Final posters

“Lighting One Candle” by Yosa Buson

The light of a candle

Is transferred to another candle

Spring twilight

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Poster 1

It is my poster 1, and the title is "timing". It is a papercut collage poster.

My Haiku vividly describes the burning time as very short, but once another candle can be lit by it, it can burn indefinitely. So, I think when the candle burns depend on how we treat it. A vivid example reminds me of organ donation. When a person's life goes to the end, if his organ can prolong others' lives or even give new life to others, we can say that this person's life has also been extended. It is a significant and valuable thing.

The technology of Papercut Collage completes my poster. Before this, I thought of directly using white pigment to draw on the black paper, but I think this does not conform to the meaning of the Haiku I chose. I set the black paper as time, and when I cut off the black piece, it represents the consumption of time. Let's divide the poster into four parts. There are some scattered lines at the top left of the poster, which I use to represent some candles. They vary in thickness because each candle burns for a different time. Second, let's look at the lower left of the poster. This circle represents the clock, and three lines of various lengths are intended to describe the hour hand moving. Then in the middle of the poster, there is a seemingly coherent curve. My inspiration comes from the Bagua of Tai Chi. I disassembled them and reassembled them to express the flow of time. Finally, on the right side of the poster, these dots come from the flickering light, illuminating a large area.

To sum up, my poster uses candles as the idea. As long as one candle is used to light the next one before it burns out, the candle's alternate life makes the time continue. However, I think my current poster does not show the candle clearly enough. To make the candle's characteristics stand out in this poster, I should use the upper left corner lines to show the shape of the candle. In this way, the audience may understand the meaning clearer.

Poster 2

It is my final movie poster. I named the movie "Ninety-seven Minutes" because I calculated that the candle's burning time is about 97 minutes, which is very short for our day.

However, is 97 minutes the candle's entire life? I don't think so. I chose Haiku, which I feel is very pictorial. From the first time I read it, the image of a candle lighting another candle was in my mind. Lighting another candle means the continuation of this candle. A candle's mission is to burn 97 minutes and light the next 97 minutes. So the candle's life is no longer short. They can have unlimited time.

I drew the hands holding the candles in the poster, then I copied it and moved it a little to the left. I think it makes the ignition look dynamic. Besides, I also made two sets of lines on the bottom left and top right of the candles and hands. They look like corners of a rectangle. I made this because I wanted the middle of the poster to be balanced, and people's eyes can focus on the centre of the poster. I used a black background to show the dark environment, and the only light thing is the two transferring candles. So I only coloured the candle and the title in this poster. The rest of the text and graphics are in black and white. I hope to create a strong contrast and give this a sense of hierarchy. Then I added a transparent title under the title. I wanted to make the title more prominent visually. From the perspective of Haiku, I wanted to express that 97 minutes were slowly passing until it disappeared.

In the end, I want to improve my poster with the outline of two hands holding a candle, and I think I should lower the opacity of the set of lines moving to the left. There is a bit of a mess in the centre of my poster now. Adjust the opacity to highlight the object in the middle and to make the object more dynamic and vivid in looks. Moreover, I should separate the two long square edges to make the whole picture more stretch.

Poster 3

My story is about caring for people with depression. Nowadays, depression is becoming more and more common, especially among young people. Many people regard depression as a patient, which leads to no one wants to play with them. As time goes by, the prevalence rate is higher. Depression does need "treatment", but more need "love", especially the kindness of people around them, which can sometimes be beneficial. Numerous studies have shown that the benefits of friendship for depression are surprising. So I hope that everyone who reads my poster will be kind to people with depression, whether as friends or strangers.

My story takes place in two adjacent rooms. I want to express that person with depression are around us, but we should take the initiative to find and help them. In the fourth painting, the little grey man also wants to touch the light, but he does not dare to go to the centre of the light. Later, two good friends came into his room and offered to help him drive away his troubles. I used dark blue in the poster to show the depressed heart of the depressed patients. Finally, with the help of two friends, the grey man gradually turned white like his friends. But instead of leaving, he chose to stay, along with the two friends who helped him, to help the next depression patient.

In the end, it's like going back to the beginning, all very similar but a little different. This time three people wanted to help someone who lived next door. With greater strength, more and more people with depression can be helped. It creates a virtuous circle. People who get healing from their friends will continue to help others and spread warmth to others.

I think my story's plot is coherent, but I think there is something that I can improve in its appearance. My words should be written on black paper with a white pen so that it will be clearer. For example, the question mark in Figure 4 and the "Hey" in Figure 5 is not easy to see against a dark blue background. So I think being able to solve this problem will have a bit of an impact on the reader's experience.

Reference：

Voutiritsas, T., 2019. 10 Vivid Haikus to Leave you Breathless - Read Poetry. Read Poetry. https://www.readpoetry.com/10-vivid-haikus-to-leave-you-breathless/.