250 word summary

One of the movie posters I took inspiration from was this teaser for the...REVENGE OF THE JEDI? Yes, at this early date, they didn't have the title fully finalized. The one thing they are sure of is that slapping Darth Vader on everything=profit. And why not? Everything about him, the voice, the movements, the costume, was designed to be as intimidating as possible. The composition of this poster is also meant to enhance his stature and presence as a force to be reckoned with. His helmet dominates the frame, a malevolent red aura representing his anger and hate. The not-quite profile we see him in gives him an appearance of focusing on something outside our field of view, of being an active, masculine figure without any actual movement taking place. On his shoulder we get a vision of combat between him and his son, lightsaber colors reversed (?) as even this desperate battle for dominance is subsumed by his overwhelming presence.

Movie Poster Ideas

The world will be changed by...our new president, I suppose. I'm not in a particularly great mood after last night, so my plan is to do a very dark, ominous type of poster in the vein of an intimidating, terrifying Hollywood villain. I selected three posters that I think do a good job of communicating a kind of dread of a mysterious, overwhelming malevolent force. They all employed different strategies to achieve this repulsive feeling, but there are few common elements I will definitely empulate. The object of dread itself, i.e. the main bad guy, always looms large in the frame, dwarfing the other elements like an evil gas giant, and is usually in a high spot, a sign of power. My plan is to place a giant fat Trump head over the white house, possibly put some of his more deplorable allies around him, Star Wars style, add some storm clouds behind his face, and play with the opacity until it looks suitably grotesque. Two of these posters also use a blood red color scheme very effectively, and I may play with a red layer as well. Or at least orange

This "Apocalypse Now" poster is truly unsettling. Marlon Brando is made to look grotesque, though his place in the frame below the hero gives mixed messages about his power and activity.

A classic villain poster! Darth Vader's overpowering force fills the entire frame, his malevolence a harsh red glow around him. The hero is dwarfed by him, fighting for his life against an unfeeling, inhuman omnipresent entity.

Another statement of the overwhelming power of the antagonistic force, this time focusing not on Darth Vader as a person, but the Empire as a whole. Large and intimidating as the two Sith Lords are, they do not fill the frame on their own. The true terror is in the innumerable legions at their command, spreading to all corners of the galaxy, even the so-called "Midwestern Firewall." Dammit!

Family Tableau final

Amelia the astronaut

Family Tableau pictures

 The basic story I'm planning to tell is that of my grandparents transitioning to civilian jobs after WW2. My grandmother was a WAC

 My Grandfather farmed for a while after the war.

 To go along with the farm idea.

 My grandfather sold TVs after the war.

 An aircraft carrier to show the return home.

 A representation of a WWII soldier to stand in for my grandfather.

 My grandmother worked as a civil servant for a time.

 My hometown used to have a factory that made portable Ferris Wheels that some of my relatives worked at.

 To serve as the background, the general sort of locale I'm familiar with.

 A B 52, to stand in for the war.

 More farm accouterments. 

 My grandfather also sold cars for a time. I specifically remember seeing an old t-bird like this one sitting in the yard until a few years ago.

 More farm accouterments. 

 More farm accouterments. 

 My other grandmother was a nurse.

 A lot of my family worked at the local library when they were younger.

 My father works at a radio station now.

 I just grabbed some stock shot of the ocean to possibly serve to bridge the gap between the cornfield and the aircraft carrier. 

 Alternate photo for the war years.

  Alternate photo for the war years.

 Alternate photo for the war years.

Dali and his cat

Exquisite Corpse

Infographic (sort of)

This is my "infographic." It's really more intended to be a fun little cheat sheet for anyone who's already read "The Odyssey."

Icons

1. Something I use every day (sadly)
2. Something I value.
3. Something I dislike.

Chapter 6

Symmetry and Balance

Something I find striking about this Hamilton logo is the fact that it is almost entirely symmetrical and centered, leaving the white space flat and inactive...except for the silhouette of the titular Treasury Secretary. His dynamic pose suggests motion and energy, breaking up the monotony of the image the same way the character challenges the status quo in early American society.

In what remains of this Gigantomachy scene from the Great Alter of Zeus at Pergamon, the combination of vivid, dynamic poses with balance and symmetry (Nike and the Giant's wings, for example) creates a strange, mixed effect. What we are witnessing is obviously violent, and horrible for the individuals involved, but, as it is one of the stories that explains how the world came to be as it is, there is a justifiable necessity to it that lessens the emotional impact.

In theory, the balance and symmetry of this Captain America: Civil War poster should create a sense of peace, but the rows of Avengers instead create converging lines and rapidly depleting space, giving it an overall feel of barely maintained equilibrium, ready to burst into conflict.

First post for RT 331

First!

Anyway, my name is David Ballard, and despite being a Junior in RTD, I have precisely 0 experience with any of the programs listed in the syllabus.

So, this should be fun.