Screen Poster Research

To start the research I looked at the website - which is really slow - we will be uploading our work onto. Alternative Movie Posters, and look through so of the work, see what catches my eye and see if I can understand how to use two or three colours to the best of my ability. 

Tim Weakland

I really like this design for Jaws, I think its a good choice to use blue because it is about water and the dangers of it, so dark blue relates to the depth of sea. I also think its a clear workable design that is interesting to look at and definitely uses a couple of colours effectively, like define shape and curve on the shark.

I like his other work to, it keeps to that clear visual design which I'm always fan of rather than filling up the page in every corner. I really like the beer label, the colours work well the bear and the use of lines show its clumsyness. 

Stefano Spalluto

I'm already a huge fan of Hitchcock, so when I saw these posters I thought they were brilliant. They're simple but at the same time such a clever idea, like Hitchcock's films. I think it's such a clever idea using the outline of the person to show what the film is about. I think this works well because Hitchcock and his silhouette is already so famous people will recognise it and get the design quickly.

I like this idea of using shape and simple colours to get the tone and character of the film across.

Daniel Devoy

The first image is from the website which caught my eye, having seen the film I totally understand the imagery and it makes so much sense. The film literally is all money and coke. However if you haven't seen it, it still works because you can guess what it'd be about!

I looked a bit further into his work and really liked it, it's very simple designs mainly two or three colours, so was helpful looking for this brief. I think the Mandela one is very clever, using the colours of South Africa on him rather than a flag, because Mandela probably represents South Africa better than the flag.

I also like the Djanjo one because of the background really, it relates well to the colours of the Wild West the film is set in and also the paper style they use for 'Wanted' posters etc.


Richard Amsel 




 I've looked at Amsel's work and I don't think i'm a big fan. His work is highly detailed and very 70's which works for him and that decade, but for this brief I can't draw much inspiration from his work. However I like the piece on the left because of the two colours and how the hand can look like negative space which has made a shape

Bill Gold

I think A Clockwork Orange poster works really well, it definitely get the sinister theme across and that image is surrounded in white which is a main colour of the film. It also works because it reminds me of the hospital wards people are put in when they're mentally unwell in that era and film.

I haven't seen Cool Hand Luke, but I really like the lines created off his face, it makes me think of himself getting lost and I can see from the chains and police, he's getting lost behind bars or in the world of crime.

All City Media

All City Media has an amazing collection of work. They have really interesting imagery. I thought the top one with the lion is amazing illustrations and good use of colours. Rather than use blood red or any red, going with a fluorescent pink highlights it a lot more against that blue. The colours are clashing which causes intrigue, I like that use of colour.

I think the middle image is just really interesting. It's for an American theatre piece which I know nothing about, but looking at this I think it could be about his man and dog, or how much a dog affects your life. 

I really like the last image, it just shouts power. It's about ambassadors

which do have a lot of power, and using that rich textured yellow shows this man has power and the angle of the photo only enforces that.

Olly Moss

This collection work is my favourite from Moss. Like Spalluto, he has used the outline of a character or person to create an image inside, this makes it very easy to understand what film it is and what the focus is. I like the idea of this a lot.

Reynold Brown

I think for me I don't really like older poster designs, in this case there is far too much going on for a poster someone will be walking by. For this you have to stop and look closely at all the detail and what is happening, therefore I think it works better as actual art, rather than adverts. I do like the hand drawn element and the amount of detail, but I think this style definitely isn't appropriate for this brief.