Illustrated james bond poster

  

Final product

Using the vinyl cutter machine equipped with a biro pen this design was converted into a platform the machine could read, using illustrated layers that would create the tone of the piece. 

The decision to create an illustrated piece came from the findings in the essay with interviewees stating that the use of women on film posters in an illustrated manner detached from the feelings of objectification and staring at the female figure. Also a connection was made between the original James Bond posters such as Thunderball that was illustrated and also painted in a traditional style, a connection was made between these and a more contemporary design approach was applied to Casino Royale’s poster producing a one off illustrated modern looking piece. 

The design was illustrated onto watercolour paper as the texture of this would create the best outcome with a hand made feel.

Potential for the final design to be scanned and printed onto gloss paper always exists to create an actual film poster finalised piece. 

A full range of illustrated James Bond posters would have created a whole response to the dissertation but due the amount of time needed to print and illustrate these pieces this was hard to achieve. For this reason the film with the greatest connection to the female gaze was chosen.

The additional information found on a film poster such as the small print, director, date of release etc has not been added to this piece due to over complicating the design and potentially confusing the vinyl plotting machine in the process. 

This finished art work would be ready to be transferred over and equipped with this information, potentially then open to being used to advertise the film.

Overall a piece was created that reflected my findings from conducting first hand research into the opinions of female representation on film posters and second hand research into feminist books and the impact this can have on an audience.