畢業作品 6：ACT Theatre（劇場節目單封面---迷你海報）
這個以劇場節目為設計的迷你海報，之前我有貼過上一版本。不過那一版本是非常的爛，感覺好像每個人都做的出的樣子，毫無專業可言。
經過老師精闢的解說及指教，後再經我再次的研究之後，我才明瞭其設計的準則，與電影的海報設計，有異曲同工之妙。
與電影海報相比較，其最大的共通點是，節目名稱的字體的排放方式，需結為一體像是一個圖像，而不是數排鬆散的字體。而最大的差別在於，劇場節目的迷你海報，不一定要寫出表演者的名字，可劇作家的名字則一定得寫出。因為一齣舞台劇的重點，是在於整體而不是個別演員。
把之前我設計的版本拿出來，跟現在這個改進過的版本相比較後，其差別還真是大耶，之前的設計真是糟透了。
最下面的那張照片，為之前版本的樣子。
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ok I like to ask you some question about these pieces you are doing.
What is your thoughts behind each piece and why you created it the way you did?
the piece has a classic look to it, but I don’t know if you see what I see. I just see the border around it, the cool pattern and the colorful border. Especially the last image with the 3 picture together, the eyes just go to the color stuff, but the main information and what u want the viewer to look at is the center. But I dont feel that, if someone to look at that as a poster some where, they will just have one look and walk away. You need to make it strong to grab their attention, and also show what you want them to see. I am sure the border is not what u people to focus on right?
Also black and white pictures is pretty hard to really make a great poster, if you going to do that, you need to look at some old 20’s and 30’s black and white movie poster, study how they make it and what is the reason they do those pieces. 加油!
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About the theatre program cover (mini-poster) here, you told me something that my teachers never said. First, you definitely know there’re many different versions as roughs when you design something. The first time I designed this program covers was last fall(2005) when I was in the class of design 3. As the designing process, I created many different versions. The version here was actually not my choice; however, the version I liked my teacher in design 3 did not like it because of the serious problem of typography. He told me that he prefered the B&W photos with frames as windows, because he liked the one point perspective. Although it also had the problem of typography, but he thought that it was better than other versions. This’s why I kept this version for improvement and threw away other versions. And, the last photo here was the piece done in the class of design 3 in last fall. The teacher in desigh 3 did not tell me the problem in the frames, and the possible problem in visual from the viewers. So, I thought that this piece was Ok, because my teacher liked it.
The first 3 photos are the piece done 2 weeks ago in the class of design 6. I made improvement to the typography and part of the frames. The teacher in design 6 is a different teacher, but she just asked me to make improvement to typography , the position of letters, and the frame for Born Yesterday. After several times of improvement, she said that the typography was perfect, and it was all done. Again, she did not address the possible problems in the frame and the visual from the viewers. She already has more than 20 years experience in the field of graphic design; she should notice the possible problems as you found. Perhaps, she did not want to give me too much hard time, and want me to complete all the 15 pieces as soon as possible for graducation. I don’t know.
My original idea for this version was creating frames that could attract the viewers first, then use the 1 point perspective in the photos to bring the viewer to the center of the photos.
But your point and opinion is also great, because the photos are B&W, and it lacks special characters (照片無個別特色). Probably. researching in some of old movie posters will help as you said. I will keep this in mind, but I’m not going to change this piece again, because my teacher already marked this piece done, and I have no more time to redesign it.
Anyways, thank you for your advise, opinion, and encouragement. 2006-11-25 22:17:58
”有一種從窗戶看世界的感覺”
這正是我在看這張迷你海報時的感覺!
我正是喜歡這點. 這樣的處理方式比前者來的有深度及技巧,
也引人入目, 想深入探索. 看這齣戲碼.
如此就兼具了藝術與廣告的商業功效.
了解故事內容及劇作家一定對你的創作有很大的幫助.
台灣現在的舞台劇越來越多, 也越來越成熟. 真是令人欣喜. 有機會, 我也很想看百老匯的”歌劇魅影”和”貓”.
去年秋天剛設計這時, 那老師建議這一版的原因跟你一樣, 也就是從窗戶看世界的感覺, 再加上照片的單點透視.
貓劇除了紐約外, 在拉斯唯加斯也看得到, 而歌劇魅影大部份的時候, 就只有紐約有公演而已. 2006-11-25 21:27:02
要不同的嘗試才能找到更好的。
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