I thought that this movie poster was interesting. First, the design is fairly simple. We see the actor's name and the word 'YES' with an image of the actor with open arms. We see in the bottom corner that the name of the movie is "Yes Man" so the poster is a kind of rebus puzzle. The posture of Jim Carrey and the setting kind of reminds me of the "Sound of Music". The colors are simple also. The warm and cool colors play on each other with the cool blue receding in the background and the warm green coming forward just as they do in nature. The top and the bottom are fairly dark and toward the center, the background is low key. The font used is a sans serif font and is simple and to the point.
I think what caught my eye with this poster is a recent experience that my daughter told me about. She was at a car dealership waiting for her car to be serviced. In the showroom they were holding a salesman training session. One of the main points that she got from it was that they were told to make sure that their arms were open when dealing with customers. The body language of open arms makes people comfortable and they feel welcome. From this poster we get the feeling he is feeling great and free but on another level, we feel like we could go up and talk to him because he is open. His arm and leg that is pulled behind him also lead the eye to the upper corner and the bottom corner. His pose tells and does a lot.
http://www.reelmovienews.com/gallery/yes-man-poster/
This is a great poster! The first thing about this which strikes me is that he is making a "Y" with his body, as if he were in the Village People celebrating the chorus of YMCA. Perhaps the expansiveness of the sky and the field are illustrative of the endless possibilities that saying yes can lead one to. Either way, you provide some very insightful comments here, connecting this to something that happened in "everyday life"!
ReplyDeleteI agree with the professor's comments, additionally I would like to mention a couple of things. First, The blue gradient background is a circle gradient that simply surrounds him. That helps bring the focus towards Jim Carrey. Also, the the actor's name probably should be in darker color b/c I had to look closer. Blue and green used here definitely flow well. I probably would have done a bit better with the title of the movie because at first I thought the movie was called "Yes".
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I like the whole message that this poster delivers it draws one into the happiness that the poster looks to convey. I also like the part about body language when dealing with me. I often have ny arms crossed in front of my body and I am told often that I portray a “non-friendly” persona when talking to people. I know if the class one of the lessons for good presentation was to open up one’s arms. I will give it a try.
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