Will Duke

For this mini project, we were given the task to make an A2 poster that present a joke in a unique way. The joke I chose was ‘What word starts and ends in ‘E’ and only has one letter in it?’.  For this mini project, we were given the task to make an A2 poster that present a joke in a unique way. The joke I chose was ‘What word starts and ends in ‘E’ and only has one letter in it?’. I chose this joke as I thought they could be several ways to present this joke cleverly as a poster. I started out by doing some initial sketches of my ideas, with minimal detail just as a way of gathering my thoughts and producing a possible draft.  With a lot of my first ideas, I felt they were too simple and easy to make, and I wanted to make it more challenging and effective. I wanted to make it quite interactive, either making the poster open like and envelope or having that theme somehow linked in there. After feedback from my peers and other people in my class, I decided to move to...

For my Extended Project Qualification Project I did last year, I based it around the Movie Poster Industry and in particular focused around a Company called Mondo. It's a long read so I hope you enjoy 😃 Introduction The History of movie posters has developed alongside methods of production and technology in recent decades. Before the creation of advertising through film, the movie poster was the way of attracting an audience and gave the people a first look at what a film may be based around. The changes in the business has seen some of the most iconic movie posters be belittled by new and less creative posters that stray away from the pure art and more towards making more money. I wanted my topic to be based around a company called Mondo, who are a design company in the US who are trying to bring back the real purpose behind movie posters through vibrant illustrations and prints that mix the old with the new. I believe that their ideas and brand will expand into somethin...