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The Meaning Of The Fate Apocrypha Poster From A-1 Pictures

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Art is different for each individual. There are those who believe that art only includes high class paintings made by people from high social order like Michelangelo or Francisco Goya. There are also those who believe anything can be considered art, not just paintings but songs, movies, and even video games. But while everybody has different opinions what art can be, everyone understands that art has some meaning behind it. On this passage below, I will be demonstrating the meaning behind “Fate Apocrypha” poster from A-1 Pictures. A-1 Pictures is an entertainment company that animates stories from light novels to manga. While they do not actually create stories themselves, the publish stories that can have a light hearted theme to emotional themes. Since they publish numerous stories per year, they strive to have each story be as developed and lucid as possible. Their ultimate goal in doing all of this is to attract a huge number of audiences to their shows in hopes of increasing sales and views. A-1 Pictures created this poster in order to attract people who are interested in watching genres that are the action-fantasy. To be able to portray the action genre, the background is drawn that displayed some sort of conflict. The background displayed a dead tree, ashes, burning building, and embers flying around. The dead tree signified that the land itself was dying. The burning buildings signify the destruction of humanity. The ashes are covering most of the poster which gives the idea that the land has been burning for a long time. With all the destruction on the background, the main focus of the poster is the picture of two determined and strong looking characters. Since the characters looks determined and strong while there is chaos all around them, the audience can tell that the story will not be focused on the hardships of war but on the fights that happen in battle. To portray the fantasy portion of the story, the two characters are wearing completely different clothing. The male character seems to be wearing a suit and vest which is common to the present day era, while the female character is wearing armor which was common to the medieval era. This indicates that the genre is fantasy because 2 people

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