Movement/Motion

This week we learned about the different types of motion in a 2D space. I decided to go with option 1 and found a movie poster and a well known logo that represent motion in a 2D area.

In this poster from the movie, Catch Me if You Can, there is implied motion of running in the characters displayed on the poster. The blurry aspect of lines in the picture makes the eye assume they are moving from right to left in a quick manner. This brings in the Dondis Element that the shape and direction show movement. As humans we know the way other human run and have watched and studied the motion in-depth. By previous knowledge we know that they are in the running motion. The way the horizon is in the viewers line has them almost on the same height as the viewers. 

Ah, the smoothie company we all know and love. The logo and concept designed from fellow college students a couple years ago from Cal Poly demonstrates more than a colorful reflection of the fruits that go into the smoothies. The point in the center of the red swirl is the only crisp point and then flows into smooth curves, like the frozen fruit turning into a smoothie. The swirls breaks brings in the Gestault law of Continuation, and forces our knowledge of a tornado type object to come to the forefront. The lines are not quite horizantle and force stress when the become diagonal and this "implied movement is universal." The big to small lines also show sign of universal movement. Tornadoes are thought in parallel with swiftness, but this also symbolizes the motion the blender makes.