Kong's Speech (Constant Digital competition)

This is my, winning, entry for the first ever competition from Constant Digital (http://www.constantdigital.co.uk/competition/). 

The brief was simple. "To design a parody movie poster by adding, subtracting or replacing only one letter from an existing title to come up with a new film. An example of this could be “Harry Otter” with the image replacing the main cast with otters."

This competition is more about the idea than the presentation therefore this utilises some  quite low res images and some rushed cutting.

Anchorman/Pee Wee's Big Adventure

The new trend in cinema posters seems to be placing text over the face of the characters. This has been implemented in the marketing campaign for several new movies spanning many different genres including The Social Network, The Adjustment Bureau (both above) and The King's Speech. With every new trend there is the potential for satire, therefore I have created posters/DVD case art for two comedies using tag-lines and quotes from the films to spoof the new style that is becoming so popular in hollywood.

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Die Hard

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Die Hard is the film that made Bruce Willis the action hero that he is today and needs no introduction. These images focus on individual parts of the film that add up to make the whole experience (for example, the most famous vest in Hollywood). These re-imagined images present the film in a completely different light to which it is usually advertised and serve to incite nostalgia within fans and entice curiosity with those yet to experience the franchise.

Avatar

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Being the most financially successful film of all time, Avatar needs no help attracting an audience. However, it may have trouble finding an appreciation which stretches beyond hi-tech computer imaging and, dare I say it, gimmicky 3D effects. Any promotional material not featuring the, instantly recognisable, blue Navi would have been considered suicide from a marketing viewpoint. This poster/DVD cover shows that, at the heart of it, Avatar is a love story. It still shows the distinctive characteristics of the Navi, just without fully rendered images. It may make the audience perceive the film in a different way. Most importantly, it conveys the though that the beauty of this film is not only (blue, CGI) skin deep.