Rut Exercise #3 "Las Acacias Poster"

I enjoyed this film immensely! I thought that it did a great job at pulling at our heart strings with their "smaller than life" characters. They weren't super special, more like normal people with normal problems and the fact that we could relate and be emotionally involved in this small story was a huge feat. I also liked that it was in spanish (because I could understand it) and see the Argentine and Paraguayan culture in the film as well.

After seeing the film I went on to read more about it. When tasked with the assignment of doing a poster I noticed that the one the company had made included the "orange colored silhouette" design. I thought it looked great, but at the same time wanted to stay far away from that art style.

I thought about the film more and really loved that they used the "mate" drink (In Argentina that is a very common drink that the people love). They showed Ruben and Jacinta drinking it several times and I wanted to incorporate it somehow. I thought that the symbolism behind it could be that of, "friendship, getting to know one another, and trust." These were themes that I thought this film was about, getting past personal hesitancies and opening up to someone. I also wanted to add red and blue into the mix (omit the "truck-colored orange theme") and put in the Paraguay and Argentina flag (the relationship with our two characters I think are also symbolized by the two countries). What I got was something different.


Also in my mind, they DEFINITELY get married and have probably 8 more kids because Ruben secretly loves them :)