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The Greatest Proposal Ever – A Movie Poster Reveal and World Premiere Screening Event
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at 9:27PM 
It’s official. After analyzing elements of various movie poster trends, my short film “ABYSS: The Greatest Proposal Ever” (TGPE) finally has some key art! I find it funny how much of the inspiration for the final concept came from some of the most unlikely sources.
Rather than worrying myself silly about how to come up with a super creative, ultra clever design for the movie poster; how to convince someone to make one for me; how to find money to commission a “proper” design, I went back to the basics. It didn’t take long to get results that I can be satisfied with, thanks to the three things that put the capital P in Productivity -- Pinterest, Polaroid and Palettes.
Who would have thought that the design of this project’s movie poster would be decided based mainly on careful comparisons of material provided by a social photo-sharing service and an electronics manufacturer?! Overall, I’m relieved to have found some workable design concepts when I did, given that the organizers at NewFilmmakers NY has selected “ABYSS: The Greatest Proposal Ever” to screen in their Winter 2014 Screening Series.
The World Premiere of the short film that took me like a whole year to develop – from its script stages to the post-production and beyond – will make its public debut on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at 7:00pm at the Anthology Film Archives Theater in New York City.
Of all the pleasant feelings I have in being able to screen a project that I’ve spent so much time working on, in an actual movie theater, I’m just as – if not more – enthusiastic to have the opportunity to show my work in (what I believe to be) one of the best places on earth – NEW YOOORK! The concrete jungle where-dreams-are-made-of; there’s-nothing-you-can’t-do! We’re screening in New York, New York, New Yooork!
Thank you all for your continued support over the last twelve months. Here’s to another twelve months of more films, fun, forward movement and free thinking – for each of us and our friends, loved ones and neighbors. It’s crunch time. Are YOU ready?
Reader Comments (4)
That's awesome! It's simple, well stated, and genuinely makes me curious about the movie. I love the tagline at the top. Made me break out in a great big smile!
Congratulations Nicole! It's an awesome proposal.
Thanks so much for sharing. I think the poster really captures the essence of the short film. I hope it has great success :-)
Herman,
Anything that leads to a smile is a surefire win in my book. Thank you kindly. It feels great to finally narrow down a concept that sparks curiosity, after wheeling all sorts of wild design ideas in a bit, to find one that could work without requiring me to have complex technical know-how with graphics.
Maurice,
Thanks a lot for checking it out! Here's hoping that the audiences find it just as awesome :)
Angela,
A huge thanks right back at you for being with me along the way and helping me to see this thing through up to this point. Communicating the gist of the movie is all I was trying to go for with this poster. It's been an interesting time these last few weeks, trying to balance out the concept for an overall look of the layout with communicating just enough but not too much that it's confusing or too little that it doesn't strike a chord with people. I appreciate your wishes for the film's success and I hope this can lead to fun and inspiring projects in the future.