So my posters are based on Clint Eastwood's signature lighting style. The main characters in these movies each look for some sort of spiritual redemption. Eastwood captures this visually through "shadow lighting."
Bird is about jazz musician, Charlie Parker overcoming a heroin addiction.
Gran Torino is about a bitter, old Korean War vet who lives in an all Asian neighborhood (the street light is part of the neighborhood), and befriends his neighbors.
Million Dollar baby is about an old boxing manager, estranged from his daughter, who takes on a 30 something year old women.
I'm currently working on giving Bird and MDB a more obvious light source. I was also hoping to achieve a better lighting depiction of a boxing ring for MDB sort of like this:
Brittany: So I agree with everyone about the size of the type. I also think you should explore using the type to ground the objects. I have a quick sketch of what I'm saying. Don't laugh at the sketches :)
I also think you could choose a solid light house and make it a little larger to possibly sit right under the "S" and the "I" of the light house.
Shana: I agree with everything thus far. I also think you could bring down the opacity of "Tim Burton" so that it competes a little less with the sketches. Maybe, there is more contrast in print. Otherwise I think your sketches are done really well!
Monique: I think you are soooooooooo close, if not already there to creating an explosion. I want to be able to look at this having not known it was an explosion. So I asked a friend what did he immediately see from the shapes and he said an explosion for this:
And I like Kimberly's idea of using this one but larger.
Juanita:
The white space is not at all a problem, but here's an idea that may totally suck or may work…try a complementary green background instead. Perhaps this could help the red pop.
More glaring though, is the hierarchy in the directors name and title of the movie. They are competing with each other which makes the illustration look overwhelming. I see why the black strip in the AIP title isn't the same as the other two. Maybe if you made the "An" and "in" smaller as you did with the "The" in The Band Wagon, the title could fit on one line.
Carolyn: A larger scale of the silhouette would do justice to help highlight what's inside a bit better. Perhaps even a few grey sketches of sky/clouds in the background may add to anchoring the figures.
Jen: These look really good from the last time I saw them! You, of course just need to be sure the type doesn't conflict with the background image in print. I just question two things:
the type hierarchy and the reason for capitalized "S" in the bottom "Soderbergh." As for type hierarchy, Out of Sight seems to compete with focal type. The other posters are pretty balanced. Maybe the portion with the director, place, and time doesn't need to stretch across the whole poster. I don't know, because I like its position, but I just get the feeling its too big.
Tiffany: I think you also are at the point of just making sure it works in print since you loose it on screen. I think you did a really good job on positioning the patterns. I just feel like the title of each movie needs a little more finesse. This is soooo last minute and probably entirely too difficult, but how cool would it be if you could work the type into the print? Unless that's what you're already doing with the opacity.
More glaring though, is the hierarchy in the directors name and title of the movie. They are competing with each other which makes the illustration look overwhelming. I see why the black strip in the AIP title isn't the same as the other two. Maybe if you made the "An" and "in" smaller as you did with the "The" in The Band Wagon, the title could fit on one line.
Jen: These look really good from the last time I saw them! You, of course just need to be sure the type doesn't conflict with the background image in print. I just question two things:
the type hierarchy and the reason for capitalized "S" in the bottom "Soderbergh." As for type hierarchy, Out of Sight seems to compete with focal type. The other posters are pretty balanced. Maybe the portion with the director, place, and time doesn't need to stretch across the whole poster. I don't know, because I like its position, but I just get the feeling its too big.
Tiffany: I think you also are at the point of just making sure it works in print since you loose it on screen. I think you did a really good job on positioning the patterns. I just feel like the title of each movie needs a little more finesse. This is soooo last minute and probably entirely too difficult, but how cool would it be if you could work the type into the print? Unless that's what you're already doing with the opacity.
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