Words are an essential part for humans to convey a message a person is trying to reach out to people. Yet, not everybody can be a sponge and instantly get what that certain individual is trying to tell them. Take for instance a Photoshop or illustrator book in which a person is trying to acknowledge how to use that program. The lucky ones can instantly get what the author is trying to tell the audience just by words alone. But many of us like myself; need more that just simple words, we need visuals to help us grasp a better understanding of what is going on. It is with the combination of both words and images that brings the best of both words in terms of communication.
Paris, je t'aime is a 2006 French film which depicts eighteen short stories which relate to the common theme of love. The design of the film pays tribute to one of the most romantic cities on earth Paris. The nice thing about the design of the film is because the whole movie is based on eighteen short films the viewer is able to see the great scenery of Paris and all its architectural marvels. Yet, in form of communication in the use of languages, the film composed of both English and French. During the French part of the film there are English subtitles which thus communicate to the audience of what the actors/actress are saying in the film, but more importantly I believe is that if the film did not combine both dialects then it loses the originality in which the film presents.
When studying the cover/ poster of the movie, how the layout is arranged is interesting. Although some people seem to think that the image is always the most important aspect of design (although true in some cases) the type of text/ arrangement is important as well. The image of Eiffel Tower is the most iconic image of Paris with the heart tells the audience what this film might be about. The text is arranged in a slanted way to maybe point out that things do not always have to be straight or perfect for things to work or hints that some type of chaos or distortion in also implied in the film. It is these small arrangement of words and images which makes this design work really well.
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