Poster Ideas...

Rod and I read an article that said you should write a screenplay backwards, meaning you should start with your title, then your tagline and then a poster mock-up... for visualization purposes.

It works.

As a designer/artist, this idea really speaks to me.

I know i want this film to be in black and white, so I would like one of the movies posters to feature a still photo from the movie itself.

Well, since the film hasn't been shot, I went to the web to find some photos for inspiration...

I found the amazing photos of William Gedney... he did 'slice of life' works from the 50's and 60's mostly. Just capturing people in their everyday lives. All black and white and all beautiful.

I picked two of his photos that I felt best represented the 'feel' I wanted with THE NEW BLACK.

Skippy Sanchez, an amazing local photographer, has agreed to document the shooting of this film... so, maybe one of his photos might be the official poster image?

Anyway, here's the 2 poster mock-ups with the tag-line that I'm leaning towards...

-wade