Movie book: Jojo Rabbit
Layout & composition
Pagination
Pick a film or a play and transform it into a typographic book.
- What is your overarching concept for the book?
Jojo Rabbit
A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo whose worldview is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.
- How can you express the themes of the film/play typographically?
Typographic expression is key to the book translated through a typographical construction of perspective, and movement of type inspired by an amalgamation of compositions created based on the physical spaces/ environment depicted in the movie. Type size and busy type are an intentional choice for the book to reflect the turmoil-fueled climate of the times the movie is set in.
- How will you give a voice to the characters?
Each character in the movie has been carefully differentiated through the color choice of the spread/type, the typeface, and the alignment of the type. All choices are based on the tone, temperament, and personality of the character in the scene.
The traditional colors of ‘history’ are black and white. However, Jojo Rabbit, anti-hate satire of Nazi Germany is brimming with the fashion, color, and vitality of German life during the Second World War. Jojo Rabbit is a captivating, vibrant and bold reminder of the culture and color that was the backdrop of one of the darkest periods in our global history.