After 21 years, the 4K repaired "Sea Pianist" is about to be re-released in China, and the commemorative version poster personally written by the famous designer Huang Hai has also aroused heated discussion among netizens.
The poster is inspired by the scene in the movie in which 1900 throws out the top hat and chooses to stay, which not only evokes many people's memories of this musical film, but also makes the public more and more interested in the movie poster, the external form of the cultural connotation of the film.
In fact, in addition to the famous Yellow Sea, Jamie Edler, an illustrator from Bristol, England, has also created many movie posters with her own unique style, and works that integrate oriental elements are often eye-catching after watching.
Jamie Edler has a unique humorous style, and in posters, illustrations, and covers, Jamie shows a relaxed and witty gesture. What surprised us even more was the pop-style illustrator's deep love of oriental culture and often manifested itself in works with oriental themes.
"Fancy Years" Director: Wong Kar Wai
"Chongqing Forest" Director: Wong Kar Wai
"Spring Breaks" Director: Wong Kar Wai
"One By One" Director: Yang Dechang
"Dandelion" director: Itami THIRTEEN
"The Hidden Spirit of Spirited Away" Director: Hayao Miyazaki
"Hanabi" director: Takeshi Kitano
"Roman Baths" Director: Hideki Takeuchi
In these oriental movie posters of Jamie, a large number of vertical English reflect not only the abstract sense of the poster, but also the oriental elements. Traditional oriental patterns such as "Fancy Years" and "A Cloud in the Sky" are used in the background, which further renders the oriental style of the poster. In addition to Eastern movie posters, Jamie Edler has many Western film poster productions. Both Eastern and Western posters reflect different cultural styles.
"Darling" director: Augustus Lance moss
The Brothers Hisstes is directed by Jacques Odia
Moonlight Boy Directed by Barry Jenkins
"Adele's Life" director: Abu dai Kosciusz
Call Me By Your Name Director: Luca Guadagnino
Most of Jamie Edler's posters use bright color collocation, with rich color processing to give people a strong visual perception, with high saturation color collocation to show a unique pop art effect. And the use of dots in Pop Art increases the texture of the poster screen, reflecting the internal uniformity of the shadows in the picture and the three-dimensional layering. Jamie Edler is not only a film poster work, but also a large number of comics, cover designs and other works as an illustrator. For example, the cover made for Haruki Murakami's "Kafka by the Sea" uses vertical text, and the contrast between dark and light colors implyses the interweaving of the two lines of the parity chapters in the book, showing the characteristics of the work in an abstract image.
Jamie Edler pays attention to the contrast between color effects and shapes. For example, in this portrait, the contrast between the background of the blue and yellow stripes, and this bright background contrasts with the beige monochrome furnishings, and the regular geometric lines in the background and the messiness of the characters' clothes form a contrast, under these contrasts, the tension of the picture can be displayed, bringing people a strong visual impact.
Of course, Jamie Edler is not limited to the realistic restoration of the human figure, but he is more unique in the abstract images that appear in his creations. These abstract images full of modernism enhance the alienation of the picture, and also enhance the absurdity in some works.
Even Jamie Edler's own Facebook account profile picture is such an abstract self-portrait.
Jamie Edler believes that his works, whether posters, illustrations, stamps or covers, are similar in style, and this similar style is not only reflected in the visual perception, but also in the thematic content. Jamie Edler tries to take thematic issues that are closely related to him and make them approachable through lightness and humor, without stripping away the seriousness of what he says.
This poster designed with the theme of instant noodles uses red, yellow and blue primary colors to form a strong visual impact, and there is a person soaked in the noodle bucket, the contrast between the big world and the small world is reflected in a joke of bubble noodles and bathing, reflecting the author's humor and rich imagination.
Another example is this swimming picture, where abstract figures with the same style become mermaids underwater and swim freely. Slightly absurd.
The contrast between red and green shocks the perception, and the caption is even more humorous: "If you are a cat on a hot tin roof, how can you win?" /I wish I knew... Just stay on it, I guess, as long as you can stay. The cat on the roof in the picture is actually the three letters of "CAT (cat)", which makes people smile.
Many times, the exaggeration of content can also bring humorous effects. This comic called "Drooling" uses black, white and pink colors to exaggerate the story of drooling and even drowning yourself in sleep, which is witty and humorous.
At the same time as the humor, Jamie Edler also conveys some of his own ideas, showing profound allegories in his works and provoking people to think. For example, in this animated picture work, set in a work meeting, two people drink and complain. Finally, the lights go out, and the picture presents the black background and white characters "Let them be themselves", showing the escape from the shackles and the pursuit of true self, which is thought-provoking. Abstract pop painting style, meeting traditional oriental elements, Jamie Edler's works have both retro style and innovative techniques; both humorous stories and serious thinking in light-hearted and witty stories, which are worth savoring.