My poster describes my favorite movie at the moment, "Jeux d'enfants" or "Love Me If You Dare". It is a French film, so I thought it would be very appropriate and relative to Art Nouveau. The movie tells the love story of a couple whose relationship is surrounded by a game of truth or dare. For my poster, I decided to incorporate different images of women in very open or sensual poses as if they were saying, "I dare you to love me". Much of my inspiration came from Art Nouveau and Crafts Movement with freeing feeling of the decorative and swirling patterns and images.
"Love Me If You Dare" is my favorite foreign film.
Here is the trailer to the movie, check out the real deal on Netflix
Quick Description
Art Nouveau: A style of art, architecture, and applied art (especially the decorative arts). This style was most popular during 1890 to 1905. The name Art Nouveau is French for "new art". It was most popular in Europe and the British Islands, but its influence was global.
Popular Art Nouveau artists
Alphonse Mucha
Gustav Klimt
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Rene Lalique
Antonio Gaudi
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Arts and Crafts Movement: International design movement that originated in England. It flourished between 1880 and 1910. The movement brought truth to materials and traditional craftsmanship using forms that were simple and sometimes medieval.
Popular Arts and Crafts Movement Inspirations
William Morris
John Ruskin
Components within the design of Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts Movement
1. Bright color pallet: Within my poster there are many floral patterns that incorporate a lot of bright blue and green colors. There is a yellow glow amidst the entire page with hints of purple, orange, and rose pink color decoratively splashed around the work.
2. Organic Elements: There are many organic elements within this work, beginning with the shapes at the top of the page. The spirals and curls flow downward into the circular floral pattern and the nature of the piece. Organic lines are present in this work.
3. Emotion/Creative Response: The emotion and feeling found within the women characters in the poster is desire, promiscuity and carefree fantasy. The film "Love Me If You Dare" has a lot of carefree quality to it in the scenes and the story. I wanted the poster to reflect the game like "come and get me" that is portrayed in the film.
4. Unifying Pattern: I used a circular pattern and shape repeatedly throughout the poster. For two reasons, one being it was commonly found during this period of art. Another reason I used the circular shape was to represent the ongoing story within the film. Especially the ongoing game in the film. At the end of the movie you realize the dare game that was going on throughout the entire movie never ends, like a circle.
5. Ornamented Design: This was a very popular ornate style within the Arts and Crafts Movement. The swirls and ornate flower pattern exemplify an ornamented design. Hours spent on designing and completing these patterns.
6. Symbolism: Just as in the emotional response section, the symbolism of this piece is reflecting upon the film, "Love Me If You Dare". The circles representing the ongoing story and plot line that never really resolves, and the women pieced into the page sultry and daring.
7. Plants and Flowers: Very popular design. This one is the most predominant in my poster, Originally taken from patterns, or posters, the floral patterns are very ornate, delicate, and colorful. It also brings a natural and organic solution to the poster.
8. Asymmetrical: Often were the pieces left asymmetrical or not looking completely resolved. This was a part of the "new art" style. Nothing lines up with each other on my page, but every specific shape has its own specific place. The circles are off center and the women are diagonally strewn from each other.
9. Renaissance Influence: The women in the poster are definitely influenced by the Renaissance with long hair and flowing dresses. They represent a higher power and have some type of authority when looking at them. The thicker outlines around the center woman exemplifies a more rustic and bold approach found in the Renaissance styles.
10. Flat shape: The flat shapes within the poster are circles and the one rectangle towards the center reading, "Love Me If You Dare". These shapes are very formless on their own but with the floral patterns within them, they are brought to a new life. There is also a rectangle behind the entire project amidst the background.
My composition included the following: (one not pictured because I couldn't find the actual photo after I had researched it again. By the time I looked for it, I had already erased it off my computer desktop)
1. Pictured in the bottom circle: It is the floral pattern (blue/greens)
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