Breaking Boundaries

I am thinking about breaking the boundaries of what a poster from a certain genre should look like, but not too much so its still subtle enough to be successful to the public.
This poster is for is a science fiction action film.
Qualities of a science fiction poster tend to display the science-based depictions of phenomena, such as aliens, powered people and time travel common in the films.
Action posters show
This poster is breaking boundaries because its obvious its about someone with 'super powers' but not a superhero. This guy is obviously the main focus of the film which is strange as its normally the heroic amazing manly superhero who is the focus of this type of film. It says "NOT ALL HEROES ARE SUPER" and displays an image of normal looking guy swearing.
This poster is kind of confusing because the cloud is a mirror image of what the guy's hand is doing but this may just go towards the layout of the poster.
The film itself received a mixed reception. It was filmed from the guy's point of view from his own camcorder. This was a shock to viewers as they didn't expect it. For me, it was rather strange and restrcited what I could see because I was watching from one person's point of view. It was strange. Though i suppose this is another way it was breaking boundaries. Maybe a poster showing this should've been designed so it wasn't so much of a shock.

Film Genres: Action Films

Genres Overlap!
Action is a genre where one or more heroes are thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases.





Rush Hour is a comedy action film about two different detectives from different cultures brought together to solve a criminal case.
The poster reflects this.
Its interesting because of what its trying to say and how it does it through images and colour.
Striking colours.
The divide of background colour displays a difference between the two guys posing on the front
The police tape which has the film title on it crosses both sides of the divide, bringing them together. The police tape shows that its about crime.
The crossing of the line, bringing two cultures together as Chris Tucker is crossing the divide.







Quantum Solace is an action, adventure, crime film.
A serious looking man with a gun.
Walking across what looks like a wasteland with a expensive suit on.
The colours are very desaturated in this poster which depicts the seriousness of the film. Even though the colours are desaturated, the image is still eye-catching.
Kind of an action shot as it looks like he's on a journey. A journey to kill someone.
Journey = Adventure








Wanted is an action crime thriller.
Two people.
A woman with a serious (killer) face with her gun facing upwards like she's waiting (suggesting a thriller film)
A man also with a serious face who is in the middle of shooting (an action shot).
The image of the woman is bigger as she must play a bigger role in the film.
This tells you a lot about the woman. She seems to be an independent woman. Emotion (or lack of) plays a big part in this with it showing her tattoo of TEARS upside down up her arm.
The background; looks like a scene of 'watching the sunset' and the warm colours used opposes the thought of lack of emotion in the film. It suggests obstruction. BAD!




Chronicle is an action drama sci-fi film.
Three people.
Very small silhouetted figures.
Unknown. Mystery.
"Boys will be boys" suggests that they are three 'boys' up to mischief/trouble.
A car stuck upside down on a pole on top of a building suggests the mischeif/trouble further.
This would be classed as an action shot as they are in the middle of doing something.






Inception is an action adventure sci-fi film.
Three figures.
One falling down in the background.
One jumping in the middle ground.
One running away from the viewer in the foreground.
This suggests an action element to it as they are all action shots.
They all look similar.
They are all moving in a different direction.
The setting looks like one of those confusing ones which have no set dimensions and keep changing.

X2 is another action adventure sci-fi film.

A superhero film.

Shows profiles of 8 strange looking people with serious expressions on their faces arranged in the shape of an X. There are different versions of this poster showing different people.

Their faces are shadowed.

No action shot. Nothing to suggest action apart from the sci-fi element to the poster which would suggest that action may be included in the film.

A better poster could have been designed to attract more than just the geeks.

Maybe an action shot?

Film Genres: Sci-fi

Science fiction is a genre that uses speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science. Aliens, alien worlds, extrasensory perception and time travel often along with futuristic elements like robots, spaceships etc.
From the research I have done, this genre has less of the people posing at the front. This must not attract the sci-fi loving people as they arent attracted by normal people but strangeness and excitement.

Film Genres: Horror/Thriller

Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film and television programming that uses suspense, tension and excitement. Thrillers heavily stimulate the viewer's moods.

Horror is a movie genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural. Overlaps fantasy and supernatural genre. Horrors frequently overlap with the thriller genre.

Should've put these on my blog ages ago!

Looked at drag queens and transvestites and the costumes they wear.
Obviously Alternative Miss World. I looked on the website and copied this;
"What is the Alternative Miss World?
Started in 1972, The Alternative Miss World is not about beauty - it's about transformation - and when it comes to costume absolutely anything goes. Like the real Miss World there is day wear, swim-wear and evening wear and the all important personality interview! But Logan refuses to let anyone rehearse, and anything can - and often does - happen.
It's about creative free-reign, about the ordinary becoming extraordinary. Contestants over the years have been famous and infamous, celebrated and unknown, a parade of freaks, fops, show offs and drag queens... including Andrew's many friends and family! The climax is a tear stained coronation with Logan's dazzling Crown Jewels made of broken mirrors."

But I thought of other examples of mass amounts of drag queens and transvestites, a friend suggested Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. This is a 1994 drama-comedy film. The plot follows the journey of three drag queens who travel across Australia. Not really something I'd watch but my friend was nice enough to give a link to a video as well so here it is...

Mock FMP

Yay finally an opportunity to continue the dreams project from back at the beginning of the year!
Looked at what the definitions of dreams are on the internet;
As a noun,

• A series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep
• A state of mind in which someone is or seems to be unaware of their immediate surroundings
• A cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal
• An unrealistic or self-deluding fantasy

As a verb,

• Experience dreams during sleep
• See, hear, or feel (something) in a dream
• Indulge in daydreams or fantasies, typically about something greatly desired
• Contemplate the possibility of doing something or that something might be the case

Then there's obviously wikipedia  too...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream

The fifth element

This has led me to go down the ancient Greek clothing theme with my Alternative Miss World. A lot of the clothing is just one piece of material clipped and belted in place so i have decided just to use a piece of shiny material such as plastic (bin bags maybe?) to create a chiton. Then have something of my design on the top of this, possible something over the shoulders or on the arms as a sleeve like i originally said. As Alternative Miss World is over-the-top, the 'sleeve' needs to be over-the-top. I could easily achieve this using my research of theater costumes.

Aether is said to be the Fifth Element, especially by the Greeks.

Home digital work

I've started revamping some old art work i've found from over 5 years ago. This goes with my belief of not chucking away and forgetting about old things but working from and improving old things to become better. I know it doesn't always apply.
Anyway, here are the two pieces I've been working on this week. I have used the new skills that I've learnt in Dave's lesson to create these. Thinking that these could be possibilities for portfolio work. We'll see.