For this blog post, due to my subject being animated films and subsequently film posters, I picked this poster from the 2012 movie “Paranorman.” Thistle poster fits this Tufte principle well. First clearly in the poster they are travelling in a car, from the angle of the car and the character’s reactions and clothing you can deduce that they are moving at great speed towards the “Camera”, showing the passage of time and letting you predict in your head what will happen next.
I believe this principle of time and space being shown can also be shown from the pun used at the top of the poster. This adds another element to the motion already seen in the poster and is a pun on the phrase “full steam ahead” which is usually used to say something is going really fast. This works in conjunction with the motion seen by the characters to give a sense of sequence to the poster and the poster as a whole helps you to infer the plot of the film.
I think this poster shows good progression of time and space, it also emphasises this concept by being a movie poster in itself, as movies are set over a period of time and a story is told. I believe it is also made apparent in the zombie character on the right who can be seen holding onto the car flying backwards. You can infer from the angle and the motion created by the car, the speed and that this character is barely clutching onto the vehicle. Overall I think this is a good use of this principle to my understanding and I think it’s executed well.
References:
[1] Cinematerial.com. 2020. Paranorman. [online] Available at: https://www.cinematerial.com/movies/paranorman-i1623288/p/cdxaqw0k [Accessed 19 October 2020].