Wizard of Oz Poster

Oz Poster

Contrast:

     My attempt at contrasting with size, color, and font turned out fairly well in my opinion. With the fairly dark background I decided to use a light colors for the text so it could stand out against the page. When dealing with size I made the word "OZ" as large as possible. This was because "OZ" is a very iconic word for this story and it's the word in the title that has the most interest and gets the idea across the quickest. I made "WIZARD" slightly smaller because it was the second most important word in the title. I used mostly two fonts that looked fairly similar in order to cause just enough contrast between the title and the information to be noticeable but not to the point where it was distracting. Everything dealing with contrast was done in moderation to make it pleasing to the eye but still stand out.

Alignment:

     The main idea is in the title thus it went right in the middle as the center of everything. Every other piece of information except the credits is center aligned in order to keep the focus around the title. The credits are down in the bottom right corner for two reasons. The first is because it is less important to the viewer since it doesn't hold any major information for the play. It should the the last part you see if you see it at all. The second is for the sake of contrast against the dark green background. Other than that everything centers around the word "OZ."

Repetition:

     With the use of only two fonts it makes a nice repeating pattern of font in relation to importance. The title and theatre group are all in the font Marion, while all the smaller information is in Optima. Along with repetition in font there's also repetition in color. There are only 3 general colors: Green, gold, and white. Everything was chosen with a purpose and with a pattern.

Proximity:

     The word "OZ" is not only in the middle for alignment. It's also there so it can be centered in the blank space between the yellow brick roads. Those bricks highlight the word "OZ" and help out with both contrast and alignment.  The background image of the characters is approximately in the center as well, just behind the "OZ." Everything is placed with the yellow bricks in mind.