Step 3: The Poster.

The third part of the design portfolio was the creation of a movie poster. I had developed movie posters in the past for GCSE and A-Level media, but I felt that since I had been at University, I have gained knowledge and tools which would aid me to create a poster of much higher quality and professionalism than I have before.

The first stages of development, like the logo, were through sketches and film choice. Once again I went onto Empire's Top 500 Films Of All Time for some inspiration and listed films I wanted to create some ideas for. On this list were Gladiator, 300 and Scream.

Through our initial research we were directed to many freelance poster design websites. Among these was the site of designer Olly Moss, which was my favourite. His idea's were pure genius. The kind you think 'so simple, yet so brilliant'. The kind I personally would think "why couldn't I think of that!?" His work really inspired me, most especially, above others, was his work on the original Star Wars trilogy (IV, V, VI).




Here was his work for the trilogy:

I found myself inspired by this style of the plain canvas, the character silhouette and the characterises of the picture created through iconic moments or things within the film, for instance, C-3P0's eyes created by the two moons of Tattoine.

After some research, it was time to begin my own sketches...