A very relaxing hobby of mine is making my own custom-made DVD covers. I work in Photoshop CS2 creating the composition and then have it printed off on 11 X 17 inch 80# coverstock at my local OfficeMax. For the movies that I own...generally all of my absolute favorite films, I usually burn a working/player copy of the disc to use for viewing and keep the original as a collectible...hence, making my own DVD cover and disc labels. Sometimes, I am totally satisfied with the existing, factory-produced artwork and I just make a color copy for the DVD case. Other times, I decide to make one that captures the essence of what I love most about the movie. The design can be a simple combination of the original poster art or a composition of images, screen captures or publicity stills from the film along with the credits, DVD logo, studio logo, etc. to give it that officially produced look. Searching Google images for elements to use is a totally mellow and enjoyable past time for me. I really love surfing and scrolling through endless pictures from my favorite film while my minds eye develops the design in conjunction with my inspired vision. It has been quite awhile since I took time to create a DVD cover, but as I was putting together a selection of movies to have in my art studio to watch, I realized I needed to create a new cover for one of my favorite top 5 films of all time...BLADE RUNNER. My personal inspiration behind the design depicts what I feel is one of the strongest themes in the film...the preciousness of life. I connect with this movie on so many levels and it has touched me like very few films have. What this film imparts to me is unique and it is generally difficult to describe such personal feelings...like trying to describe a religious experience that touches ones soul. - The BLADE RUNNER logo is in the original color of a blood red. - The cover image features a determined Deckard (Harrison Ford) from the scene where he is aiming at the replicant Zorra (Joanna Cassidy) who is fleeing for her life from him. A focal point in the image is his gun...used to end life. - The back cover shows replicant Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer), during the climactic ending of the film. As Deckard hangs from a buildings ledge, desperately trying to hold on for his life, Roy, who is at the end of his biologically programmed lifespan, has an epiphany. As Roy dies/expires after saving Deckard, he releases the white dove...a symbol of his soul leaving his body and his life continuing...a sharp contrast to Deckards gun, lost in his battle against Roy. This scene originally had a voice-over narration by Harrison Ford: (I dont know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments he loved life more than he ever had before. Not just his life, anybodys life, my life.)
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 00:18:05 +0000
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