poster headline design — Split Layout · Split Layout · Oversized Title

The frame is split horizontally into two scenes. Across the upper half, two large adult faces fill the space against a pale, overcast sky: on the left, a woman with brown hair pulled back under a teal headscarf wears a beige coat, her expression tender and worried as she looks toward the right; on the right, a man with tousled sandy hair and light stubble wears a gray knit sweater, his weathered face turned toward the viewer with a somber, faraway gaze. Their faces nearly touch at the center, both softly lit. Across the lower half, a wide seascape stretches under a dramatic sunset: a small trimaran sailboat with a tall white sail glides across dark rolling waves, a lone tiny figure visible on its deck; the sky above the horizon burns in bands of orange, gold, and purple cloud, reflected in the water's path of light. The two halves meet at a clean horizontal divide near the middle. At the very top edge, a line of small white text credits the director and lead actors in a clean sans-serif. On the upper left, three lines of white Chinese tagline text appear in a neat horizontal sans-serif, and on the upper right two small actor credit blocks sit in white type. Across the center, bridging the two halves, the text "TITLE" appears in very large white Chinese characters in a bold modern sans-serif face, with the English words "THE MERCY" in smaller spaced capitals tucked above the Chinese. Near the bottom, a line of white Chinese text reads "英國1960年代 橫渡海洋真事驚險改編" in a clean sans-serif, above a dense block of tiny white credit text; at the very bottom edge, the release line "5月10日 逆流而上" appears in large white characters. The woman's teal headscarf is knotted at the nape, a few loose strands of brown hair escaping around her face, and her beige coat has a soft wool texture. The man's gray sweater shows a worn, lived-in knit, and the lines on his face speak of long days at sea. The trimaran's white sail bears a small dark emblem, and its twin hulls cut clean wakes through the swell. The sunset clouds are towering and sculptural, their undersides lit in copper while their tops fade to violet, and seabirds are tiny specks near the horizon. Soft, diffused daylight lights the faces above while the sunset below bathes the sea in warm golden-orange glow against deep blue shadow. The composition stacks the intimate faces above the vast lonely seascape beneath the bold bridging title, using a muted blue, gold, and white palette with a prestige drama style and a poignant, windswept, against-the-odds mood.