Movement/Motion

 Option 1

http://felixip.blogspot.com/2011/04/kamenrider-support-japan.html

       This image is a poster designs by an Illustrator/ Freelance Comic Artist, Denis Medri. It is to help support Japan relief after the tsunami earthquake disaster. Japanese fictional superheroes help save the citizens of Japan. It is an image of Astro Boy appearing through the land of debris and water. On the top right corner is written in two Chinese characters, "Zai Sheng" meaning “reborn”. Looking at poster image, it is referring to how Japan citizens right now are rebuilding their lives and helping each other after the disaster. Astro Boy symbolizes Japan as the human Astro Boy was reborn as a robot and help save the citizens of Japan. The bottom image show implied motion as it show a wave-like motion of debris and water moving along towards Astro Boy’s direction. Just looking at the image itself, viewers can see as if Astro Boy came alive and appear right out of the water. The background of image is all in white color and in the middle is a big red cracked circle. The background behind Astro Boy symbolizes Japan’s flag. The wave-like derbies and water implies to the tsunami earthquake as it moves left and right.

http://www.designeroof.com/interesting-coca-cola-advertisements/

        This is an advertisement of Coco Cola. This image shows implied motions as there are wave and cloud-like objects moving upward coming out of the Coca Cola. Viewers can imagine if they open a bottle of Coca Cola, they would be experiencing the same effect. The advertisement is basically sending a message to the audience that if they open a bottle of Coca Cola, they enjoy the taste of this drink. The movement of each object shows as if it is moving upward and going up to the sky. It is creating a blasting effect, once the cap on the bottle has been lifted. Many vibrant colors are displayed on this advertisement, which also add to the effect of movement. Objects such as butterflies, happy faces, hot air balloons, and flowers are illustrated with the cloud-like waves. This helps promote that drinking Coca Cola would be refreshing and enjoyable.

Tone and Color

http://www.littleblackstar.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/399px-gojira_1954_poster_3.jpg

      One of my interests is poster design. This is the 1954 original movie poster for Godzilla: the movie, a Japanese science-fiction film. Godzilla is a Japanese movie monster, which was created by nuclear detonators. Throughout the series of movies, Godzilla has been portraying as the hero or destroyer of the city. Looking at the poster illustrates the climax of the movie. The couple on the bottom left of the poster shows authority as they are looking directly at Godzilla and the size of Godzilla is empathized. The range of tones on Godzilla adds texture on Godzilla body from head to toe. This helps the audience understands how Godzilla looks like. It also illustrates the vintage feel of the poster. The audience can easily tell that the poster was not recently created for this year. The tones on the landscape show detail and actions as there are explosion and debris all over the city. As for the element of basic design, the scale of Godzilla is highly emphasize. Godzilla’s size is larger than the couple and the Japanese characters on the poster. When the audiences see this poster, they would recognize the roles for the characters, whether they are good or evil character. The tone helps show the scale of the character with more emphases.
        On A Primer of Visual Literacy, Dondis states that “Color has stronger affinity to the emotions" (p.50). The color helps illustrate the emotion of the overall image. The features and the black and grey color on Godzilla signify the destructive powerful monster. The light colors on the couple are emphasizes to display the couple is the protagonist of the story and this attracts attention to the audiences. The couple shows direction of the basic element of design. The couple is looking directly at Godzilla and their body language shows they are terrified of Godzilla. With color and tone, the poster image helps attract the audience and tells a story of the movie.