My class discussed this week Saul Bass and the elements of a great movie poster. We needed to create a movie poster inspired by Saul Bass. The creative boundaries were the movie before the 1970s, 3-5 colors (2 of which are black and white), and 2-3 "things" that tell the story of the movie and create a design. I chose the movie Mary Poppins. I was inspired to do this form the recent release of the "Saving Mr. Banks" movie. My design includes the pattern of Mrs. Poppins purse being the design of the umbrella, the oh-so famous umbrella, and the lesser known kite tail. The kite tail signifies the last song that Mr. Banks joined in with the children. In "Saving Mr. Banks" the song "Let's Go Fly a Kite" is when the writer of Mary Poppins leaped for joy!The writer did not want Mr. Banks coming off as a mean old man but she for Mary Poppins to save the father, not the children. That is why I decided to make the umbrella have the tail of a kite.
In Saul Bass's poster for "The Shining" he places the image of a face into the text. Just as I have placed the texture and pattern of Mrs. Poppins bag into my umbrella. I included the kite tail for the same purpose Saul Bass created a money sign in the "Bonnie and Clyde" poster, to tell the under lying story. Please click all for better viewing.
