Red (2010)
Red was the movie I was given for my current brief. I had seen it years ago when it was released however after watching it again recently I enjoyed it a lot more. The movie consists of four retired CIA agents who have been branded as 'RED' (Retired, Extremely, Dangerous) and need exterminating. The characters are played by all time classic actors/actresses who each have a distinguishable 'don't fuck with me attitude'. I like this factor as I believe it is also a metaphor for themselves in real life, each actor is getting old now and have featured in a lot of films but this film brings back their excellent acting skills which is kind of like "hey we've still got it" kind of attitude.
Watching the film helped me get ideas on what I wanted to design for a poster. Each character has an individual iconic outfit in the movie that represents them in different ways. Helen Mirren for example wore an elegant white flush jumpsuit which reflected her elegance and style, she wore this outfit when they were plotting an attack on the vice president of America blending her into the crowd in the scenes but still really giving off that badass attitude. Another scene was where Morgan Freeman was sacrificing himself to save the rest of the group, wearing an outfit to represent an impostor it still gives his character the respect that he has achieved many things in his lifetime and that this was his final act to do his duty.
