This was so much fun. I probably about 20-25 hours on this. It just feels really rewarding to sink a lot of time into photo-based projects like this. Makes me wonder if I should seek out more work in this kind of field. If you need a poster for an indie film, definitely drop me a line. I'm actually kind of sad that it's finished, I want so badly to keep working on something like it...
This was a very multi-faceted project. I did it for a Visual Communication assignment, a Digital Imaging class where one of the projects was to make a movie poster for a mock sci-fi flick. I took my graphic novel project
The Twelve and re-imagined it as a film (which, to be honest, I've already been doing for months, just never this substantially). But I knew that I could make this so much more than just an assignment, so I approached it as a personal project as well, something that I could look to for a tangible reference point as I work on the comic. I really wanted to aim high with this.
The process was pretty straightforward, if not very ambitious for someone with my assets - but it definitely worked out awesomely, as I was able to bump into some awesome people who were happy to contribute. I found a friend of a friend, David Sherret, who lives on the floor below my dorm and was willing to lend us his camera, work it during the photoshoot, and even model as a character. He was also able to borrow his brother
Oliver's studio lights, who just happens to be a high-end professional photographer often doing work for Relevant Magazine. So, I had David and Ike Lacey working the lights and camera. Then my classmate Daniel Johnstone called to offer his green screen, which he keeps around for his ministry with
Greyvangelism. Couldn't have had more perfect timing.
So legit.
And so, we now had a team of photographers and designers, and a well-equipped studio to work in (the RA's room). Once we had a steady stream of models to work with, the rest worked itself out pretty well, with a considerable amount of labor from Ike and David for which I am eternally grateful.
I considered the piece done when I had enough photos to compose the poster using the faces of the models, but still kept is as a "first draft"...
...since the project was to focus on the science fiction aspect of the movie pitch, I added in materials from
stock.xchng to symbolize the elemental powers at work in the story. I had expected them to look horribly cheesy, but I'm pleased with the look of it.
Overall, I'm just so thankful for all the people who volunteered to contribute. I couldn't pay anybody, and yet I lacked nothing in the process of making this piece. It was great to see people take interest in the project, enough to give of their time to help make it happen.
- Design a promotional poster for an event.
- Text layout practice. Lyrics from Wordsmith Legacy by Project 86.
- Design a book cover for a nonexistent novel. Used the theme from the story surrounding hero concept.
- Design a CD cover / insert, front and back. The front image is a fold-out 14x14" poster.
- Create an illustration in the style of an historical art movement. I used Dadaism, inspired by the Blindman archived scans.
