Riga International Film Festival 2017 outdoor banner campaign
A set of tall outdoor banners pairs a strict white typographic header with large, soft-focus color fields below. The visual feel is contemporary institutional design: restrained black sans-serif typography, generous negative space, and blurred image panels that read like decontextualized film stills or digital light leaks. The composition depends on vertical repetition, modular hierarchy, and a contrast between rational grid order and atmospheric, almost abstract color.
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Form rectangular hanging bannersstrict grid structurecondensed sans-serif text blockslarge abstract color planesminimal hierarchy of event information
Mood cool institutional clarityurban cultural polishcinematic ambiguityquietly futuristicrestrained and atmospheric
Color black-on-white typographic headerscool blue and cyan gradientsmuted lime and violet hazewarm reddish blur accentshigh-key daylight neutrality
Texture soft photographic blursmooth printed vinyldigital gradient hazeoutdoor banner materialdiffused light transitions
Composition tall vertical banner formatrepeated modular panelstop-heavy information blocklarge lower image fieldasymmetrical left-aligned typography
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