Spiral

This image is used frequently in the film and the colours and composition I think will work well on the cover

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Tree of Life

I have decided to do 'Tree of Life' as a cover for Little White Lies because they have already done 'Black Swan' and 'Drive'. I can't watch 'Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy' and 'Super 8's main character is a kid.

So after watching 'The Tree of Life' I wanted to get some sort of concept to go with the design of the cover. But the film is very ambiguous and dreamy. Its basically about life, childhood, nature and nurture, family and death. These things are hard to 'draw' because they encompass so much.

I looked into imagery as something to use in the design. The film has lots of beautiful visuals to choose from.

Main Characters

These are the main characters I can possibly illustrate for the cover.

Natalie Portman - Black Swan

Gary Oldman - TTSS

Brad Pitt - Tree of Life

Ryan Gosling - Drive

Joel Courtney - Super 8

Budgets

Super 8 - $50 million


Tree of Life - $32 million


Tinker, Tailer, Soldier, Spy. - $20 million


Drive - $13 million


Black Swan - $10–12 million

Artists

These are the illustrators that I think have a brilliant style and are my competition

Mr.Bingo

 Christina K

 Joe Wilson

Good Movie posters

These movie posters are really good. They all have only a small selection of colours which I will consider when designing. Again simplicity and a message are the keys to a great poster/front cover.

Iconic Magazine Covers

The best magazine covers have simplicity to them, a message, nudity, violence, shock or just look weird and cool like the last one.

The Films

Black Swan.

Imdb rating - 8.3

Super 8.

Imdb rating - 7.3

Tinker, Tailer, Soldier, Spy.

Imdb rating - 7.7

Drive.

Imdb rating - 8.2

The Tree of Life.

Imdb rating - 7.3

Front Covers

Some of the best covers that LWL have done. They are all done by two people but all have different styles. All have the same format which is specific for the brief.

Little White Lies

Little White Lies


Above video to show process on how to make a Little White Lies magazine. Pretty cool.


LWLies is a bi-monthly, independent movie magazine that features cutting edge writing, illustration and photography to get under the skin of cinema.Because movies don’t exist in a vacuum, we venture beyond the boundaries of the big screen, exploring the worlds of music, art, politics and pop culture to inform and illuminate the medium we love.Bold, beautiful and unique, LWLies is a magazine on a mission – to reshape the debate across the movie landscape.


First Issue 2005
37 issues
23 employees
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Artists used on front covers

Michael Gillette

Joe Wilson

Paul Willoughby - creative director of LWL