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| Fig 1 Karate Kid www.brickhut.files.wordpress.com |
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| Fig 2 Dirty Harry www.coolmaterial.com |
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| Fig 3. Skyfall www.pixelvulture.com |
Whilst looking at arious posters I found that posters (in very broad terms) come in two main designs. They are either very text and image heavy with lots going on, or they are quite empty and use subtle text and imagery to get across the message.
My inspiration for the poster is from the latter, a minimalist design. I like the idea of a minimalist poster as it allows the image to do the talking and doesn't require a large amount of text to get the point across, I would like to re-create this in my design, with the user knowing that the theme of the exhibition is 'undead' at quick glance.
Also, as my poster will be interactive with characters bouncing around the screen, I don't want to create 'noise' by confusing the reader with text crowding the screen. I feel a minimalist design will help to reduce this confusion.
I also like a minimalist design as I want the user to play and work for the information rather than it being already in place.
After researching further into traditional poster design I have also found key design features in all of the posters I have looked at, such as leaving a space round the edge to 'frame' the picture. I have also noticed that careful consideration is used to select colours for the audience and product. For example a coffee poster is unlikely to have red/pink/yellow colours as they are not appropriate. It is more likely to have brown/green/blue colours to relect the colour of the drink, and cool, calming moods associated with having a hot beverage. I intend to use this framing idea in my interactive poster, and I also intend to careful consider colours to get certain moods across.
Fig. 1 Karate Kid (n.d.) [Image online] available at: http://brickhut.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/min121.jpg [last accessed on 18/11/2014]
Fig. 2 Dirty Harry (n.d.) [Image online] available at:
http://coolmaterial.com/wp-content/gallery/minimal-movie-posters/moss-dirty-harry.jpg [last accessed on 18/11/2014]
Fig. 3 Skyfall [Image online] available at: http://pixelvulture.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Skyfall-Minimalist-poster.jpg [last accessed on 18/11/2014]
Also, as my poster will be interactive with characters bouncing around the screen, I don't want to create 'noise' by confusing the reader with text crowding the screen. I feel a minimalist design will help to reduce this confusion.
I also like a minimalist design as I want the user to play and work for the information rather than it being already in place.
After researching further into traditional poster design I have also found key design features in all of the posters I have looked at, such as leaving a space round the edge to 'frame' the picture. I have also noticed that careful consideration is used to select colours for the audience and product. For example a coffee poster is unlikely to have red/pink/yellow colours as they are not appropriate. It is more likely to have brown/green/blue colours to relect the colour of the drink, and cool, calming moods associated with having a hot beverage. I intend to use this framing idea in my interactive poster, and I also intend to careful consider colours to get certain moods across.
Fig. 1 Karate Kid (n.d.) [Image online] available at: http://brickhut.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/min121.jpg [last accessed on 18/11/2014]
Fig. 2 Dirty Harry (n.d.) [Image online] available at:
http://coolmaterial.com/wp-content/gallery/minimal-movie-posters/moss-dirty-harry.jpg [last accessed on 18/11/2014]
Fig. 3 Skyfall [Image online] available at: http://pixelvulture.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Skyfall-Minimalist-poster.jpg [last accessed on 18/11/2014]
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