In The Patriot, Mel Gibson stars as farmer Benjamin Martin who is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution. For The Patriot soundtrack art, the client Hollywood Records wanted to emphasize the action of the open field battles that highlight the Columbia Pictures film. For the CD inset, I designed a fold-out of the Colonials lined up for battle -- opening the full...
"So tell me what you want, what you really really want!" So sayeth the Spice Girls, and in the case of this movie poster, Columbia Pictures. The client wanted to market SPICE WORLD as being sexy and fun, but not skew too young as far as audiences go -- younger fans would be a case of preaching to the choir. The original comp of this poster had...
THE FIFTH ELEMENT was a science fiction epic from French director Luc Besson and starring Bruce Willis. In the 23rd century, a mysterious evil force threatens humanity. The only way to stop this menace is the Fifth Element, which comes to Earth with stones representing four elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. Working on teaser movie poster designs, we were given an existing logo created for...
PALMETTO is a film noir tale against the backdrop of the town of Palmetto, Florida. The movie poster art went through many tweaks along the way, hence the differing elements that fill the layout. The original design was similar to what you see here, but with different head shots, a different small figure, and a more simplified layout. Often in movie poster design, various issues having nothing...
The film GO features several subplots about a group of twenty-somethings in Los Angeles. Whether it is a drug deal gone bad, or a wild trip to Las Vegas, GO is a wild ride of a film. As with many ensemble movies, the problem is how to show a group of people on the poster in an interesting way. For this design, I separated the characters and...
AIR FORCE ONE details the hijacking of the presidential jet, with the commander-in-chief aboard, all while he evades terrorists to save his family. The client wanted an image that implied action, yet looked "presidential". They also wanted to avoid the airline disaster look, similar to other films at the time like TURBULENCE. I played off the standard Harrison Ford "flag waving Jack Ryan" look by actually merging...
In addition to "protecting the earth from the scum of the universe", MEN IN BLACK became one of the highest grossing films of all time. This slightly quirky science fiction adventure comedy (how's that for hitting several genres?) called for less than conventional key art. Drawing from the film's neo-deco production design helped establish the right look and tone in one-sheet comps. For this teaser poster concept,...