CCC Reynaldo J Urena

Every self-respecting person with a dream has one pretty outstanding fear. That he or she does not end up in some pathetic middle manager position at a branch office of some obscure corporation no one can actually say what in God's name they produce. In other words, that they do not end up becoming Michael Valdo, Assistant Department Supervisor at the branch office of Bezarin Corp. in San Diego. When it comes down to it, Michael's 32 years of life have been the epitome of mediocrity and it is getting more and more difficult everyday to maintain his false disposition of satisfaction and happiness. Valdo is at the end of his rope and comes up with only one idea to give his miserable existence some meaning and show he actually put some effort into something for once, finding the coolest solution for killing himself.

After reading the article, I never really imagined the scale of the beauty-re-imaging industry. In the digital age we live in, it's easy for a wide array of rumors and secrets to leak out; it's just difficult to believe and figure out what rumors are true or false. So it doesn't really surprise me how much actors and celebrities have their photos and films altered to look a certain way that makes them look more rejuvenated and youthful. Technology has advanced to the point where many times you cannot distinguish what's real or fake in a person's image. Hollywood, where actors/actresses work out of, would undoubtedly be the center of this false imaging trend because the majority of actors/actresses livelihood is based on their looks.

It was so interesting to read about Dustin Stanton's exploits as a movie poster designer. It enlightened on many aspects of being a movie poster designer. Like when being an artist/designer, you end up working for different agencies and such, moving around to different agencies for work and learning from the experiences you had in those different agencies. His outlooks on designing movie posters, how many poster designs end up getting used for other things like DVD and Blu-ray designs for movies, as well as tours promoting the movie. Stanton's passion for making designs and what he said about being around other artists so you don't become complacent is something I will take to heart for my future. I was fascinated when Stanton also said that when making a poster for a specific need for the movie, like a teaser poster, it can be difficult when trying to balance the artistic and commercial importance of a movie poster and how at every step of designing, the design needs to be

Currently, my favorite movie poster would be the one for Avengers Endgame. I love the movie poster's colors and just the tone it's portraying. But I also love the amount of brilliant actors this movie had and how they were able to highlight them so beautifully in this poster. This movie also held a lot of meaning for many Marvel fans like myself in that this movie was the culmination of 11 years of planning and work for the Marvel Cinematic Universe to reach such an epic conclusion. No one really knew how well this movie would actually do but this poster did not fail in displaying how epic this film would be.