create 3 movie posters in contrasting genres

it was only a matter of time before this one surfaced, amiright?

for me, movie posters are one of the most predictable and easy to recognise forms of advertising media (whether that's a good or bad thing I'll leave it up to you to decide), so i figured it's about time I took on a new challenge and mixed it all up a bit. 

you can probs tell that I had an absolute ball with this; if you're having a bad day, there's nothing that a possessed lorax and a friendly lil shark can't fix! 

to point out the obvious (I hope, trololol), here is the breakdown of genres:

The Lorax- WAS a happy animation, NOW it's a zombie horror

Jaws- WAS a suspense thriller, NOW it's a happy Dr Seuss tale

Harry Potter- WAS the best fantasy film franchise made ever, NOW it's a mushy romcom

I basically studied each genre/poster and picked on to base my design on; one that I thought really captured the essence of what it was portraying. 

to make the lorax all possessed-looking, I edited his colour pallette in Photoshop, covered half his face with a shadow and added dark blurs to his edges. I whited his eyes, added a couple of scars and a splatter of blood, and boom, he was ready to go! 

for my lil bubba super happy shark, I traced over a Dr Seuss style fish. I based it heavily on that drawing but added my own bold lines and clean cut image. 

for that Harry Potter wonder-heart, I found images of all the characters smiling (some proving very difficult, Severus Snape!) and collated them all within a pink heart frame - very Valentine's Day esque. 
I kept the background white and clean as many romcom posters are. 

there you have it, such fun.

PS. finding fonts is hard sometimes isn't it. 

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