"Ladies,
shall we whack the bush?" is a line repeated over and over throughout the
play On the Verge. And it’s what leads into my idea for the
poster. My vision for the poster would be a thick jungle with a light watermark
of a clock on it. I would want it to not
be very obvious that there is a clock involved.
The poster should suggest a journey or an adventure, not giving away the
exciting twist of time travel, but merely hinting at it. Maybe there would be a few of the objects
that we see come up in the play scattered around, but I’m not sure about that
part. It’s hard to imagine it in my
head. I feel like this idea is not super
crazy or innovative, but it is very fitting.
"Ladies, shall we whack the bush?" is the line I would want to
use for the tag line. It conveys that
same idea of the jungle and adventuring, but also holds more weight to it than
that. These women have an incredible persistence
and determination for exploring. The desire
to discover new places is the main driving force through this play. They are not only discovering new places as in physical places, but also
making discoveries about new places in time.
And they are not only whacking through trees, but whacking through
confusion of new objects and phrases that they have never heard. It paints a mental image of a thick and
difficult web of something that they must plow through to find their way. This is why I chose the image of the jungle
to use for the poster. It is the
physical image of the words of my tag line. I didn’t want to use the typical pictures of
maps and adventurous looking women with umbrellas. I wanted it to have a bit more ambiguity in
it. It leaves people who see it
wondering what exactly it suggests.
I love your visual design! I like the idea of the clock with some of the other things surrounding it. A great little glimpse into the plot of the play without being overt. But when I first saw your tagline, I was a little wary. There is a possibility that it some might interpret it in a sexual way. But you explained it perfectly. I like the empowerment and strong message behind it.
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