Thursday, November 10, 2011

Dimension/Depth/Space/Scale

The Alice in Wonderland movie poster above provides an excellent example of depth cues. Scale is present in this image as the tall, overgrown mushrooms dominate the poster. Also, as you look over to the right corner of the image, you can easily see the shadows of an oversized cat that has been altered to scale so that it provides comparison to the other characters presented in the poster. Since scale is involved, we can simply detect the main characters of the movie. The use of spacing on the poster also helps us understand where each character/object rests on the photo, and most importantly, space allows the audience to see a balance in dimension. The overlap of the characters and objects of this design provides depth as well. We can observe the many layers of depth as each character and object is placed in its certain location. Relative height also exists since each character is placed separately on a horizontal line, and each character appears to be bigger/smaller than the other depending on their position. Also, the surface extends away from the observer as they pay attention to the texture gradient of the photo.  

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