Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Posters influenced by Saul bass

I really enjoyed doing the research for the essay on Film title sequences and the artwork done by Saul Bass i find particularly inspiring, and i know i am not alone in that! I thought it would be interesting to try to use some iconic film posters such as Kill Bill and images such as Elmer Fudd and the implication of Bugs Bunny and try to see if i could create my own film poster and i am really pleased with the results. I like the visual impact of the blood with the kids cartoon cahracters, and this kind of makes the posters seem a bit eerie, in the same way that shots of dolls , as kids toys, are used in horror films, and give an eerie edge. The blood in the original poster for Kill Bill is interesting as it clearly indicates that the film will be violent,in the same way the trickle of blood used in the opening titles sequences for james bond films indicates a foretatse of what is to come. I tried to stick with the same theme in my other poster by finding a poster with the same characteristics as the kill bill poster.i also like saul bass's minimal use of colour and think this adds clarity to the image, i tired to use as few colours as possible and this makes the image clearer and the blood more striking. I also wanted to play with the idea that kids cartoons are generally extremely violent and that this is seen as ok for kids as the characters are cartoon and not people generally, i'm not sure i agree that cartoon violence is ok for kids, but wanted to explore the idea of seeing real blood in a cartoon, and Kill Bill is one of the most violent non horroro films i could think of.

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