ALIEN (1979) Dir. Ridley Scott To this day, ALIEN still strikes fear in me like no other film. It is a film that re-defined the horror genre (sci-fi horror). The combination of H.R. Giger’s masterful yet sinister designs with Ridley Scott’s creativity and direction lead to the creation of a film that is so special and intrinsically rooted in my upbringing as a young man watching films with his father. I knew that it was a film that had a myriad of rich visual information to draw from and produce prints from. (Below) A selection of the best moments that capture the emotions of fear and angst from the film. This film has such a rich collection of stunning close up portraiture shots. ROUGH PLANS - planned compositions for my first film: ALIEN. I am heavily focusing on shadows and highlights for these plans which will help capture the overall dark, unsettling, ambiguous feel of the film, nemesis and landscape/setting. These plans certainly capture the chaotic, horrendous nature of the fi
BRIEF 1 - INDIVIDUAL PROJECT: FILM POSTER PROJECT REQUIRMENTS: For this film poster brief, I am interested in my personal experiences watching the films and want to challenge myself to illustrate and convey these feelings through print and drawing. - To develop posters for hand picked films of my choice - films with lots of visual information- Films that I identify with on a personal level- have a close connection with; films I grew up on watching. Create my own print and poster project from 1st and 2nd year. - Films to respond to with poster work, printmaking, drawings that push me and provoke experimental printmaking and drawing. Planner / Scheme of work stage one EXPERIMENTATION AND RESEARCH - Collect screenshots and key visual inspiration from selected films for information to draw from. - Visual notes - be very pro active with note taking for tutorials - write down all that Mack teaches in the tutorials. Read up, research it is all very useful for work and for future
Edward Hopper's etchings. The lighting, the shadows and dynamic mark making and tonal qualities of these etchings are incredible. The figures are also so well embedded into the settings. -So atmospheric and brooding.
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