Oh Please Understand | Poster By Jscarratt

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Like many who’ve seen it I was bowled over by just how ‘right’ the trailer for HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ felt. Enough to inspire me to make this poster.

There’s a wonderfully haunting moment in the preview where a pair of ruined skyscrapers leaning against each other is briefly illuminated by a fork of lightning. This felt like an apt metaphor for the two central characters – both damaged, both dependent on the other. For this reason I decided to make them a key element of the poster.

Another highlight of the trailer was its excellent choice of music. The solitude and melancholy running through Hank William’s ‘Alone and Forsaken’ make it the perfect partner to the post apocalyptic visuals of the show, and it prompted me to repurpose the lyric ‘oh please understand’ as a tagline. These words particularly resonated as the justification of choices, revenge, and forgiveness largely encompass what the game (and hopefully the series) is about.

To say I await the TV show with great anticipation is an understatement.

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