Above is my title-sequence design for the thriller film Mirror's Twin, written by my Typography professor in collaboration with ChatGPT. What follows is a compilation of my design work for this project including a Hollywood-grade formatted script, a movie poster, and printed props & scene impressions as derived from the script. My biggest takeaways from this class included the skill of applying my designs to physical real life objects in print, as well as staging and photography (I <3 photography).
INSPIRATION & SKETCHES
MOVIE POSTER
In my opinion, Mirror’s Twin gives off a very Hitchcockian, film noir, late 1940s vibe, so I set the film accordingly, and in a city which Alfred Hitchcock greatly admired and used as a shooting location for many of his films - San Francisco.
For my movie poster design, in continuation with a noir-inspired interpretation of the film, I drew from Hitchcock posters such as Vertigo, designed by Saul Bass, which uses bright reds and repetitive imagery to instill suspense, and also Psycho which utilizes slicing graphics in order to communicate conceptual ideas about the film. I also drew from Rebecca, a haunting film similar to this one, and with a leading lady.
CAFE SCENE
This set is inspired by the scene where Devon experiences a flashback to a Parisian café by the Seine. The script calls for a swinging sign for a cafe called “La Memoire” or, “The Memory”. I also included a glass signage option, and in this mockup I used generative AI to add flowers, decor and window details to the scene.
POSTCARD SCENE
This shot of my postcard props illustrates a night time scene in Devin’s apartment in which she studies them intensely. Laying nearby the postcards is a tea light and matchstick, an opened lipstick (to be used in the scene), and, also from this mysterious sender of enigmatic verses about whispering-love, a sealed envelope with a blue rose on it. Inside is a pale blue rose petal.
MORE PROPS
The photo used in my newspaper prop is a picture I took of Converse Marketing in Peoria, IL. I edited it to look aged.
This is a Photoshop generative fill AI transformation. Left is a picture I took of the pastry box I printed and folded, and right is the output. I asked AI to “change the background to a view of the Seine”, and to “add a blue cupcake”.
January - May 2024