Precious Movie Teaser Poster by Ignition Print (2009)
Similarities to Rape Line by Lanny Sommese (1987)
In the movie Precious, the main character is a victim of incest and family abuse. The intrusion of a foreign hand into a woman’s body, fracturing her as a whole is a strong image by itself, especially contrasted against a dynamic/lighter background colour. The whole concept is simple and yet profound.
Sommese is a globally renowned poster designer and a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. See http://www.idsgn.org/posts/design-discussions-aiga-fellow-lanny-sommese/
Similarities to Anatomy of a Murder by Saul Bass (1959)
Saul Bass’s design for Anatomy of a Murder was a groundbreaker in the 1960s, known as his best work for film poster design. The simple employment of a fractured silhouette, against a hot coloured background—perhaps to represent blood seeping everywhere—damage fills up the negative space. Precious’ employs a similar idea of negative space with warm colour.
Some might argue that the typography used for the word ‘Precious’ resembles Bass’s playful style. Bass is a legend in logo and movie poster design.
See:
http://kissmyblackads.blogspot.com/2009/05/precious-movie-teaser-poster.html
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