Tag: DVD
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The Goose Steps Out Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
The Goose Steps Out is a StudioCanal Vintage Classic and part of the Ealing Studios Digitally Restored collection. Comedy legend Will Hay stars as William Potts, a hapless, clumsy schoolteacher, who just happens to be an identical body double for a notorious German Nazi general. When the army is made aware of this uncanny resemblance to the German,…
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Manchester By The Sea Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
Monday sees the release of the Oscar®-winning (Bafta® and Golden Globe® as well) Manchester by the Sea. Casey Affleck* (Gone Baby Gone) stars as Lee, a man whose spare existence is suddenly ruptured when the death of his brother Joe (Kyle Chandler, Carol, The Wolf of Wall Street) forces him to return to the hometown he abandoned years before.…
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Mandy Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
Mandy is a Digitally Restored Ealing Studios film, part of the StudioCanal Vintage Classic collection. Nominated for 6 BAFTAs in 1952, Ealing classic Mandy is the heart-rending adaptation of Hilda Lewis’s novel The Day is Ours, from acclaimed director Alexander Mackendrick (Whisky Galore!, The Man in the White Suit). Born deaf, Mandy (Mandy Miller) is mute for most…
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The Proud Valley Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
The print files for The Proud Valley left Rogue Four Towers recently. A Studio Canal Vintage Classic title from 1940, it features the wonderful singing voice of Paul Robeson and tells the story of a small Welsh mining community dealing with the closure of the local pit, a story that will resonate with many. The look of this title works…
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The Man Between Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
A digitally restored Vintage Classic from Studio Canal, The Man Between is a later collaboration between James Mason and Carol Reed, often considered a companion piece to The Third Man thanks to its atmospheric portrayal of a city struggling to survive in a grim post-war reality of poverty and mistrust. The action is here transposed to a divided Berlin,…
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Swallows and Amazons Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
This week saw the release of Swallows and Amazons on Blu-ray and DVD. An enchanting new take on the beloved novel by Arthur Ransome, Swallows and Amazons tells the story of the Walker children, whose summer holiday in the Lake District sees them sailing out on their own to a local island, only to find themselves in a…
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The Blue Lamp Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
The Blue Lamp is an Ealing Studios Vintage Classic title from StudioCanal. An immensely popular British crime film, Basil Dearden’s The Blue Lamp was scripted by ex-policeman T.E.B Clark, the writer who arguably did most to define Ealing Studio’s post-war identity. The film marked the first appearance of the character, PC George Dixon – later to be immortalised in…
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Tickled DVD Packaging
Q: A film about Tickling?A: A film about Tickling. Tickled. After stumbling upon a bizarre “competitive endurance tickling” video online, wherein young men are paid to be tied up and Tickled, reporter David Farrier reaches out to request a story from the company. But the reply he receives is shocking—the sender mocks Farrier’s sexual orientation and…
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The Sound Barrier Blu-ray and DVD packaging
The Sound Barrier is a StudioCanal Vintage Classic title. Directed by David Lean and written by Terence Rattigan. Starring Ralph Richardson, Denholm Elliot, Ann Todd and Nigel Patrick, the film is about the men who challenged the speed of sound. I like the simplicity of the sleeve, but the subtle elements the background ‘blueprints’ bring to the design. The…
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Shocker Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
His name was Horace Pinker, a psychotic TV repairman sentenced to death for a series of sick and twisted murders. But it’s after his execution by the electric chair that the real trouble starts. Having made a deal with the devil before his death, Horace Pinker has now transformed into an evil energy source capable of travelling through electrical currents…
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School For Scoundrels Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
Enrol at the wacky College of Lifemanship where a senior host of great British comedians teach a completely uproarious course on how to come out tops in any social situation. Study with Alastair Sim and learn his valuable hints on the art of comic One-upmanship. Follow his expert advice to victimised Ian Carmichael about romance and you’ll be a top class pupil…
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Red Sun Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
Billed as the first East meets West Western, and directed by Terence Young, Red Sun is based on a true story from the American Wild West of 1870, when paths cross for an outlaw (Charles Bronson), a gunfighter (Alain Delon), a prostitute (Ursula Andress) and a Samurai warrior (Toshirô Mifune). Red Sun uses an old Spanish…
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Room Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
Room is based on the best-selling novel by Emma Donoghue and featuring an Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe winning performance from Brie Larson. One of the most acclaimed films of 2016 and Directed by Academy Award nominee Lenny Abrahamson, Room is an intensely powerful and wonderfully life-affirming journey about the power of love, limitless…
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Pool Of London Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
I enjoy working on the Vintage Classic titles, some can be a real challenge with limited assets, while others have some really lovely old archival posters that cry out to be used. With Pool Of London I loved the original title treatment, but I was little sceptical about using the poster image at first, however, I’ve grown to…
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Payroll Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
A Vintage Classic from StudioCanal, Payroll is a 1961 British crime thriller starring Michael Craig and Billie Whitelaw. Payroll has got a couple of lovely, if poor quality, shots with beautiful ‘film noir’ lighting. This is a film that I had previously worked on, and the assets were exactly the same, so it was just a case…
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Mon Roi Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
Released on Bu-ray and DVD comes Mon Roi. Seemingly a straight-forward artworking of the theatrical poster, there was quite a bit of work on different concepts for the sleeves, but ultimately the director was set on keeping the original image. The grainy nature of the sleeve reflects the fact that the main image has been enlarged quite a…
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Lion In Winter Blu-ray and DVD packaging
Lion In Winter is a Vintage Classic from StudioCanal, featuring a very impressive cast of (the Oscar Winning) Katharine Hepburn, Peter O’Toole, Anthony Hopkins and Timothy Dalton. Filmed in 1968 and directed by Anthony Harvey it’s the story of King Henry II’s obsession with finding a new successor to his thrown. I originally worked on…
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Legend Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
From Academy Award winner Brian Helgeland, LEGEND is the blistering crime thriller which tells the true story of the rise and fall of London’s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ronnie Kray, both played by Tom Hardy in a powerhouse double performance. It such a nice feeling receiving an email asking you to work on a film you’re already…
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Leaving Las Vegas Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
Working on the artwork for Leaving Las Vegas brought back some fond memories of watching this on it’s release. It features Nicolas Cage in an oscar winning performance and Elisabeth Shue as two disenfranchised souls. It’s an emotionally demanding and extraordinary film that was directed by Mike Figgis and received 4 Oscars and 4 Golden Globes nominations. The artwork brief was to use the existing…
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Knight Of Cups Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
Knight Of Cups is from Terrence Malick, the visionary director of The Tree of Life and To The Wonder, and stars Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett and Natalie Portman. It tells the soul-searching story of a screenwriter living amongst the excesses of Los Angeles. The American poster art for this one varies quite considerably from the UK theatrical artwork that was…
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Indochine Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
The packaging for Indochine is a straightforward adaptation of the French artwork for the brand-new restoration of this film. Available early in 2017 on Blu-ray and DVD in O-ring sleeves, the film is a multi-award-winning masterpiece by Régis Wargnier and features Catherine Deneuve and Vincent Perez.
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I’m All Right Jack Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
A StudioCanal Vintage Classic, I’m All Right Jack stars the mighty Peter Sellers, Ian Carmichael and Terry-Thomas (he of the double-barrelled ‘uniname’). With a great supporting cast that features the likes of Dennis Price, Richard Attenborough, John Le Mesurier, Irene Handl, Margaret Rutherford and Liz Fraser. Directed by John Boulting it’s a satirical comedy lampooning the issue of industrial…
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Hiroshima Mon Amour Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
Hiroshima Mon Amour is Alain Resnais’ 1959 groundbreaking first feature, a springboard for the French New Wave movement and its influence continues to this day. Featuring Emmanuelle Riva and Eiji Okada it’s the story of a brief and passionate affair in post-war Hiroshima. This was a catalogue release for the 4K restoration of the film. The visuals for…
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The Happiest Days Of Your Life Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
Creating the artwork for The Happiest Days Of Your Life on Blu-ray and DVD O-rings was a pleasure to work on. Featuring the wonderful actors Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford and Joyce Grenfell, it also features artwork by the brilliant Ronald Searle. The artwork is based on a old poster that featured the illustrations of Ronald Searle, however, this artwork only existed…
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Hannibal Season 1-3 Boxset Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
Hot on the heels of Season 3 (well, done at the same time actually), came the Season 1-3 boxset. Featuring all the usual suspects, the challenge for Hannibal Season 1-3 boxset was to use some new imagery, or treat something existing in a new way. The original images from the first season had been used…
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Hannibal Season 3 Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
I’d worked on Seasons 1 and 2, so it was just a matter of time before Hannibal Season 3 came out of the shadows. I’d been keeping an eye out on the artwork that was being teased when the series was screened and it was a bit of a different mood to the first and second series…
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Darling Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
Darling is a Vintage Classic from 1965 starring the stunning Julie Christie and also features Dirk Bogarde and Laurence Harvey. I was supplied with some good assets for this title, some nice posters and still photographs. The supplied posters were classic 1960s poster I’ve seen referenced in books, however, in the end we wanted to move…
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Comfort and Joy Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
Comfort and Joy wasn’t a film I was familiar with when I was sent the assets to work on. But when I saw the original artwork of a man with an ice cream on his face and I knew I couldn’t go far wrong! The original poster used different colours, but we wanted to use…
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A Chorus Line Blu-ray and DVD packaging
I remember A Chorus Line from my childhood. Growing up in a family that were very much into dance and amateur dramatics, I especially remember my older cousin being into it although most of it went over my head (and at that time in my life, it really didn’t feature enough football or computer games for…
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Catch Me Daddy Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
The wonderful Catch Me Daddy Blu-ray and DVD packaging was an incredible experience to work on. I can’t take any credit for the actual design for this, but my experience in dealing with print, hopefully meant the artwork printed as it intended! With three spot fluorescent Pantones, a ‘Micromotion’ varnish, a white plate and printed on rainbow…
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Carol Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
Carol was released earlier in 2016 (and seems reflect the chill I was feeling as I was working on it!). Based on the theatrical artwork, the sleeve was a Blu-ray and DVD release with embossed O-rings. I was supplied with an incredible amount of stills, some of which were incredibly atmospheric and beautiful. It was a real problem…
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Before I Go To Sleep Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
A title from the archive, Before I Go To Sleep was a pretty straight adaptation from the theatrical artwork and was released way back in 2015 on Blu-ray and DVD with O-ring sleeves. The only issues I remember on this one, was getting the type to work on the faces. The poster artwork placed the type over the faces but…
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’71 Blu-ray and DVD packaging
I started working on the initial packshot for ’71 back in August 2014 and the final artwork files have just been sent. It’s rare for me to spend so long on an individual title (unless the delays are due to production issues!). The Blu-ray and DVD packaging has gone down a slightly different route to the Steelbook release. Although using the…
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Hannibal Seasons 1 and 2 Blu-ray and DVD packaging
Following on from Hannibal Season 2, I’ve recently completed the box set packaging for Hannibal The Complete First and Second Seasons on Blu-ray and DVD. I had originally created a number of different visuals for the outer slipcases, as well as using some shots from the original promotional photo shoot, I tried to feature the art from the season 1 with the art from season…
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Hannibal Season 2 Blu-ray and DVD packaging
Hannibal Season 2 (Starring Mads Mikkelson, Hugh Dancy and Laurence Fishburne) artwork files have been uploaded in preparation for the second course! The latest instalment of everyone’s favourite cannibal(!?) will be available on September 22nd on Blu-ray and DVD, both featuring 4 discs, they contain all 13 episodes. Having originally worked on season 1, it was nice to carry…
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Swallows and Amazons DVD and Blu-ray sleeves
Another Vintage Classics sleeve for StudioCanal, Swallows and Amazons is the 1974 film adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s novel. Set in the 1920s, the story tells the tale of four children and their adventures on board their boat, the Swallow, whilst on holiday with their mother in the Lake District. The brief was to modernise the existing sleeve (it…
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Under The Skin Blu-ray and DVD sleeves
Under The Skin is released on Monday 14th July and I can’t wait to see the final versions on the shelves. The artwork was developed into Blu-ray and DVD O-ring sleeves, as well as regular case inserts. The Blu-ray version features a black case and a slightly shorter length O-ring to make the black case visible. Having been…
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An Inspector Calls – 60th Anniversary Edition, BD Sleeve
The most recent of the Vintage Classics I’ve worked on for StudioCanal, this BD and DVD O-ring release celebrates the 60th Anniversary of An Inspector Calls. Featuring the brilliant Alastair Sim as the inspector and directed by Guy Hamilton, this is the film adaptation of J.B. Priestly’s book and has been digitally restored. I originally worked…
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Inside Llewyn Davis BD O-ring
It’s been a while in the ‘making’, but the artwork for Inside Llewyn Davis was finally uploaded last week! I started working on this back in December last year, just as the film was on general release, but it was genuinely one of those really nice projects to get involved with. A Coen Brothers film,…