For Design Communications, we were given the assignment of creating our own movie poster. The poster could be for an existing or imagined film; I chose the latter. My fictional film is titled GRIN, and it is a haunting tale of young man coming-of-age amidst personal crisis.
Progress
Shown in the slideshow at the top of this page are the two drafts I created before finalizing my design. The first image shows a black-and-white sketch for a poster. At this stage, my plan was for an imagined film called Telephone, with the tagline: "Where Romance Lost Its Meaning". This idea was scrapped and the initial concept of what would be the final poster can be seen on the right. The tagline for GRIN at this stage was "Lost in the City and Woods". This design would be re-worked from a thematic standpoint, and with more color added. For this revamped poster (pictured below in the Outcome section), I used Copic markers, watercolor paper, pen, and pencil.
Outcome
Reflection
This project helped me to appreciated the art form of movie posters. To capture the true spirit of a film, as well as create an enticing enough poster to draw viewers in, is no small task. I also employed many of the shading and sketching techniques the previous exercises taught me. I practically and now have a more enriched understanding of shadows cast upon the human body, and the many differences in skin and clothing tone depending on angles.