Design Brief
Create a movie poster using Adobe Photoshop compositing tools and techniques and multiple original images. Then design digital versions of the poster and additional expansions of the concept.
Create a movie poster using Adobe Photoshop compositing tools and techniques and multiple original images. Then design digital versions of the poster and additional expansions of the concept.
Design Solution
For this project, I chose to design a movie poster for a fictional movie, a parody of Steven King’s It starring Cousin Itt. In Cousin Itt, the Addam’s family favorite takes on the role of antagonist Pennywise, and my first movie poster composition is inspired by the original It poster design. I used many original images, including one image generated by Adobe Firefly, to create the three primary composites and additional variations for this project. The scope of this project included two vertical Cousin Itt movie posters, a horizontal billboard poster, a desktop Cousin Itt home page, a mobile movie poster and Cousin Itt home page, a movie party Instagram post and admission ticket, and a Netflix streaming Instagram post.
For this project, I chose to design a movie poster for a fictional movie, a parody of Steven King’s It starring Cousin Itt. In Cousin Itt, the Addam’s family favorite takes on the role of antagonist Pennywise, and my first movie poster composition is inspired by the original It poster design. I used many original images, including one image generated by Adobe Firefly, to create the three primary composites and additional variations for this project. The scope of this project included two vertical Cousin Itt movie posters, a horizontal billboard poster, a desktop Cousin Itt home page, a mobile movie poster and Cousin Itt home page, a movie party Instagram post and admission ticket, and a Netflix streaming Instagram post.
Movie Poster 1
Movie Poster 2
Desktop Cousin Itt home page (above) and Mobile versions (below)
Movie party advertisement & ticket
Netflix Instagram
Design Process
I used many Adobe Photoshop tools and techniques to create the composites for this project, including layer masks, adjustment layers, blending modes, smart objects and filters, transform tools, and retouching tools. Because finding high resolution original images was often challenging, I generated a hand in box image (to represent Thing Addams) using Adobe Firefly, and then I modified this image further in Adobe Photoshop.
I used many Adobe Photoshop tools and techniques to create the composites for this project, including layer masks, adjustment layers, blending modes, smart objects and filters, transform tools, and retouching tools. Because finding high resolution original images was often challenging, I generated a hand in box image (to represent Thing Addams) using Adobe Firefly, and then I modified this image further in Adobe Photoshop.
In the first versions of my posters, I modified an image of the original It movie title to create my title for Cousin Itt. Eventually, I decided to replace this modified image with my own typography. In Adobe InDesign, I explored many typefaces and type layouts and decided on a combination of Espiritu Regular and Condensed with Cousin and Itt stacked vertically. I then created a catchy tagline that stated when the movie would be released. I used a limited color palette of black, white, and red for this project.
