GRAPHIC DESIGN - TEXT & IMAGE -INFORMATION GRAPHIC

Text V Image Semiotics - The Study of Signs Representations

Charles Sanders Prince - Main Categories of Signs:

• Icon

• Index

• Symbol

Icon - Something that resembles the actual object it represents. Index - Where the signifier and signified are linked. Symbol - Where the viewer has to learn the connection between signifier and signified.

Paul Rand

Context - Where, when and by whom a sign is viewed.

Introduction to Semiotics

https://uk.pinterest.com/lanamay03/uni-semiotic-design/

Tell Tale Signs

BRIEF OF THE PROJECT

I had to choose a film genre from either:

• Romantic Comedy - (1977) Cert:15

• Western - (1966) Cert:18

• Science Fiction - (1982) Cert:15

• Thriller - (1986) Cert:18

• Family - (1971) Cert:U

The genre that I picked was Science Fiction and the film given for this genre was 'Blade Runner'.

INDEPENDENT STUDY

Blade Runner -

The Maze Runner - Science Fiction Film/Book Series

IDEAS -

Poster Ideas

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Conclusion

For this project I looked a specific genre and a specific film so I could produce the poster for. We had Cranbrook as the design so which meant that there weren’t any rules unlike the Bauhaus. I used features from the film which was Blade Runner and I produced two posters also an info graph.