Saturday, December 7, 2013
'Tis Pity She's A Whore
The idea of a jewel stuck with me for main image of the John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's A Whore. The jewel is in a diamond shape. The overall picture of the is a normal beautiful jewel that end up shattered at the end. To go into detail the jewel would be placed on the top of the poster starting out as a whole pretty jewel dripping with blood dripping from the jewel. Then there would be an effect of the jewel dropping from the top of the poster to the bottom. The end result is a shattered bloodshed jewel at the bottom of the poster. The shards of the shattered jewel would look like bloody daggers. The first quote to accompany the poster is, " Hath often wronged me, I to be revenged" said by Grimaldi. The next is, "Hath enriched my life with this most precious jewel" said by Soranzo. The third is, "Where'er I go, let me enjoy this grace" said by Giovanni. I would pick the second quote because is the word jewel is included in it. The quotes is positive and sweet , and you see this bloody jewel as the main image on the poster. The contrast of the poster design and the words would result in a eye catching poster with dramatic shattering of the jewel.
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I really like your idea of using a jewel as the central image of the poster. When given the assignment, of course, everyone's first thought was of a bloody heart. I totally overlooked the significance of a jewel in the script and how it can represent so many things. It could be as simple as it sounds by representing a woman's dowry. The intricacy in angles and dimensions of a jewel could also represent the complex relationship between Giovanni and Annabella and how precious it is to the two of them. The shards would represent the brokenness of their relationship as brother and sister and as lovers. And the idea to have the broken pieces of diamond in the shape of a dagger is simply genius!
ReplyDeletei really like the jewel with dripping blood from it, i think its powerful to take something pretty like a diamond jewel and then twist it in a cruel thing. This symbolizes the love of two people being twisted into something bad like with Giavonni and Annabella's relationship. i like the first quote you use because it really gives an ominous and dark feeling for the poster and the play which is appropriate.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of having a jewel instead of the typical bloody heart. There is a lot more symbolism with a jewel as it is something beautiful, but has turned into something not-so beautiful. The jewel could symbolize Annabella herself, especially with Soranzo's quote. The shattering of the jewel could symbolize the death of her. You mentioned that the shattered remains would be daggers, which could also symbolize how Annabella kind of caused the death of others.
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