Preliminary sketches for magazine cover and poster

This is my original sketch for my magazine cover. I didn't adapt the image much. Only minor changes were put into place, such as the scale of the picture, which was enlarged to fit the cover space appropriately and effectively. The film reel at the bottom was rotated at an angle, which gave it more of a disorganised feel, similar to that of a reel thrown onto the cutting room floor. The background of the image was changed to a more forest-like area so that it would be less recognisable and have no sense of geographic location, adding to the mystery of the character.

In addition to this the Monk is facing away, which keeps the mysterious figure hidden from the audience, and is in a kind of religious pose to connote the binary opposition theory.

The film poster was kept very similar. Originally the title was below the image, giving the figure more dominance, but this was changed to make the image the centre of the poster.