Lemony Snicket Essay

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Title page Name- St # Unit code Ass. Name. Sub. Date For my assignment I’ve chosen to write an essay on the film poster for the movie of Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. Through out my essay I will be running through the principles and elements of design that this poster has put to use to express characteristics of the movie. The chosen topic of discussion for this essay is ….. it is intended that through an analysis of……..it become apparent that …. The main aspect of the movie is that the children are always trying to get away from they’re evil relative, but every time they escape he some how catches up to them again and again and again. This seemingly endless getaway is shown in the poster in many ways. Through the essay I will be referring to the villainous character Count Olaf played by Jim Carey, who is in the poster, as evil relative or the creepy man, for obvious reasons. The three orphans, Sunny, Klaus and Violet, the virtuous, protagonists of the story will be referred to as the kids or children. Integrate- this info. Synopsis: The "Snicket" saga revolves around a pint-sized trio of orphans named Sunny, Klaus and Violet who find themselves fobbed off on a series of odd people, including Lemony Snicket, who narrates each of what has grown to a series of eight books since Handler debuted the first title in 1999. Recurring bad guy is a distant family relative named Count Olaf, who initially takes in the kids but clearly is trying to separate them from a family inheritance. (author, year) author unknown, year One of the first things I thought of when I saw this poster was Nosferatu and an old poster of Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari. ‘Bold colours, distorted forms-in-dissolution, two dimensional, without perspective as well as the elongation of human forms were key aesthetic features’ (class slides week 2), Although the poster I have chosen
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