Silence Of The Lambs Recreation Poster

this is my recreation

this is the real version

 

 

 

 

 

I tried to copy the silence of the lamb’s poster because it is considered a thriller film and the poster was different to other thriller films I had seen. It was simple compared to other film posters such as Shutter Island. I had difficulty getting the neck right as as it moves down there is a blue hue that fades in with it. After many attempts this is what I settled with – but looking back I may have tries a gradient tool rather than the blend tool. I thought the eyes went well and look similar to the original. On the original poster there is a sort of gravel effect on the woman especially around the edges which makes the contours of her face more prominent.  I think I got the font correct but maybe not the size and proportion but it is very similar. I also didn’t add the shadow on the right side of the face.

The insect over the mouth intrigued me so I looked up what it was and found this interesting article about it

http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20150805-terrifying-squeak-of-death-moth

I then looked at this article which told me that if you enlarge the moth image on the poster, its actually a collection of bodies to create the skull effect

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-meaning-of-the-movie-name-%E2%80%9CThe-Silence-of-the-Lambs-and-what-is-meaning-of-the-photo-of-the-girl%E2%80%99s-face-covered-with-a-Butterfly-in-the-movie-poster