Seven Samurai Process Book

Seven

Samurai A film by Akira Kurosawa

DVD Packaging Project

DVD Packaging Project Cameron Brown VISC 204 Fall 2012 Tad Carpenter

Project Description

Challenge Three To create a new dvd package for the Criterion Collection’s new eclipse line that focuses on producing budget-priced, high quality editions of hard-to-find films for young audiences. All films information can be found at www.criterion.com

Parameters You may use the template provided (find on the server in the movie & template folder within Carpenter folder. OR I am open for other forms if need be) You muse use only three colors (spot or pantone pms) plus black and white You cannot use any images from the film You must use only given text from the one film

Final Deliverable One completely mocked up DVD package, DVD and 3-5 page dvd insert booklet. Also a version mounted to black core matboard. You will be turning in a complete process book.

FOR EXTRA CREDIT a flm poster may be added.

Using new imagery NOT included on packaging.

How can they still relate and feel like a camapign?

Seven Samurai Notes and Sketches

In my priminary sketches I wanted to focus around two main scenes, walking to the village and after the battle. I also focused a concept showing all seven of the samurai. No matter which concept I went with I wanted to use the kanji writting for the movie title.

The final route I chose after this stage was the minimalist theme.

Digital Sketches

The next step of the project was take the ten strongest concepts from the priminary sketches and put them in the computer. After that revise and cut down.

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Seven Samurai A Film by Akira Kurosawa

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Seven Samurai

A film by Akira Kurosawa

I really liked this one out of my set of 10 because of the minimalist design. It said enough about the movie to get people attracted, and it made more sense for those who actually watched the movie. I chose this one to continue on with for the next step in the project.

This was my favorite from the series. I really enjoyed the shillouette concept for my dvd cover, and I liked the splash of color to make it a bit more interesting.

Similar to the previous, the little color splash is appeasing for people browsing but makes more sense for those who watch the movie.

Seven Samurai A Film by Akira Kurosawa

Inside Right Back Cover One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. This three-hour ride from Akira Kurosawa—featuring legendary actors Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura—seamlessly weaves philosophy and entertainment, delicate human emotions and relentless action, into a rich, evocative, and unforgettable tale of courage and hope.

Japan: 1954: Black and White 1.33:1: Japanese: 207 minutes

SPECIAL EDITION THREE-DISC SET:

Inside Center Cover

Inside Front

Seven Samurai A Film by Akira Kurosawa

Since 1984, the Criterion Collection, a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films, has been dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements. Over the years, as we moved from laserdisc to DVD, Blu-ray disc, and online streaming, we’ve seen a lot of things change, but one thing has remained constant: our commitment to publishing the defining moments of cinema for a wider and wider audience.

The Criterion Collection

Inside Right Back Cover

Inside Center

All-new, restored high-definition digital transfer (with the original uncompressed monaural soundtrack and an optional DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition) Two audio commentaries, one featuring film scholars David Desser, Joan Mellen, Stephen Prince, Tony Rayns, and Donald Richie, and the other Japanese film expert Michael Jeck Fifty-minute documentary on the making of Seven Samurai, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create My Life in Cinema, a two-hour video conversation from 1993 between directors Akira Kurosawa and Nagisa Oshima Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences, a documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that helped shape Kurosawa’s masterpiece Theatrical trailers and teaser Gallery of rare posters, behind-the scenes photos, and production stills PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by Kenneth Turan, Peter Cowie, Philip Kemp, Peggy Chiao, Alain Silver, Stuart Galbraith, Arthur Penn, and Sidney Lumet and an interview with Toshiro Mifune from 1993

Inside Left

Cover

Inside Left Inside Front

One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. This three-hour ride from Akira Kurosawa—featuring legendary actors Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura—seamlessly weaves philosophy and entertainment, delicate human emotions and relentless action, into a rich, evocative, and unforgettable tale of courage and hope.

Japan: 1954: Black and White 1.33:1: Japanese: 207 minutes

SPECIAL EDITION THREE-DISC SET:

All-new, restored high-definition digital transfer (with the original uncompressed monaural soundtrack and an optional DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition) Two audio commentaries, one featuring film scholars David Desser, Joan Mellen, Stephen Prince, Tony Rayns, and Donald Richie, and the other Japanese film expert Michael Jeck Fifty-minute documentary on the making of Seven Samurai, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create My Life in Cinema, a two-hour video conversation from 1993 between directors Akira Kurosawa and Nagisa Oshima Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences, a documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that helped shape Kurosawa’s masterpiece Theatrical trailers and teaser Gallery of rare posters, behind-the scenes photos, and production stills PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by Kenneth Turan, Peter Cowie, Philip Kemp, Peggy Chiao, Alain Silver, Stuart Galbraith, Arthur Penn, and Sidney Lumet and an interview with Toshiro Mifune from 1993

Since 1984, the Criterion Collection, a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films, has been dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements. Over the years, as we moved from laserdisc to DVD, Blu-ray disc, and online streaming, we’ve seen a lot of things change, but one thing has remained constant: our commitment to publishing the defining moments of cinema for a wider and wider audience.

Seven Samurai A Film by Akira Kurosawa

The Criterion Collection

Back Cover Seven Samurai

Cover

Inside Front

A film by Akira Kurosawa

One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. This three-hour ride from Akira Kurosawa—featuring legendary actors Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura—seamlessly weaves philosophy and entertainment, delicate human emotions and relentless action, into a rich, evocative, and unforgettable tale of courage and hope.

Japan: 1954: Black and White 1.33:1: Japanese: 207 minutes

SPECIAL EDITION THREE-DISC SET:

All-new, restored high-definition digital transfer (with the original uncompressed monaural soundtrack and an optional DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition) Two audio commentaries, one featuring film scholars David Desser, Joan Mellen, Stephen Prince, Tony Rayns, and Donald Richie, and the other Japanese film expert Michael Jeck Fifty-minute documentary on the making of Seven Samurai, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create My Life in Cinema, a two-hour video conversation from 1993 between directors Akira Kurosawa and Nagisa Oshima Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences, a documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that helped shape Kurosawa’s masterpiece Theatrical trailers and teaser Gallery of rare posters, behind-the scenes photos, and production stills PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by Kenneth Turan, Peter Cowie, Philip Kemp, Peggy Chiao, Alain Silver, Stuart Galbraith, Arthur Penn, and Sidney Lumet and an interview with Toshiro Mifune from 1993

Since 1984, the Criterion Collection, a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films, has been dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements. Over the years, as we moved from laserdisc to DVD, Blu-ray disc, and online streaming, we’ve seen a lot of things change, but one thing has remained constant: our commitment to publishing the defining moments of cinema for a wider and wider audience.

The Criterion Collection

Seven Samurai

A film by Akira Kurosawa

Revisions

Inside Center

Inside Right Back Cover

Cover

Inside Left Inside Front

One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. This three-hour ride from Akira Kurosawa—featuring legendary actors Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura—seamlessly weaves philosophy and entertainment, delicate human emotions and relentless action, into a rich, evocative, and unforgettable tale of courage and hope.

Japan: 1954: Black and White 1.33:1: Japanese: 207 minutes

SPECIAL EDITION THREE-DISC SET:

All-new, restored high-definition digital transfer (with the original uncompressed monaural soundtrack and an optional DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition) Two audio commentaries, one featuring film scholars David Desser, Joan Mellen, Stephen Prince, Tony Rayns, and Donald Richie, and the other Japanese film expert Michael Jeck Fifty-minute documentary on the making of Seven Samurai, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create My Life in Cinema, a two-hour video conversation from 1993 between directors Akira Kurosawa and Nagisa Oshima Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences, a documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that helped shape Kurosawa’s masterpiece Theatrical trailers and teaser Gallery of rare posters, behind-the scenes photos, and production stills PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by Kenneth Turan, Peter Cowie, Philip Kemp, Peggy Chiao, Alain Silver, Stuart Galbraith, Arthur Penn, and Sidney Lumet and an interview with Toshiro Mifune from 1993

Since 1984, the Criterion Collection, a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films, has been dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements. Over the years, as we moved from laserdisc to DVD, Blu-ray disc, and online streaming, we’ve seen a lot of things change, but one thing has remained constant: our commitment to publishing the defining moments of cinema for a wider and wider audience.

Seven Samurai A Film by Akira Kurosawa

The Criterion Collection

This was my favorite concept after the revision, I like the shillouettes used throughout the spread. I also really like the scene created on the inside of the dvd package.

Back Cover Seven Samurai

Cover

Inside Front

A film by Akira Kurosawa

One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. This three-hour ride from Akira Kurosawa—featuring legendary actors Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura—seamlessly weaves philosophy and entertainment, delicate human emotions and relentless action, into a rich, evocative, and unforgettable tale of courage and hope.

Japan: 1954: Black and White 1.33:1: Japanese: 207 minutes

SPECIAL EDITION THREE-DISC SET:

All-new, restored high-definition digital transfer (with the original uncompressed monaural soundtrack and an optional DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition) Two audio commentaries, one featuring film scholars David Desser, Joan Mellen, Stephen Prince, Tony Rayns, and Donald Richie, and the other Japanese film expert Michael Jeck Fifty-minute documentary on the making of Seven Samurai, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create My Life in Cinema, a two-hour video conversation from 1993 between directors Akira Kurosawa and Nagisa Oshima Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences, a documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that helped shape Kurosawa’s masterpiece Theatrical trailers and teaser Gallery of rare posters, behind-the scenes photos, and production stills PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by Kenneth Turan, Peter Cowie, Philip Kemp, Peggy Chiao, Alain Silver, Stuart Galbraith, Arthur Penn, and Sidney Lumet and an interview with Toshiro Mifune from 1993

Since 1984, the Criterion Collection, a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films, has been dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements. Over the years, as we moved from laserdisc to DVD, Blu-ray disc, and online streaming, we’ve seen a lot of things change, but one thing has remained constant: our commitment to publishing the defining moments of cinema for a wider and wider audience.

The Criterion Collection

Seven Samurai

A film by Akira Kurosawa

I really liked this color scheme better than the previous design, but not the inside as much.

I liked the minalist feel but it was a bit too conjested at this stage.

Inside Right Back Cover One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. This three-hour ride from Akira Kurosawa—featuring legendary actors Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura—seamlessly weaves philosophy and entertainment, delicate human emotions and relentless action, into a rich, evocative, and unforgettable tale of courage and hope.

Japan: 1954: Black and White 1.33:1: Japanese: 207 minutes

SPECIAL EDITION THREE-DISC SET:

Inside Center

All-new, restored high-definition digital transfer (with the original uncompressed monaural soundtrack and an optional DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition) Two audio commentaries, one featuring film scholars David Desser, Joan Mellen, Stephen Prince, Tony Rayns, and Donald Richie, and the other Japanese film expert Michael Jeck Fifty-minute documentary on the making of Seven Samurai, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create My Life in Cinema, a two-hour video conversation from 1993 between directors Akira Kurosawa and Nagisa Oshima Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences, a documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that helped shape Kurosawa’s masterpiece Theatrical trailers and teaser Gallery of rare posters, behind-the scenes photos, and production stills PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by Kenneth Turan, Peter Cowie, Philip Kemp, Peggy Chiao, Alain Silver, Stuart Galbraith, Arthur Penn, and Sidney Lumet and an interview with Toshiro Mifune from 1993

Cover

Inside Left Inside Front

Seven Samurai A Film by Akira Kurosawa

Since 1984, the Criterion Collection, a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films, has been dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements. Over the years, as we moved from laserdisc to DVD, Blu-ray disc, and online streaming, we’ve seen a lot of things change, but one thing has remained constant: our commitment to publishing the defining moments of cinema for a wider and wider audience.

The Criterion Collection

I trashed this idea the instant I finished the layout.

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If we only defend, we will lose the war

Back Cover Seven Samurai A film by Akira Kurosawa

Inside Front

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Special Features All-new, restored high-definition digital transfer Two audio commentaries Fifty-minute documentary on the making of Seven Samurai “My Life in Cinema” Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences Gallery of rare posters, behind-the scenes photos, and production stills

1954 207 Minutes Black & White Monaural In Japanese with Optional English Subtitles 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio Under exclusive license from Toho International Co. Ltd 1954 Toho Co. Ltd English subtitled version 2006 Toho International Co. Ltd. All rights reserved Summary menu and package design 2006 The Criterion Collection. All rights reserved. ISBN 1-55840-997-5 Cat no CC1649D. Warning. Unauthorized public perfomance broadcasting or copying is a viollation of applicable laws. Printed in USA First printed 2006

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DVD Extras

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Seven Samurai A film by Akira Kurosaw a

Special Features All-new, restored high-definition digital transfer Two audio commentaries Fifty-minute documentary on the making of Seven Samurai “My Life in Cinema” Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences

1954 207 Minutes In Japanese with Optional English Subtitles Under exclusive license from Toho International Co. Ltd 1954 Toho Co. Ltd English subtitled version 2006 Toho International Co. Ltd. All rights reserved Summary menu and package design 2006 The Criterion Collection. All rights reserved. ISBN 1-55840-997-5 Cat no CC1649D. Warning. Unauthorized public perfomance broadcasting or copying is a viollation of applicable laws. Printed in USA First printed 2006

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Gallery of rare posters, behind-the scenes photos, and production stills

One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. This three-hour ride from Akira Kurosawa—featuring legendary actors Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura—seamlessly weaves philosophy and entertainment, delicate human emotions and relentless action, into a rich, evocative, and unforgettable tale of courage and hope.

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Seven Samurai A film by Akira Kurosaw a

Seven Samurai A film by Akira Kurosaw a

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Special Features All-new, restored high-definition digital transfer Two audio commentaries Fifty-minute documentary on the making of Seven Samurai “My Life in Cinema” Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences

1954 207 Minutes In Japanese with Optional English Subtitles Under exclusive license from Toho International Co. Ltd 1954 Toho Co. Ltd English subtitled version 2006 Toho International Co. Ltd. All rights reserved Summary menu and package design 2006 The Criterion Collection. All rights reserved. ISBN 1-55840-997-5 Cat no CC1649D. Warning. Unauthorized public perfomance broadcasting or copying is a viollation of applicable laws. Printed in USA First printed 2006

Akria Kurosawa

Gallery of rare posters, behind-the scenes photos, and production stills

One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. This three-hour ride from Akira Kurosawa—featuring legendary actors Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura—seamlessly weaves philosophy and entertainment, delicate human emotions and relentless action, into a rich, evocative, and unforgettable tale of courage and hope.

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Cast and Credits Directed By:

AKIRA KUROSAWA Written By:

AKIRA KUROSAWA SHINOBU HASHIMO HIDEO OGUNI

Cast:

TAKASHI SHIMURA Kambei TOSHIRO MIFUNE Kikuchiyo YOSHIO INABA Gorobei SEIHI MIYAGUCHI Kyuzo MINORU CHIAKI Heihachi DAISUKE KATO Shichiroji KO KIMURA Katasushiro KUNINORI KODO Gisaku YOSHIO KOSUGI Mosuke

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—Chicago Sun-Times The Seven Samurai is not only a great film in its own right, but the source of a genre that would flow through the rest of the century.

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—Washington Post

“The greatest action movie ever made!”

“Seven Samurai is an unforgettable masterpiece -- the work of one of the world's greatest filmmakers at the height of his powers.”

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Scene Selection 1. MAIN TITLES 2. "IS THERE NO GOD TO PROTECT US?" 3. SHOPPING FOR SAMURAI 4. DEATH OF A THIEF 5. A MASTER AND HIS DISCIPLES 6. SAMURAI AUDITIONS, PART I 7. SAMURAI AUDITIONS, PART II 8. THE SEVENTH SAMURAI 9. FRIGHTENED VILLAGE 10. FALSE ALARM 11. MAKING PLANS 12. "STILL A CHILD" 13. SAMURAI ARMOR 14. THE SECRET GARDEN 15. TRAINING INTERMISSION

Part One

1. A MASTERPIECE/TIME PERIOD 2. THE SETUP/GROUPS 3. LENSES/HISTORICAL MODELS 4. IZU NO KAMU/MODERN MOVIE VIOLENCE 5. TRAGIC VIEW OF HISTORY/KIKUCHIYO 6. SHOOTING AND CUTTING 7. ELLIPSES/ZEN-LIKE SWORDSMEN 8. TOSHIRO MIFUNE/LONG SHOTS 9. SOCIAL CHAOS/WAYS OF SEEING 10. CAMERA MOVEMENT/KIKUCHIYO AND HEIHACHI 11. PROCESS 12. TEEN ROMANCE/WHAT MAKES A SAMURAI? 13. KUROSAWA'S POSITION/INTERSECTING SUBPLOTS 14. REPEATED MOTIFS/VISUAL FORESHADOWING 15. ANTI-HIGH NOON/A REJECTED IDEA 16. REINVENTING THE JIDAI-GEKI/INFLUENCES

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