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Martial arts movie key art: Whirlwind's Daughter

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by pfeng on Friday, February 1, 2013

Hello! I'm quite interested in your project, since I happen to be Chinese as well. It'll be fun. Just a few quick questions though.

1. Do you have a colour scheme you prefer?
2. What size do you want the poster to be?

by pfeng on Friday, February 1, 2013

Hello! I'm quite interested in your project, since I happen to be Chinese as well. It'll be fun. Just a few quick questions though.

1. Do you have a colour scheme you prefer?
2. What size do you want the poster to be?

by Project Owner on Friday, February 1, 2013

Hi Siephe


Great to hear from you and look forward to see what you come up with. The poster will be used as a "one sheet" type of handout at film markets, so 8.5x11. In terms of colour scheme, I''d say tonally on the darker side, probably a little splash of red blood type stuff in there. 

In terms of some posters that appeal to me as having corollary elements, here''s a few links: 

I SAW THE DEVIL - I like the straight up brutality of this. The point of Whirlwind is how the heroine starts off righteous and ends up just spilling blood for selfish ends. The sort of bloody fury symbolized here appeals in terms of who she becomes.
OLDBOY - Primarily its the Chinatown backdrop that appeals to me, establishing the setting.
TAKEN - I like the profile in the darkness and the faded words with the one highlighted. I''m thinking of a tagline something like: "She thought that vengeance would be the end. It was just the beginning." Or even just "Vengeance was just the beginning"
KILL BILL - What I like about this is that there''s no face, just a weapon (I don''t like the colours at all - Whirlwind is a dark story with a very bittersweet ending - more bitter than sweet, really. She defeats the Triad but at the cost of everything that is dear to her). If there were a weapon in the image it would likely be a sai - the three pointed dagger used in Asian martial arts.

Does that help? Or was it just long-winded? lol

best
Shawn

by orkeny toria on Friday, February 1, 2013

Hi Shawn,

Thanks for the invite. Do you have the list for the credit block?

Cheers,
Myish

by Project Owner on Friday, February 1, 2013

Hey Myish


Thanks for responding. This is key art for a project that''s in development - literally marketing material to get talent on board (so that they end up in the credit block), etc. by conveying the tone, genre, etc. It will be used as a handout at film markets, as the front page on a pitch deck and the landing page for a website. So, this is really the first piece and there will be more work following on from this but we wanted to focus first and foremost on the initial concept & design as a starting point. 
Here''s links to some pitch decks, you can see the first page the basic idea:
http://pdfdocs.s3.amazonaws.com/sample_pitch_santavsaliens.pdf
http://pdfdocs.s3.amazonaws.com/sample_pitch_skintrade.pdf

And here''s a collection of samples (both some good and some hilariously bad) from the American Film Market this past November: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/afm-2012-posters-best-worst-386543#9

The film company name is Dangerous Dust Productions.

If you have any other questions, let me know. Nice work by the way.

best
Shawn

by Paint 'n Pixel on Sunday, February 3, 2013

Are comp (lower res) photos ok until you choose a design you like? Do you have a Hi-res photo of the Sai weapon? Thanks!

by Project Owner on Sunday, February 3, 2013

lower res is totally fine. I don't have a hi-res photo of the sai weapon, sorry.

by GloveGraphics on Monday, February 4, 2013

Hi,

I hope I didn't miss an obvious detail in the synosis, but why is the film called Whirlwind's daughter?

by Project Owner on Monday, February 4, 2013

It's from the Bible. Hosea: "They have planted the wind and will harvest the whirlwind..." The idea that what you do will come back upon you manifold. Make sense? I hope so or I'm in trouble. Lol

by GloveGraphics on Tuesday, February 5, 2013

That makes a lot of sense. It's a great concept, thank you!

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