Chicago Poster Critique Thanks!

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MrChoob

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Hey, I'm a Graphic Design student from Canada looking to learn more about graphic design and get constructive critiques of my student project. This is a poster I made for the Broadway show Chicago. I tried to go a bit against the typical Broadway branding in order to make it my own. For those that don't know Chicago (I didn't when I started this project). Its a play satirical/burlesque musical based on another play written by a courtroom reporter. Loosely based on a true story its about a wife who murders her lover and (from what I understand) tricks her husband and the courts into believing in her innocence; all while becoming famous as a femme fatale icon due to media coverage of her case. The actual branding for Chicago has a Noir feeling mixed with glam and excitement. I attempted to go with something a little darker and more mysterious while keeping with the glamour/noir elements. I'm personally not sure about the low contrast of the typography.
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Cheers and Thanks for any advice.
 
Overall - not bad. Chicago is a famous enough play that most have heard of it, and certainly anyone frequenting a theatre would know it.

There's a few ways you can lift the text in print - by using a Neon ink for Chicago, and a Scodex for the letters.

Neon ink would make the title pop - and the Scodex is a digital way of printing a clear type of UV which means the text would reflect light - so instead of a light ink, you'd have UV type effect which would look nice in print.

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Neon inks can be found with Pantone

Or you could also Scodex over the Chicago type that's in red.

And one more trick for your print - the netting on the feet - this could also be Scodex'd to give a texture feeling.



It's worth looking into these things - it adds dimensions to the print, texture, light, etc.


Broadway posters tend to capture the mood of the play - which is important, and I think you've done that here.

But floating legs does look a bit odd and a bit Sharon Stone-esque (Basic Instinct 1&2).
 
MrChoob said:
I'm personally not sure about the low contrast of the typography.
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Me neither.

The poster looks goods but my knackered old eyes had to work herd to read the words. Imagine that posted on a wall in the evening when the light isn't so good - it will just be a blank sheet.
 
Yeah I think I went for too much of a muted look.

Thanks for the replies.

@hankscorpio thanks for the tips. I honestly havn't looked into the field of printing yet so I have no idea what those are but they sound cool. I'm gonna have to do some more research on these kinds of stuff. I know its really important for a graphic designer to have knowledge in actual printing and will look into it. Cheers
 
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