Tag: O-ring
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High Crime – Cult Classics – Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
Blu-ray and DVD packaging for High Crime, a Studiocanal release, is part of the Cult Classics collection. Adaptation of the original 1974 poster artwork for Blu-ray, DVD packaging and digital releases. The Blu-ray version contains 4 double-sided Art Cards featuring the poster and film stills. A new restoration of the classic crime thriller which helped…
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Kill Them All And Come Back Alone – Cult Classics – Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
Studiocanal release of Kill Them All And Come Back Alone on Blu-ray and DVD packaging, part of the Cult Classics collection. Adaptation of the existing poster artwork for Blu-ray, DVD packaging and digital releases. The Blu-ray version contains 4 double-sided Art Cards featuring film stills. A bloodthirsty Civil War tale of revenge, Kill Them All…
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Extreme Prejudice – Cult Classics – Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
Studiocanal release of Extreme Prejudice on Blu-ray and DVD packaging, part of the Cult Classics collection. Adaptation of the artwork for Blu-ray and DVD packaging, and digital releases. The Blu-ray version contains 4 double-sided Art Cards featuring film stills. Based on a story by John Milius (Apocalypse Now, Magnum Force) and directed by Walter Hill…
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Linie 1 – Cult Classics – Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
Blu-ray and DVD packaging for the Cult Classics release of Linie 1 for Studiocanal. Adaptation of the artwork supplied by Kat Menschik, for Blu-ray and DVD packaging, and digital releases. The Blu-ray version contains 4 double-sided Art Cards featuring film stills. A brand new restoration of the German hit musical Linie 1 includes socio-critical elements,…
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The Future Programme – Cult Classics – Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
Blu-ray and DVD packaging for The Future Programme a new release that is part of the Cult Classics collection from Studiocanal. Taking inspiration from the psychedelic and visual motifs in the film, the existing poster was recoloured and repeated, to create some dynamism. This was used to create the new sleeve and on-body that was…
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I, The Jury – Cult Classics – Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
I, The Jury Blu-ray and DVD packaging for the Cult Classics release from Studiocanal. I, The Jury is part of the Cult Classics branding project that I worked on with Studiocanal. Developing the identity to showcase the variety of titles in the range, the solution needed to work within the Studiocanal brand, alongside their existing…
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The Servant UHD Blu-ray, Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
The Servant standard sleeves and O-rings for StudioCanal using Edward Kinsella’s image, creating a title treatment and applying the design across design for UHD 4K Blu-ray, Blu-ray and DVD.
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The Servant Collector’s Edition
The Servant Collector’s Edition for StudioCanal using Edward Kinsella’s image, creating a title treatment and applying the design across the slipcase and booklet. Collector’s Edition includes UHD 4K Blu-ray, 2 Blu-rays, 3 disc Digipak, Slipcase, 64-page Booklet and 4 Artcards.
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The Thing Collector’s Edition
The Thing Collector’s Edition for Universal. The 4 Disc UHD and Blu-ray Collector’s Edition features poster artwork, art cards, a 48 page booklet and soundtrack. John Carpenter’s The Thing uses the fantastic artwork of Matt Ferguson across the front cover and takes elements across the slipcase, digital and the 48-page booklet, continuing the series from the previous…
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Kind Hearts & Coronets Collector’s Edition
June 2019 saw the 70th anniversary of the original UK release of KIND HEARTS & CORONETS, the jewel in Ealing Studios’ crown, and arguably one of the finest British films ever made. To celebrate this anniversary STUDIOCANAL released a stunning Collector’s Edition as part of their Vintage Classics Collection. The Collector’s Edition includes the restored…
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The Prince Of Darkness Collector’s Edition
Prince Of Darkness Collector’s Edition for StudioCanal. The 4 Disc UHD and Blu-ray Collector’s Edition features poster artwork, art cards, a 48 page booklet and soundtrack. John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness uses the fantastic artwork of Matt Ferguson across the front cover and takes elements across the slipcase, digital and the 48-page booklet. Deep in the basement…
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The Prince Of Darkness UHD, Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
Prince Of Darkness UHD, Blu-ray and DVD Packaging for StudioCanal. John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness uses the fantastic artwork of Matt Ferguson across the front cover and takes elements to use on the back. The regular issues gave us the headache of fitting the images into the different formats and matching the style on the reverse. Deep…
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The Deer Hunter Collector’s Edition UHD and BD Packaging
StudioCanal’s The Deer Hunter Collector’s Edition UHD and BD Packaging. The artwork adapted the fantastic illustration from Johnny Dombrowski (see his other work for the Agatha Christie titles). The stripped back nature of the artwork really captures the rawness of the film and the restricted use of red brings out the key elements. There are number…
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The Dam Busters Collector’s Edition BD and DVD Packaging
The Dam Busters Collector’s Edition BD and DVD Packaging Vintage Classic for StudioCanal. To commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the original World War II raid, ‘Operation Chastise’ The Dam Busters was released as a Collector’s Edition 5 disc box, including posters, art cards and booklet, as well as digitally restored individual Blu-ray and DVD sleeves. Using…
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The Mercy Blu-ray and DVD Packaging, Digital Assets and Press Adverts
The Mercy Blu-ray and DVD Packaging, Digital Assets and Press Adverts for StudioCanal. The artwork featured a straight adaptation from theatrical posters. Adjustments were made to the position of the Colin and Rachel in order to accommodate the title, cast and quotes. Academy Award winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Kingsman: The Secret Service) portrays the…
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The Lost City Of Z Blu-ray and DVD packaging, and Digital
Blu-ray and DVD Packaging, and Digital assets for the StudioCanal release of The Lost City of Z. An adaptation of the theatrical artwork, the packaging features an additional centre strip and bottom image to promote the film’s action element. The original bottom section is carried over to the disc on-bodies and some digital files, depending…
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The Big Sick Blu-ray and DVD packaging, and Digital Assets
The Big Sick Blu-ray and DVD packaging, and digital assets for StudioCanal. The packaging for this release was based on the theatrical artwork, but with slight tweaks to make the title treatment brighter. The DVD sleeve works brilliantly in a yellow Amaray case, matching the brighter title treatment. The design was adapted for the digital…
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Ice Cold In Alex Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
Ice Cold In Alex Blu-ray and DVD packaging for the StudioCanal Vintage Classics 60th Anniversary release. The Vintage Classic releases for StudioCanal have a distinctive style (fro other examples see them here), using areas of flatter colour that resemble vintage posters. The packaging fro Ice Cold in Alex followed this style with a colour palette that conveys…
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Gold Blu-ray and DVD Packaging, Digital and Promotion
Gold Blu-ray and DVD Packaging, Digital Download, Print press advertisements and Social Media Promotion for StudioCanal. The packaging was an adaptation from theatrical artwork with the addition of special finishes on the O-ring packaging for the Blu-ray and DVD. These were printed on silverboard with a white base in certain areas, the yellow printing directly…
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Bunuel Boxset and Belle De Jour Packaging
Bunuel: The Essential Collection boxset and Belle De Jour Blu-ray and DVD packaging from StudioCanal. Belle De Jour is a World Cinema release and uses the international artwork on the Blu-ray and DVD packaging. Bunuel: The Essential Collection is part of The Auteur Collection from StudioCanal (along with Godard and Melvile). The packaging combines elements from international artwork…
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Melody Blu-ray and DVD Packaging
Packaging for the Vintage Classic Blu-ray and DVD StudioCanal release of Melody. Having worked on a previous release of Melody (see below for an early 2D packshot) that didn’t have too many assets available, I thought that the Remaster wasn’t going to be the easiest of tasks. However, despite early versions limited to the same images,…
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Below The Surface (Season One) DVD Packaging
DVD packaging for the Danish drama Below The Surface from StudioCanal. The cover image uses the title to split the main tube train image with a composite image of the attackers. The original poster only featured the train image with the title treatment, but to better represent the contents of the series, the second image…
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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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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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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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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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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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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…