Advertising from the Future - Children of Men
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
I'm giving a couple of lectures this semester in the Ecotexts: Nature/Writing/Technology course which has some great books and films on it. I'm getting to give lectures on Blade Runner and the anime Metropolis, but I've also been exploring links between these and other films on the course, including Code 46 and Children of Men. Of the three non-animated films, one of the most interesting textures they use is advertising; the bleak landscapes and cityscapes of the near-future are awash with commercials and warnings! In my online explorations, I've found a wonderful clip produced as a portfolio piece by the Foreign Office, the design company which worked on many of the media textures in Children of Men:
The future imagined through these advertisements and warnings is one easily extrapolated from today, yet cleverly different enough to suggest a future setting!
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The future imagined through these advertisements and warnings is one easily extrapolated from today, yet cleverly different enough to suggest a future setting!
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Labels: advertising, children of men, film, future
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2 Comments:
hey tarm
have you seen this?
http://www.platformzero.com/platformzerofilm/AnthonyBloorPlatformzeroSmall.mov
x
hey Jo,
That's pretty nifty; the teddy-bear reminded me a bit of Akira!
:)
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