OK. So this wasn't designed by anybody at Dordt. I didn't even see this film at Dordt, but thought the poster was interesting to note. If you have Angelina Jolie in a film, you have to put her face on the poster. I read in an article that Will Smith's face MUST be the only thing on a poster for a film he's in because, apparently, he's the world's last movie star. In this poster, however, there's just a few really irritating decisions with the copy that they made, notably the placement of the top credits and the right align of the film production notes. They put a shadow on the kid, which is an interesting decision, but difficult to do against a stark white background... especially when they have some fill light on his right side as well.
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Unless that kid is John Malkovich, this is a misleading poster.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I suppose it could be. He's a pretty versatile actor.