Movie Posters (part II)

I stared this movie poster after finding the smoke image and the vampire teeth image. I cropped the teeth and tried to clean it up a bit, yet still make it look tattered and layered it over the smoke. I have always wanted to make a zombie movie called "The End Is Nigh" so with that title in mind I used that for the movie poster and added in the tag line diagonally to capture interest and bring focus to the title and teeth separately.

After viewing the image a second time however, it really reminded me of the style of classic grindhouse posters so I decided to try and make it black and white instead. I mostly used the black and white photoshop tools to emphasize the change in reds and blues for this second image. I also added in a release date for it, continuing in the style of the cracked font for an apocalyptic feel.

Last but not least, I changed the image again to try and go completely over-the-top with the grindhouse look to create the third image. I recropped the vampire teeth to give a black border around them to make them pop more, moved the tagline lower and smaller and added in more lettering because most grindhouse posters I have seen are very cluttered with focus drawing your attention everywhere (much like the films themselves do).

Overall I'm happiest with the second image because I really like the black and white look and I think the cracked font is better than the fancier font for relaying the message. Plus, I like my images to more simplistic and to the point (as shown by the other work I've put up) so although the clutter is what I wanted for the third, I find the second much more effective.