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PROCESS JOURNAL
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DIRECTOR SELECTION 5
DESIGN BRIEF 7
FILMOGRAPHY 9
MOOD BOARDS 11
FESTIVAL NAME 13
THE POSTER 17
THE LOGO 19
PHOTO STYLE 23
THE
PROCESS
4 CLINT EASTWOOD BOB GUS VAN SANTStarted as an avant garde filmmaker
at the Rohde Island School of Design
influenced by fellow avant garde
filmmakers such as Stan Brakhage, and
Jonas Mekas. Intrigued by filmmaking
that pushed the edge of what the
audience was comfortable with he
leveraged themes of marginalized
individuals and how they related
to society; hustlers, junkies, and
emotionally troubled individuals. His
characters will face hardships that
they will have to overcome by the end
of the story like the drug addict Bob
Hughes (Matt Dillon) from Drugstore
Cowboy who sees the error of his
ways. Van Sant’s work did not reach
the masses until the release of Good
Will Hunting as a bridge work between
the arthouse films like My own private
Idaho and Drugstore Cowboy. While
the Good Will Hunting characters were
very much outside the norm of society
they audience was more comfortable
in relating to them because the primary
theme was trusting and loving people
in your life.
Classically trained as a dancer and
later as a choreographer, Bob Fosse
approaches the world of film with a
unique perspective that of someone
watching a stage performance. While
studying he was heavily influenced by
Fred Astaire one of the most renowned
American dancers of all time. As great
of a dancer as Fosse was it was his
talent for telling a story on stage and
with a camera. He would choreograph
for the camera making sure that the
person watching would be given the
best experience. He choreographed 15
films including 4 that he directed. He
was nominated for 4 Academy Awards
and won for his direction of Cabaret.
Working with and influencing probably
every dancer that he touched but Ann
Reinking is sited by many as being
personally responsible for affecting
Fosse’s style. Liza Manelli also worked
with Fosse on the project Liza with a
“Z”. Fosse has shown up in popular
culture being mentioned as a dancing
‘style” in the film The Birdcage with
Robin Williams. Fosse died of a heart
attack at the not so ripe old age of 60.
Eastwood has a long and illustrative
career spanning nearly 6 decades in
the film and motion picture industry. He
began his career working with Sergio
Leone in the late 1950’s in what has
become famously known “spaghetti
westerns” these were western style
movies that were directed by an Italian
Filmmaker. Eastwood is famous for
being the quintessential cowboy
personification in these films. His
interest in films was not quenched by
simply acting, he needed to direct, to
make films in his own vision. His films
have garnered him 5 Academy Awards
out of his 10 nominations as well as 3
Golden Globes out of 8 nominations.
He has shared credit as actor and
director in more than half the movies
that he has made. In his films he will
often introduce the audience to a
setting that they are unfamiliar but they
are willing to accept. His character both
the ones that he plays and the rest of
the cast all possess flaws that do not
make them evil but simply human. The
lead characters in his movie are often
outsiders with a dark past they prefer
not to remember.
5DIRECTOR
SELECTION
Looking at all the directors that I had the option of selecting. I narrowed the list down to three. They are all creative visionaries, and can all be called filmmakers.
6 All the characters have a past that makes them imperfect, flawed personalities. But their current actions are trying to make up for past mistakes.
7DESIGN
BRIEF
History of the Festival : This will be a singular festival commemorating his 40 years
in film, kind of a homecoming festival. The newer films of
Clint Eastwood will be shown, where he is dealing with much
more of a human connection to the characters rather than
the westerns that he is so well known for. The films selected
are to show Eastwood’s growth as a director and to act as a
reminder where it all started.
Location: Oakland California at the Grand Theater at 3200 Grand ave. In
the neighborhood where Eastwood Grew up, The Festival would
be held on November 12, 2011 forty years after his first film was
released celebrating 40 years in the filmmaking industry.
Audience: The audience will be older 50 and up for the most part, they
will be semi retired with a continuing passion for life passion
for life. The connection with eastwood will be someone from
their generation that has redefined or reinvented himself
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UNFORGIVEN
ABSOLUTE POWER MILLION DOLLAR BABY
A PERFECT WORLD
MYSTIC RIVER
SELECTED
FILMOGRAPHY
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1980’sBird (September 30, 1988)
Heartbreak Ridge (December 5, 1986)
Pale Rider (June 28, 1985)
Sudden Impact (December 9, 1983)
Honkytonk Man (December 15, 1982)
Firefox (June 18, 1982)
Bronco Billy (June 11, 1980)
1970’sThe Gauntlet (December 21, 1977)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (June 30, 1976)
The Eiger Sanction (May 21, 1975)
Breezy (April 1, 1974)
High Plains Drifter (August 22, 1973)
Play Misty for Me (November 12, 1971)
The Beguiled: The Storyteller (1971)
2000’s Gran Torino (January 9, 2009)
Changeling (October31, 2008)
Letters from Iwo Jima (January 12, 2007)
Flags of Our Fathers (October 20, 2006) Million Dollar Baby (January 28, 2005) Mystic River (October 15, 2003) Blood Work (August 9, 2002)
Space Cowboys (August 4, 2000)
1990’s True Crime (March 19, 1999)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Nov. 21, 1997) Absolute Power (February 14, 1997) The Bridges of Madison County (June, 2 1995) A Perfect World (November 24, 1993) Unforgiven (August 7, 1992) The Rookie (December 7, 1990)
White Hunter Black Heart (September 14,1990)
COMPLETE
FILMOGRAPHY
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11MOOD
BOARDS
The development of the mood is vital because no one reads the content so as a responsible designer the mood must be conveyed through a visual medium.
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FROM THE SKETCH BOOK
13FESTIVAL
NAME
The title needed to be clear and incredibly simple to understand with a meaning that penetrated to the very core meaning of the festival
FIRST ATTEMPT
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HEADED DOWN THE RIGHT PATH
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The poster is the cornerstone of the festival. It drove the visual language of the photo style, the typography and the basis of the grid layout. It was all about finding a cinematic look and feel.
THE
POSTER
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FINAL POSTER
20 It was important that the logo not be too western but remind the viewer that this is a Clint Eastwood Film Festival, and he is a scratchy tarnished kind of guy.
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LOGO
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The raw image xeroxed from The
Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley.
This intermediate step creates a base
that all of the photos can be taken to
before being given their final treatment.
The photo has been treated with
a aging action that gives it a more
antique feel.
25PHOTO
STYLE
I shot very little of the photography that was used on this project. Everything still needed it to work cohesively in the final presentation. There are a number of duotone colors but the basic process of neutralizing and then distressing the photographs remains consistent
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PRODUCTION
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