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Movie posters:



This is the poster of the movie Jaws. What I think is unique about the framing is that it so effectively conveys what danger the unsuspecting swimmer is in. The stark contrast between the blue of the water and the red of the title definitely had some thought behind it as well, as it really makes it pop.



This is a poster of the movie Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb. Visually, the bomber planes flying over form converging vectors which symbolize movement and action. Meanwhile in the foreground, the plot of the movie is pretty effectively portrayed with the world divided in two and two important (one a bit more preoccupied than the other) looking people talking on the phone.

This movie poster catches the eye because of it's great use of space. The title and lead actress are prominently featured in large type. The rest of the poster is white, except for a dead body and a police officer observing it. Because excessive use of white space symbolizes tranquility and stability, it's so funny to see that the only thing to interrupt this space is something that would evoke opposite reactions.

The movie I'd want to make a poster of would be a high school football flick. In this, my buddy Gabe is the team mascot of a high school with a big athletic program. In a strange turn of events, Gabe has to go from being the mascot to being the quarterback with 0:03 left on the clock, behind 5 points and 2 yards away from the end zone. The poster would be my buddy's face with half a mascot's helmet and half a football helmet.

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Image 1: Poster for Louis CK's 2013 HBO special Oh My God.

This poster makes great use of space and symmetry. The bulk of the space is taken up with a soft white fill. The bottom center of the image prominently display the title of the special, the date and the channel. The boldness of the font and the information is arranged in order of most to least important. The picture of Louis in the middle poses a good contrast to the rest of the space, helps point the attention to the title card and the middle while also establishing symmetry.

Image 2: Piet Mondriaan's Composition with big red space, yellow, black and blue (B130), 1921

Piet Mondriaan uses basic rectangular shapes, linear lines, basic colors and a lot of white to form a multicolored grid that might lack symmetry but is very abstract in its arrangement of shapes and colors.

Image 3: M.C. Esher's Sky and Water I, 1938

This piece by Esher displays great use of forced perception of positive and negative space, contrasts, and the gradual abstracting of animals into shapes, then morphing into different shapes and into a different animal.

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