Screen Shots from www.suckerpunchmovie.warnerbros.com/dvd/index2.html
Act 1: The Web Site.
Sucker Punch a newly released movie which has made its way to DVD and Blu-ray within the past week after its showing in theaters not all that long ago. Though both odd and interesting the movie itself is about the fantasy of an institutionalized girl thinking of her escape.
The very first page of the website, I have noticed, is the longest to upload out of all of them; even on a fast connection. Just from the look of the site after the initial load, it didn't take long to figure out why the loads were so long. It looks as though the sites main image container is either flash embedded or small sections of video on an infinite loop. The gallery sections are what seem to be Javascript functionality with the movement and fluidity of the Newest Mac's.
Although the load time seems ultra long for the time span of todays audience, the nifty counter lets you know how close you are to the final load. It counts up to 100 seconds rather than in percentages, like most scripting. My biggest peeve with the site is its page navigation. It's not interactive in the sense of hovering over objects on the screen to reveal new page links. Instead the navigation is slightly hidden on the bottom of the page with only the current page visible. Once you hover over that (When you finally find it) the menu pops up to show you your other options.
I will let myself think the designer felt the lack of the navigation was plausible just to keep the clutter down and show off the great graphics of both the video's design and the action scenes that flitter on the screen. All in all the site looks pleasing to the eye but has a few Finder Friendly glitches.
Act 2: Poster Design
The organized sections of the first poster, showing the cast of characters and a few ominous hints surrounding them, are eye catching. Even the perspective of the subjects in this piece allows your eyes to see it all but also move around to every niche of the poster. It simply keeps your attention moving without getting lost in complete clutter.
The off kilter feel of the subjects, the diagonals, are something I've notice to be the current trend of resent. The normal was to keep the main subjects level or on some kind of plane of space. Now a days, more and more posters are taking the verdigo effect and useing the hell out of diagonals.
I tend to like the use of diagonals in these new styles, including this one. It allows you to play with the distance in the white space a little more and help add more visuals with out the background clutter. More linear design often got stuck on the pyramid effect to help the audience eyes move around and fit all the visuals in. That would create too much clutter in the upper half of the posters.
Lastly, is the simple fact that this poster (Sweet Pea) is my upmost favorite of the posters on the site. Just the true grit of the image and comic book-esk punch follow through shown above, proves the action to be seen in the movie itself.
This is a must view..... at least once in your free time.
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