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PROCESS JOURNAL
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THE
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PROCESS DIRECTOR SELECTION
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DESIGN BRIEF
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FILMOGRAPHY 9 MOOD BOARDS
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FESTIVAL NAME
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THE POSTER
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THE LOGO
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PHOTO STYLE
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CLINT EAST WOOD
BOB
GUS VAN SANT
Eastwood has a long and illustrative
Classically trained as a dancer and
Started as an avant garde filmmaker
career spanning nearly 6 decades in
later as a choreographer, Bob Fosse
at the Rohde Island School of Design
the film and motion picture industry. He
approaches the world of film with a
influenced by fellow avant garde
began his career working with Sergio
unique perspective that of someone
filmmakers such as Stan Brakhage, and
Leone in the late 1950’s in what has
watching a stage performance. While
Jonas Mekas. Intrigued by filmmaking
become famously known “spaghetti
studying he was heavily influenced by
that pushed the edge of what the
westerns” these were western style
Fred Astaire one of the most renowned
audience was comfortable with he
movies that were directed by an Italian
American dancers of all time. As great
leveraged themes of marginalized
Filmmaker. Eastwood is famous for
of a dancer as Fosse was it was his
individuals and how they related
being the quintessential cowboy
talent for telling a story on stage and
to society; hustlers, junkies, and
personification in these films. His
with a camera. He would choreograph
emotionally troubled individuals. His
interest in films was not quenched by
for the camera making sure that the
characters will face hardships that
simply acting, he needed to direct, to
person watching would be given the
they will have to overcome by the end
make films in his own vision. His films
best experience. He choreographed 15
of the story like the drug addict Bob
have garnered him 5 Academy Awards
films including 4 that he directed. He
Hughes (Matt Dillon) from Drugstore
out of his 10 nominations as well as 3
was nominated for 4 Academy Awards
Cowboy who sees the error of his
Golden Globes out of 8 nominations.
and won for his direction of Cabaret.
ways. Van Sant’s work did not reach
He has shared credit as actor and
Working with and influencing probably
the masses until the release of Good
director in more than half the movies
every dancer that he touched but Ann
Will Hunting as a bridge work between
that he has made. In his films he will
Reinking is sited by many as being
the arthouse films like My own private
often introduce the audience to a
personally responsible for affecting
Idaho and Drugstore Cowboy. While
setting that they are unfamiliar but they
Fosse’s style. Liza Manelli also worked
the Good Will Hunting characters were
are willing to accept. His character both
with Fosse on the project Liza with a
very much outside the norm of society
the ones that he plays and the rest of
“Z”. Fosse has shown up in popular
they audience was more comfortable
the cast all possess flaws that do not
culture being mentioned as a dancing
in relating to them because the primary
make them evil but simply human. The
‘style” in the film The Birdcage with
theme was trusting and loving people
lead characters in his movie are often
Robin Williams. Fosse died of a heart
in your life.
outsiders with a dark past they prefer
attack at the not so ripe old age of 60.
not to remember.
DIRECTOR
SELECTION Looking at all the directors that I had the option of selecting. I narrowed the list down to three. They are all creative visionaries, and can all be called filmmakers.
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All the characters have a past that makes them imperfect, flawed personalities. But their current actions are trying to make up for past mistakes.
DESIGN
BRIEF History of the Festival: This will be a singular festival commemorating his 40 years in film, kind of a homecoming festival. The newer films of Clint Eastwood will be shown, where he is dealing with much more of a human connection to the characters rather than the westerns that he is so well known for. The films selected are to show Eastwood’s growth as a director and to act as a reminder where it all started.
Location: Oakland California at the Grand Theater at 3200 Grand ave. In the neighborhood where Eastwood Grew up, The Festival would be held on November 12, 2011 forty years after his first film was released celebrating 40 years in the filmmaking industry.
Audience: The audience will be older 50 and up for the most part, they will be semi retired with a continuing passion for life passion for life. The connection with eastwood will be someone from their generation that has redefined or reinvented himself
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SELECTED
FILMOGRAPHY
ABSOLUTE POWER
UNFORGIVEN
A PERFECT WORLD
MYSTIC RIVER
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
COMPLETE
FILMOGRAPHY 1980’s
2000’s
Bird (September 30, 1988)
Gran Torino (January 9, 2009)
Heartbreak Ridge (December 5, 1986)
Changeling (October31, 2008)
Pale Rider (June 28, 1985)
Letters from Iwo Jima (January 12, 2007)
Sudden Impact (December 9, 1983)
Flags of Our Fathers (October 20, 2006)
Honkytonk Man (December 15, 1982)
Million Dollar Baby (January 28, 2005) Mystic River (October 15, 2003) Blood Work (August 9, 2002)
Firefox (June 18, 1982) Bronco Billy (June 11, 1980)
1970’s
Space Cowboys (August 4, 2000)
The Gauntlet (December 21, 1977)
1990’s
The Outlaw Josey Wales (June 30, 1976)
True Crime (March 19, 1999)
The Eiger Sanction (May 21, 1975)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Nov. 21, 1997)
Breezy (April 1, 1974) High Plains Drifter (August 22, 1973) Play Misty for Me (November 12, 1971) The Beguiled: The Storyteller (1971)
Absolute Power (February 14, 1997) The Bridges of Madison County (June, 2 1995) A Perfect World (November 24, 1993) Unforgiven (August 7, 1992) The Rookie (December 7, 1990)
White Hunter Black Heart (September 14,1990)
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MOOD
BOARDS The development of the mood is vital because no one reads the content so as a responsible designer the mood must be conveyed through a visual medium.
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FROM THE SKETCH BOOK
FESTIVAL
NAME The title needed to be clear and incredibly simple to understand with a meaning that penetrated to the very core meaning of the festival
FIRST ATTEMPT
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HEADED DOWN THE RIGHT PATH
THE
POSTER The poster is the cornerstone of the festival. It drove the visual language of the photo style, the typography and the basis of the grid layout. It was all about finding a cinematic look and feel.
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FINAL POSTER
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It was important that the logo not be too western but remind the viewer that this is a Clint Eastwood Film Festival, and he is a scratchy tarnished kind of guy.
THE
LOGO
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The raw image xeroxed from The Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley.
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This intermediate step creates a base that all of the photos can be taken to before being given their final treatment.
The photo has been treated with a aging action that gives it a more antique feel.
PHOTO
STYLE I shot very little of the photography that was used on this project. Everything still needed it to work cohesively in the final presentation. There are a number of duotone colors but the basic process of neutralizing and then distressing the photographs remains consistent
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PRODUCTION
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