I started a series of movie posters in the style of underground event posters (blending two of my favorite worlds together). Each poster features 3D typography, centered around an object that represents the film, and custom-made backgrounds.
Underground event posters, much like other event posters, feature the name of the event and artists that are featured. This is my contemporary take on alternative movie posters that you'll see scattered around on design websites.
I chose films with a strong aesthetic that is inherent to its story and could be represented well in a graphic sense. I also chose films that have a completely different energy to each other. They're all very different, but they are married together through the use of 3D typography and a central object.
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar, 1988. This is perhaps my favorite Almodóvar (and he's maybe my favorite director). The film features saturated colors, quirky costumes, and gazpacho as a plot point.
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Directed by Wong Kar-wai, 2000. Perhaps his most well known and revered film. The film exudes beauty with elegant cinematography, resplendent wallpaper, and captivating qipaos (or cheongsams) worn by the mesmerizing Maggie Cheung. All of the beauty contrasting the desolate sentimental feeling that's left at the end of the film.
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Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011. A bloody descent into the crime world of Los Angeles set to an iconic synth soundtrack. The artist names inspired by the open credits color and typography. The background is the blood-soaked jacket worn by the main character; the hammer being his weapon of choice.
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An About Section for each of the films to get more context for the style of each poster.
Bathed in vibrant, saturated hues, Almodóvar's 1988 melodramatic screwball black comedy was his international breakthrough. Quirky outfits, flamboyant sets, and bright red gazpacho laced with a deadly amount of sleeping pills make this film one of the director's most fun and light-hearted.
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This poetic masterpiece is widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time. Maggie Cheung and her wardrobe is a reason to watch in and of itself. Wong Kar-wai's seminal mood piece is both stylish and restrained, but the interior decor and a Hong Kong set in the 60s provide a striking background for the main characters to meander around in.
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Based on the novel by James Sallis, this neon noir is both minimal and violent. At his point, the synthy soundtrack is iconic and helped uplift the synthwave/retrowave genre within the independent music industry. I wanted the triptych of these 3D movie posters to both contrast and match each other so I felt this film kind of bridged the first two films in the series whle standing out on its own.
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