Key Art

Nanny Beware

Key Art for Nanny Beware, a Damian Romay and Bruno Hernandez directed feature film. A modern version of "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle."

As a phycological thriller, I took a green/gray and mid-tone approach to set the tone along with a subtle texture moving into the large title for impact, and to suggest the mystery and thrill of the film. I really love how demanding the bright faces of the talent allow your eyes to fixate on the top of the poster, and move down into the title.

Twisted sister

Key Art for Twisted Sister, a Damian Romay and Bruno Hernandez directed feature film.

A sorority house filled with chaos! I took a double scene approach, putting an emphasis on the talent and the sorority house in which the chaos takes place. A slight motion blur is placed over the talent to give a more interesting viewing, and suggest mystery. Using a green and black palette, I covered the borders and bottom scene with smoke, blurred environment, and "demonic" textures for an impact on selling a horror aesthetic.

The Boy in the woods

Key Art for The Boy in the Woods, a Rebecca Snow directed feature film. A Holocaust based war story, based on "The Boy in the Woods", written by Maxwell Smart.

For The Boy in the Woods, a 3 column poster was requested by the client, highlighting key points in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd acts of the film. I chose a serif font backed by a bright blue to properly set the copy in place and carry eye movement, while also implying a hopeful feeling of the film.

daddio

Key Art for Daddio, a Christy Hall directed feature film. A Dokota Johnson short Film passion project based in the city of New York. Daddio was created with the idea of humans being strangers and becoming vulnerable with one another through life-altering conversations.
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This was a post-production and pre-submission promotional one sheet for Daddio. Utilizing a shot from footage and establishing a clean look for the copy to keep a simplistic, but alive, nature of the film.

slay ride

Key Art for Slay Ride, an Olivia Dunkley directed feature film. A Holiday Slasher mash-up in a similar vein of Slotherhouse and Easter Bloody Easter.

I really wanted to encapsulate the joy of Christmas, so I put the slasher in one of the greatest joys of Christmas, decoration! Considering this is a slasher film, I found importance in highlighting the bloody nature of a murderous Santa, and played off the standard blood and gore grungy texture. This poster was developed for pre-production, and continued to be utilized after production.

A lover's game

Book Cover for A Lover's Game, a book prop in Playing for Mozart, a Brian Hanford directed feature film. Classic, romantic, thriller, trashy, the kind of book meant to attract through lust and salaciousness.

I wanted to get really trashy with this, and thought a dispersion effect would really sell the tone of lust + trash, encapsulating the maliciousness that may come with romance. A beautiful woman dispersing into roses, with a strong focal point on her green eye, followed by chaos.

darkness in tenement

Key Art for Darkness in Tenement, a Nikki Groton directed feature film. A pandemic thriller that keeps a family locked down in New York City.

For the Darkness in Tenement key art the client emphasized the up close and personal nature of The Witch promotional materials. Apocalyptic environments tend to be in-your-face and frightening, so that was my approach to the overall composition. To put an emphasis on the pandemic at hand, I utilized a black and yellow color palette with a post-pandemic city in the reflection of the gas mask. This poster was created for pre-production and repurposed in a more grungy aesthetic after production concluded.

Fall back down

Key Art for Fall Back Down, an S.B. Edwards directed feature film. A rom-com about a depressed activist with a twist of mystery.

A journey of sorts, my approach was to capture the relationships within, and a darkness throughout the composition to emphasize the mystery and characters we encounter. Imagine a big hug from the weirdos and misfits you come across in life.

romance in the outfield

DVD Packaging and Key Art for Romance in the Outfield, a Randolph Sternberg directed feature film. A competitive game of love.

A simpler approach was taken for the key art and package design on Romance in the Outfield. Action shots from the film were utilized to showcase relationships between the individual characters and relationships with the competitive sport of baseball.

faith, love, & hope

DVD Packaging and Key Art for Faith. Hope. Love. a Michael Flynn directed feature film. A journey of self discovery.

In a film about love and relationships, what better way to capture that feeling than to show it on the poster? My approach was to capture happiness while keeping a simplistic and stylish presentation.

the wager

DVD Packaging and Key Art for The Wager, a Mark Justice and Jim Gloyd directed feature film. Paranormal twists and turns in a jump through time for faith and redemption.

The goal for The Wager was to capture despair, and I felt an action shot while gambling over a table of cards and drugs as Brucie fights for his soul would really sell that message.

rising free

DVD Packaging and Key Art for Rising Free, a Christian Johannesson directed feature film. Forgiveness, hope, and redemption, based in the aftermath of racial injustices.

Despite the time period of the late nineteenth century, the request from the client was to keep the key art on the modern side. Considering the events our lead encounters, I placed an impact on the emotions that resulted from these events. A back profile as she gazes into the sea reflecting on her experiences, surrounded by a beautiful sun rise full of warm colors, suggesting hope for a new day.

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