Friday 26 February 2016

Feedback: Movie Poster

The screenshots below show the stages of my poster where I had to get feedback and opinions of others in order to achieve the best and most ideal poster for my trailer. I had massive difficulty with choosing the correct poster credits so that it is clear to read and stands out. 








The screenshot on the right shows the red version, where I trialled the red coloured writing. However, through feedback, I learnt that the red writing clashed with the red coat worn by the character, Ular Kadir.







The screenshot on the left shows the white, red, white version. This worked better and was clearer to read, however, through feedback I was told it doesn't looking very appealing and looks unprofessional. Therefore, I accepted their advice and continued to play around with the colour.







The screenshot on the right shows the blue version. This was successful in terms of reading capability. But, through feedback I was informed it is very dark and takes the attention away from the rest of the poster.










The screenshot on the left shows the white version. The colour worked well alongside poster and was not as eye-catching as the blue. But, through feedback I was told that you cannot read the white on top the white shirt worn by the character, Adam.












Sunday 21 February 2016

Metropolitan Museum Of Art

On February 14th (yesterday) I visited the Metropolitan Museum Of Art located on 5th Avenue in the heart of New York City. The purpose of my visit was to look at the exhibition that was 'Reconstructions: Recent Photographs and Video from the Met Collection' as a hobby of mine is photography. However, I take a huge interest in all kinds of art and took my time strolling around the various galleries that offer such a diverse heritage of global art. 

Nonetheless, one of the paintings that enticed me most was the Albrecht Durer interpretation of Adam and Eve produced in 1504. Durer was a German artist who was heavily under the influence of Italian theories. He became drawn to the idea that the perfect human form corresponded to a system of proportion and measurements. Furthermore, Durer had a fascination with ideal form is manifest in Adam and Eve. 

Furthermore, in search for the ideal nude, and obsessed with creating a perfect human form based on mathematical proportions, Durer engraved Adam and Eve, "God's own personally made patterns of beauty". The first man and woman are represented in nearly symmetrical idealised poses: each with the weight on one leg, and the other leg bent, and each with one arm angled slightly upward from the elbow. The branch that Adam holds is of the mountain ash, the Tree of Life, while the fig, of which Eve has broken off a branch, is the forbidden Tree of Knowledge. 


The famous Durer engraving is his own representation of what he defines to be the perfect human. For my film trailer, Welcome To Eden it entails the life of 'perfect humans', Adam and Eve in a not so perfect modern-day world. Ular is the character who possesses the perfect attributes in modern-day life with a spoilt and luxurious lifestyle who attempts to lure Eve into his surreal world of wealth and arrogance, resulting in the jealousy of Adam.