Artist Research on a Film Poster

Poster by Olly Moss

This is a fan made poster for the film “My Neighbor Totoro”

I really like how he has made the poster; I think the colours used make this piece of work very interesting. The fact that he only really uses 2 colours is what makes it stand out. The colours he has used are really calm and cool which suggest that the film will be easy to watch.

The main part of the picture I see is Totoros face at the front of the image. I really like how they have used Totoros face as a hill as well, which works really well with the silhouettes of the people and of the background. Because the face is so big on the page it gives us the feeling that he is really important in comparison to the smaller people who stood on its head.

I like that he has used the same fonts as the ones used by Studio Ghibli. I think he did this because this type of font has been used in all of the Ghibli films. I like that the title is nice and clear to read because it is on a dark background.

I think I prefer this to the original because it is really simple and works really well.