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![A poster for the 1980 horror movie Friday the 13th designed as though the film was released in the 1960s.]()
A poster for the 1980 horror movie Friday the 13th designed as though the film was released in the 1960s.
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![A poster for the 2018 horror movie Hereditary designed as though the film was released in the 1980s.]()
A poster for the 2018 horror movie Hereditary designed as though the film was released in the 1980s.
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![A poster for the 1968 horror film Rosemary's Baby designed as though the film were released in the 2010s.]()
A poster for the 1968 horror film Rosemary's Baby designed as though the film were released in the 2010s.
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![A poster for Friday the 13th (1980) inspired by the work of Saul Bass (Exodus, The Fixer)]()
A poster for Friday the 13th (1980) inspired by the work of Saul Bass (Exodus, The Fixer)
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![A poster for Hereditary (2018) inspired by Saul Bass (Bonjour Tristesse, One Two Three)]()
A poster for Hereditary (2018) inspired by Saul Bass (Bonjour Tristesse, One Two Three)
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![A poster for Rosemary's Baby (1968) inpsired by the work of Saul Bass (Such Good Friends, Anatomy of a Murder)]()
A poster for Rosemary's Baby (1968) inpsired by the work of Saul Bass (Such Good Friends, Anatomy of a Murder)
My Final Major Project was created in conjunction with my dissertation on the topic of women (specifically, mothers) in horror films. Initially conceived as a project to put the spotlight onto the female heroines of horror films, making them the focus of posters for their films that would raise them up beyond their ‘victim’ status, this project changed a lot over time. In the end, my FMP became a study of horror cinema graphic design throughout time, from the 60s to the modern day.
To better understand how a poster portrays the mood of the film it’s advertising, I took three films from different eras of horror - Rosemary's Baby from the 1960s, Friday the 13th from the 1980s, and Hereditary from the 2010s - and shifted their design style to a different era. Through this, I researched artists, production techniques, trends in typography, and how colour and composition can evoke a certain mood and change the perception of a film’s genre.
The research and development that went into this project resulted in a lot of expereimentation with layouts, imagery, typefaces, and colour. This included looking at specific artists and designers (such as Saul Bass) and trying to reproduce their styles of work to better understand their influence on certain eras of graphic design.