Scale and Proportion

Scale- another word for size

Proportion- size measured against other elements or against some mental norm or standard

Surrealism- An artistic style that stresses fantastic and subconscious approaches to art making and often results in images that cannot be rationally explained

The huge giant mushrooms, blue faced caterpillar, clothed rabbit, and human faced roses are some recognizable elements that just cannot be explained in the world of Wonderland.

"Two New “Alice in Wonderland” Posters and Complete Triptych Poster." Film Sugar. N.p., 17 Nov. 2009. Web. 29 Nov. 2012. <http://filmsugar.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/alice-in-wonderland-triptych-poster.jpg>.

Exaggerated Scale

We would know that a helicopter is pretty big but in this picture the scale of the helicopter is smaller due to the huge floating mountains.

"2009 Academy Awards – Final Predictions." Cinema Fanatic. N.p., 6 Mar. 2010. Web. 16 Nov. 2012. <http://cinemafanatic.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/visualeffects_avatar.jpg>.

 Human Scale Reference

You can see that Optimus Prime is bigger compared to the average human from the Transformers movie poster.

 "The Last Beautiful Transformers Poster - Simply Amazing!!" First Showing.Net. N.p., 14 June 2007. Web. 29 Nov. 2012. <http://www.firstshowing.net/img/transformers-poster-big.jpg>.