Design I Like

My choice-The DVD cover of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist.

The cover portrays a balanced photograph, which allows the audience to take in all of what the photograph has to offer. Though the snapshot may be balanced, there is an extra emphasis towards the center. According to the rule of thirds, Nick and Norah (actors Michael Cera and Kat Dennings), are in the center; great idea because they are the main characters of the film.

The cover gives uses a narrative, a story. The image of the city vs. the size of the two main characters functions well. It lets the audience know that the film will probably deal with NYC, but the city isn’t as nearly as important as the two people who are going to roam in it. The medium long shot, going from the knee and up, is showing the physicality of the body emotionally. Due to their stances, the audience can see that they’re happy. They’re captured in a still, exhibiting laughter and/or smiling. The audience can probably see that this film will perhaps be comical, light-hearted, easy going, etc.

Along with their stances, the background scenery helps to elucidate the emotions that should have been captured. The background of the environment is very flat. In the photo are the city lights, and a view of iconic NY buildings. The lights are very bright and vibrant, and provide a great contrast between them and the dark background. The brightest colors (the ones exuding a glow) happen to be red, green, and blue, the main colors for light. Though the shot is flat, the people within the center exhibit more depth by being 3 dimensional.

The typography isn’t formal, like Times Roman, but resembles neat handwriting. It makes it more personal, endearing, and youthful. The headphones encircling the two characters are in a heart shape, telling the audience that they have/form a love through music, and as the headphone cord wraps around the legs of the two protagonists, it leads to the phrase: Every Night Has A Soundtrack. The choice of the words signify that this film is driven by music. Though that phrase, the names of the actors, and the title of the film are located on the cover, the images on the front still pop out. As mentioned in class, the brain works better with visual imagery. The cover of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist provides a wonderful collage of words, objects and overall image, to help explain the sum of the film-two teens, who in one night, undergo a journey, perhaps shaped by music, and they fall for one another.