Kung Fuey:
Martial Arts film fest
Kung Fu Cinema: Heavy kick, swift punch, bloody nose. The grainy footage of a brutal fighting scene and lightning-fast motion unfolds in your head. You get drawn into the action. Over the course of three nights, Kung Fuey screens the classic martial arts movies of the 1980s that pioneered the genre we know today.
Some of us may love. Others may hate it. Nonetheless, we all know the familiar gestures and movements of martial arts.
We don’t need famous actors or high-budget films. The imagination of sleek maneuvers and techniques is all we need to get put into the shoes of a ninja hero. That’s what makes Kung Fu Cinema.
This project is part of the graphic design course instructed by Douglas Higgins at Ringling College of Art + Design.
Design:
Martin Pohlmann
Brady Clem
Photography:
Joseph Cox
Format:
2:1 aspect ratio
All media formats and grids are based on tatami mats, used in Japanese architecture to layout rooms.
Tatami mats rule the size of a floor plan and can be placed in numerous different ways using either half or full-sized mats.
Class:
GDES 341: Graphic Design III. Fall 2018. Ringling College of Art + Design
Instructor:
Douglas Higgins
Typeface:
DIN Next. Akira Kobayashi, Nadine Chahine, Sandra Winter, Kimya Gandhi. Monotype. 2009, 2010.
