Friday, November 6, 2009

Movie Poster: Harmony

After finding examples of movies - and their posters - that exemplified the times in which they were made (see previous post), we were asked to come up with a brief synopsis for a movie of our creation that demonstrates some "sign of the time." My group decided to run with the popularity of online dating services like eHarmony and couple it with the cheesy-action-flick-spoof genre (which also seems to be popular now). So, our movie synopsis:

In a world where online dating is the norm, three retired and washed up action stars (Steven Seagal, Jean Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris) find love online… but little do they know that eHarmony has matched them with the same girl, Rosa Caliente (played by Megan Fox)! Their friendship will be tested when they find themselves in a battle for her love! Unbeknownst to them, Rosa Caliente is only a digital representation, created by eHarmony’s Dr. Neil Clark Warren (played by Bob Barker) in an attempt to thwart the action heroes.

And here, to the right, is the poster I came up with. Look it over - see what you think. Based on the critique I received in class, it seems the greatest short-fall is that I wasn't as effective as I'd hoped in connecting the action-flick feel with eHarmony (perhaps if I made the eHarmony
login page less transparent, it would become more apparent...what do you think?).

2 comments:

  1. I think it looks like a real movie poster! Are you sure you didn't steal it from something :o) Looks like perhaps you've designed a few posters or dvd covers before. The synopsis is also very realistic and seems like you've had some practice in writing those too. Anyway, back to the poster, perhaps there could have been a bit more of the eharmony side of things. Maybe Chuck should have been blowing up a computer moniter or something.... but overall I think it was the best poster in class and you win!

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  2. Thanks, Shamequa...though I didn't actually write the synopsis myself ;o)

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