I found several film books that better related to the type of book I am intending to create, with a variety of different layouts that I liked. Some of which included...
The Twilight Saga: New Moon The Official Illustrated Movie Companion - Mark Cotta Vaz
Images separated by a quote from the book. Different sized images with a text extract.
Marilyn Monroe: The Personal Archives - Cindy De La Hoz
Envelopes inside the book with pull out sheets. Something a bit different and interactive.
War Horse (Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook) - Steven Spielberg
Full page image opposite smaller image or thumbnails with text extracts. Image spread over double page. Double page spread with character headshots.
The Art of Up - Tim Hauser
I am aware that the film Up is an animation but these pages relate to my book having sections for each character.
Main image with thumbnails of smaller, intricate details of that particular character. Main image with series of smaller images.
Size of book 29 x 2.1 x 24.8 cm
One of my favourite examples found was Bond On Set Filming Skyfall - Greg Williams (Please follow the link for information and visuals)
The most inspirational book I found for reference was...
Moulin Rouge: The Splendid Illustrated Book That Charts the Journey of Baz Luhrmann's Motion Picture
Size of book 9.6 x 9.4 inches
Fold out pages.
Empty space between images.
Full page images.
Double page spreads.
Relationship between text and image.
Combination of large, full page images and thumbnails.
Attention to character details.
Range of shots. Close up. Head shots. Mid length shots.
I like the use and effectiveness of empty space on particular pages (for example the head and shoulder shot of Nicole Kidman with text on opposite page). I will definitely consider this as inspiration to influence the layout of pages in my book and use similar techniques myself. I also want to create pages within my book similar to that of the double page with the image of the ring master taking inspiration from the way the one image is spread across the whole double page.
Aside from just layout this book has given me ideas in regards to the type of composition of shots I hope to achieve (again, the head and shoulder shot of Nicole Kidman and the first image shown). I will consider the lighting and use of plain backdrops when planning and producing my own shoots.
This was a successful and essential aspect to the planning of my project, helping me to narrow down and actually make definitive decisions about my shoots, but mainly the layout for my printed book.
I like the use and effectiveness of empty space on particular pages (for example the head and shoulder shot of Nicole Kidman with text on opposite page). I will definitely consider this as inspiration to influence the layout of pages in my book and use similar techniques myself. I also want to create pages within my book similar to that of the double page with the image of the ring master taking inspiration from the way the one image is spread across the whole double page.
Aside from just layout this book has given me ideas in regards to the type of composition of shots I hope to achieve (again, the head and shoulder shot of Nicole Kidman and the first image shown). I will consider the lighting and use of plain backdrops when planning and producing my own shoots.
This was a successful and essential aspect to the planning of my project, helping me to narrow down and actually make definitive decisions about my shoots, but mainly the layout for my printed book.
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