Visual Project development post #1

After having completed our research segment of our assignment, I found that while I had an idea of what I wanted to do for this project, the idea was vague and not nearly as substantial as I’d have liked it to be. I was certain that I wanted to use iconic moments in film mixed with some features of Art Nouveau poster design.

'Poetry' Alphonse Mucha

This design by Alphonse Mucha has features which I wanted to use in my own poster design, namely, the ellipse like border around the figure. I very much enjoyed how well framed this work is, using that ellipse border so I wanted to translate that into my idea of using iconic film moments. It is worth noting that movement was something I wanted to take from the works of Art Nouveau due to the emphasis on curvilinearity. 

With this idea in mind, I began sketching my idea. I used ‘Spiderman’s iconic pose and framed the figure using and inspired take on Mucha’s work. I decided to use a solid black colour to make the figure look like a silhouette. I did this in hopes that the iconic figure would be recognised by just the contours of the shape.