Saturday, May 15, 2010

Design I Like

One of my favorite design is the DVD cover for the movie "The Dark Knight". One of the most successful movies of 2008, "The Dark Knight" captures the story of the famous comic that involves Batman, The Joker, Harvey Two-Face and other Marvel cartoon characters. The DVD was released in December 2008 and the cover design is a very well-done work of art. The cover has only one character on it, The Batman. He is shown at a low-angle view, he has got a flaming high-rise building behind him and most of the picture is fogged with smoke. At the top of the cover are the names of the most significant characters in a horizontal line. Their first names are in a smaller font and are on top of their last names which are much visible as they are in capitals and in larger fonts. Below the characters' names, in a smaller font and tighter lettering is the movie director, Christopher Nolan's name. Under his name, in the background, is the Batman logo. The signal is designed with bright lights around it, giving it a fierce and bold look. In the foreground of that logo is the title of the film "The Dark Knight" in bold letters with a lot of spacing in the lettering. In the background of the high-rise buildings is a very fierce cloud with dark spots that indicate a storm brewing. This cover reflects a lot of the major themes in the movie. It depicts The Batman alone on the cover, which speaks a lot to the underlying plot of the movie.

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