Now That's Surreal...

Poster for a theatre production with the theme of surrealism... now that's tough. Cos first you need to figure out the storyline to be reflected in the poster, then you need to make it fit the theme of surrealism.

according to wikipedia: "[the works] feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitr."

according to dictionary.com: "a style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or nonrational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or the exploitation of chance effects, unexpected juxtapositions, etc."

So... it has to look fantasy / unreal / out of this world. Doesn't seem to hard right? WRONG.

So what i settled for was something along the lines of a "what if", since the play is about dreams and sacrifice after all. So...




Now... as a first draft this is fine. EXCEPT that after thinking about it and seeing the end product in print...

1. The details of the production don't follow typical theatre posters (so that needs to be fixed)
2. I showed it to some people and its not immediately obvious (hence making it a bad poster if i have to explain)
3. The more i stare at it i realise that the picture in the centre is the draw factor (and not the ones on the sides). I don't know if that's a good thing. On the bright side that means that people will see the title of the play right?)

So... need more tweaks.