Cinema Lettering
Interview with Álex de la Iglesia
A course by Ivan Castro , Graphic designer specialized in calligraphy and lettering
Joined February 2014
About the video: Interview with Álex de la Iglesia
Overview
“Álex de la Iglesia is surely the most transgressive Spanish director who arrives in the halls of our country. Pelis as Mutant Action, The Day of the Beast, The Community or more recently Sad Trumpet Ballad or The Bar enjoy a bill and a thorough and baroque art direction, besides showing an exquisite sensibility with pop culture. He has worked with poster designers like Juan Gatti or the aforementioned Oscar Mariné. I'm going to ask Alex what he has in mind when ordering a movie poster. ”
In this video lesson Ivan Castro addresses the topic: Interview with Álex de la Iglesia, which is part of the Domestika online course: Cinema Lettering. Discover the expressive capacities of letters by designing a film poster.
Partial transcription of the video
“This idea is very cool that we are designers and we are going to make a poster as we want. And all that ... But the truth is that neither can we ignore the fact that. usually a poster for a movie is a commission So I would like someone to commission movie posters to explain his vision about how he sees the poster Come on to speak with a Spanish Film Director Surely he is one of the Spanish Directors plus recognized nationally and internationally. What is Alex from the Church? Author of masterpieces like "The day of the beast", "The community" Anyway, he's done a lot of movies. And I am one ...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Cinema Lettering
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Hand Lettering, Lettering, Poster Design

Ivan Castro
A course by Ivan Castro
Ivan Castro's interest in the forms of letters manifests as a child; a passion that has become his work through calligraphy, typography and lettering. On this subject he has recently published the manual The ABC of Lettering , in which he explains the concepts and techniques necessary to master this discipline.
From his studio near Barcelona he works for clients from all over the world, an occupation that is compatible with teaching in schools like Elisava, BAU or Visions and conferences and workshops in different places.
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