On initial look at soviet film posters the only real details i noticed was the use of a cut and paste collage look with the images and text. The font use is generally the same, a bold sans serif. The images however are quite striking! the large faces along with the harsh lines and circular shapes mixed together creating a strong dynamic visual.
Constructivism was an artistic and architectural philosophy that originated in Russia beginning in 1913 by Vladimir Tatlin. This was a rejection of the idea of autonomous art. He wanted ‘to construct’ art. The movement was in favour of art as a practice for social purposes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_(art)
Jaws Film Poster – Sketchbook – develop adobe – final.
After choosing my classic Hollywood film, it was between Hitchcock’s psycho and Spielberg’s Jaws and i decided on jaws as i feel i could come up with more ideas with this movie. I started off with a few basic sketches of some ideas based on my research of soviet film posters and Constructivist artists.
Using their style of bold shapes and cut and paste collage i then developed two of these in adobe illustrator before finalizing one to be my final piece.
I have chosen the second of the two posters as my final i love the design how dynamic the shapes are but still conveys a strong visual of the film. I used a sponge effect to create an older, edgier look to the image. The fonts are basic but still nice and readable i used the same in both as i didn’t want to focus too much on the type but more on the design.
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