HIGH QUALITY CREATIVITY, PART 1
How to Think Different: A New Perspective on Creativity
Practical lessons from movie posters you can apply to your writing
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11 min readSep 14, 2019
Look at the posters above and tell me what you see.
Is there something that connects them, or is this just a jumble of images?
Over 20 years ago, I started working for an award-winning designer who did all the A-list video covers for Disney, 20th Century Fox, Universal Home Video, and DreamWorks.
During the five years I worked there, I learned everything I know about design.
One of the funnier lessons happened one day as my boss was working out the cover art for a big video release. And he used the same principles used for posters.
It turned out to be the first of many eye-opening realizations I’ve had in my journey through the design world.
But before I open your eyes, I need you to close them.
