For my series of posters, I would want to emphasize both the
time travel aspect and the expansive vocabulary of the main characters. Essentially, it would be two posters, with
the first being a shot of an egg-beater in an upside-down umbrella in the woods
and the second poster being a Norman Rockwell-esque painting from the outside
of a 50s gas station/diner with Nicky’s Peligrosa Paradise Bar and Grill in
neon lights in the background. However,
both of these pictures would be overlaid with various esoteric words that may
or may not be in the script, emphasizing the intense vocabulary used by the
ladies. From a far distance, and, to
most people, from a short distance, it would look like faded, jumbled, random
letters in the background, as the words would be in tiny font, all capital
letters, with no spaces, so it would look something like “ISTHMUSEMBARCADEROPEREGRINATIONSINCONGNITAPROFORMACUPPACLAIRVOYANTTRUCULENTVERTIGINOUSPUNJIORINOCOHABERDASHERYRECALCITRANTSILURIANHIPPOPOTAMIIMUCILAGENOUSPROVENANCECIRCUMGLOBULARLYMILIEUUBIQUITOUSCALLIGRAPHYSERAGLIO.” The effect I am going for is similar to one
of the posters for Darren Aronofsky’s Pi.
These words would be more faded in the second poster, and the words themselves
would become slightly smaller and more obvious, reflecting the lack of reliance
on a large vocabulary in the second act.
The words overlaying the pictures are not meant to draw focus away from
the pictures, but to add texture to them.
The pictures themselves on the posters are to emphasize the
time travel and intense change of scenery between the two acts. The juxtaposition of the Victorian-era
umbrella and the modern eggbeater hints at this, as well, and the effect of
both being dropped in the middle of the woods creates a rather mysterious
effect. The second poster simply
reflects the locations of the second act—the gas station/diner (which just
happens to be a perfect cultural emblem for the American 1950s) where the
ladies meet Gus and Nicky’s bar.
I think your first poster idea is very interesting. I like the idea of the egg beater and the words all jumbled together. Your description is easy to visualize, so I see it all conceptually coming together. I like how you would make the words smaller on the second poster to indicate the dying down of the large, entr'acte words. This is, overall, really a creative idea.
ReplyDeleteI like your poster ideas Jordan! They are very interesting. I like that you made the choice to emphasize on both the time travel aspect and the vocabulary aspect. I like the idea about having the poster covered in vocabulary like the Pi movie poster. I also thought it was interesting how the posters would also reflect the changes that occur in the script, like the text being smaller reflecting the vocabulary becoming less complicated as the show goes on. I also thought it was interesting how the women wouldn't be seen on the posters at all. Your poster ideas really reflect the story of On the Verge.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really cool concept. We wanted to convey similar concepts of the show but we did it in completely different ways. I really like the contrast of the victorian umbrella and the modern egg beater. I did not in anyway include the extensive vocabulary, but I like that you did. In an extremely interesting and visually fulfilling way I might add. I really like your concept and I think you did a great job at describing your design.
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