even drama and the further development of the plot is getting slightly …show more content…
However, in the loner’s poster, the letters are sort of invisible and so that the whole attention goes to the loner. Whereas in case of the second poster, it is the opposite, the title is attractively red, so, it is the first thing we focus on. Also, in both posters, the title is the biggest text. The two posters contain textual codes as well, which are located at the top of the posters. “Your mind is the scene of the crime” is utilized in the loner’s poster. This one suggests the reader that every action is going to be connected to the mind and implies that everything will happen on the basis of human consciousness. Nevertheless, the tagline of the poster with ruins, “the dream is real,” implies the dreams’ relation to reality or so to say illusion of being perceived as real. These taglines do not symbolize something specific. Vice versa, they are quite ambiguous but this is exactly how they are meant to be since their function is to attract more audience. The text referring to Christopher Nolan, “From the director of the dark knight” notifies that his previous movie was successful enough. So they use this fact as well to make the movie more popular. The same thing is in case of the main actor. The actors’ list is provided in the second poster but DiCaprio’s name is much bigger in size in comparison to other actors’ names. However, in the first
The artist made it really simple for the audience to understand the drawing and successfully receive the message. This advertisement is effective due to the artist's use of organization, pathos and symbolism. Anderson uses organization to successfully send his message to his audience. As soon as someone looks at this drawing, it is easy to see that it is divided into three sections. The section in the left displays a man, in the middle is a stairway, and
Business Card The business card for Henry and his regiment shows just how inexperienced he is. With so few battles that he has fought back in, his regiment was used for dangerous suicide missions like we saw in the second to last battles Henry was a part of. This creates a split of views between Henry's regiment and the generals. As Henry's regiment sees it they have fought hard; however, from the generals point of view their regiment sacrifices don't add up to other more experienced regiments.
There on the wall left all that remained of the family. Their silhouettes are a snapshot of their actions on their fatal day. There on the wall, you could see a man mowing the lawn, a woman bent over picking flowers, and two kids playing with a ball. The silhouettes are reminiscent of the nuclear shadows that occurred within the bombing sites of Hiroshima and
Daniel Griffith Mrs. Stofsick GD 1- 6p 7 November 2015 Saul Bass Saul Bass was born in New York in May eighth, 1920. He began his schooling at James Monroe high school in the Bronx and from there went on to attend classes at Brooklyn college. He started his career in Hollywood by designing the covers for Champion in 1949 and Death of a Salesman in 1951. From there he went on to design other movie covers and many other logos. Saul Bass made movie titles almost as interesting as the movies themselves.
It is a close up image, containing Garcia from the neck up, and was more than likely used because of his death in August of the same year. Overall, the photographs and posters as well as other images help to showcase the band as well as their influence. The concert posters are an insight into their laid-back, psychedelic music style. It is an important part of this archive and is one of the more enticing sections because the images can tell a story of the life of the
Released September 29, 1950, Sunset Boulevard is a film noir of a forgotten silent film star, Norma Desmond, that dreams of a comeback and an unsuccessful screenwriter, Joe Gillis, working together. Ultimately an uncomfortable relationship evolves between Norma and Joe that Joe does not want a part of. Sunset Boulevard starts off with an establishing shot from a high angle shot with a narrative leading to a crime scene shot in long shot (a dead body is found floating in a pool). The narrative throughout the film established a formalist film. Cinematography John F. Seitz used lighting and camera angles in such a way to create a loneliness and hopefulness atmosphere.
Mise-en-scéne is crucial to classical Hollywood as it defined an era ‘that in its primary sense and effect, shows us something; it is a means of display. ' (Martin 2014, p.XV). Billy Wilder 's Sunset Boulevard (Wilder 1950) will be analysed and explored with its techniques and styles of mise-en-scéne and how this aspect of filmmaking establishes together as a cohesive whole with the narrative themes as classical Hollywood storytelling. Features of the film 's sense of space and time, setting, motifs, characters, and character goals will be explored and how they affect the characterisation, structure, and three-act organisation.
During the 1920s, American society began to adopt values that threatened the traditional values that remained from the 1800s. Many of these changes were a direct result of the youth culture of the time and how their uncertainty of who they were helped contribute to these changes in values. Throughout the decade, the struggle between modern and anti-modern values was exemplified in literature, drama and silent film of the American culture. “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans” represents the conflicting modernist and anti-modernist sentiments of the time through its use of cinematography and characterization. “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans”, the 1927 film by F.W. Murnau, is a shining example of the struggle between modern and anti-modern values that
Topic 1: Film genres Through the 1995 film “Clueless”, written and directed by Amy Heckerling, the idea that film genres are located in industry and texts and audiences is clearly shown. “Clueless” is an American typical romantic comedy. This film can be seen as a hybrid genre as it include different characteristics of two film genres. In this movie, elements of humour and romance are both illustrated by its generic formulas and story content. The film talked about the heroine Cher goes through her perplexed teenage and finally realizes she is interested in Josh, her stepbrother.
One of the factors that define Inception are the conflicts that appear in the film. A major conflict is the battle between Cobb and society. In Inception, faceless corporations are trying to kill Cobb, while the U.S. government is trying to imprison him because of a crime that he didn’t commit. These are examples of the “person against society” conflict, which can be considered as a characteristic of science-fiction. On the other hand, there is another significant conflict; the struggle between Cobb and himself, because of the belief that Mal’s suicide was his fault.
I draw the tile “Nuit Blanche” since I want to make it looks like neon effect, and more attractive in order to attract people go to the event. I traced a skyline of Toronto by myself in order to show where this event take place in and how amazing is this city. And I use my photo took during the Nuit Blanche on the bottom of the poster. The reason why I chose
The movie “Sleepers” is about four young boys between the ages 13-14 who commit a serious crime by accident. In this paper I will argue why the boys should be dealt with under the Restorative Justice System, and not under the Retributive Justice System. I will also talk about how they would be dealt with under the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA). The four boys are clearly very upset with themselves because they let what they thought would be just a fun prank turn into a violent crime.
O Brother Where Art Thou? is a film that will take you on a perilous journey with Ulysses Everett McGill and his simpleminded cohorts. This film may be set amidst the early 1930’s Great Depression era, but it still has a Homer’s Odyssey feel to it. Down in the dusty and highly racial south, Everett recruits a couple of dimwitted convicts, Pete Hogwallop and Delmar O’Donnell, to help him retrieve his lost treasure and make it back home before his wife marries another suitor.
Throughout life we are told to express our individuality and swim against the stream of the general population to put emphasis on the characteristics that make us, in short, individuals. Cherishing what makes an individual special and different is what establishes roots in creativity and self expression, however there is a forced false sense of comradery in today’s society that takes the form of involvement with the masses; peer pressure forces many people to fall into the mold of an average character. The Academy award winning film, “The Incredibles” displays the themes of expressing one’s true self and special qualities, and in contrast repression by society to fit a basic mold. These themes are elaborated on through the development of the main characters and expressed further through the supporting roles and their dialogue and endeavors.
Focus Movie Poster Visual Analysis Focus is a comedy and crime film released in February of 2015. The film grossed 53.8 million dollars. A big part of the film’s marketing campaign was its movie poster.