Movie Poster Design with Mark Westermoe

Instructor: Mark Westermoe
Duration: 10 Wednesdays, Oct 5 – Dec 7, 2016
Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Full Access: $599
Online Only: $399
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
Difficulty: All Levels

Mark Westermoe is a renowned artist, illustrator, and instructor. You can see his work on many feature film posters such as Braveheart, Total Recall, and Home Alone. In this class, Mark will share his knowledge from years of illustrating and working with the top advertising houses in Hollywood.

In this class, you will go through the process of transforming film concepts into movie posters, starting with concept design and moving on to a finished comprehensive sketch. You will learn different styles of movie posters, how to stage and build a movie poster, how to create likeness, and how to really sell the idea.

Full Access Participants will be working alongside Mark from weekly rotating models. Mark’s work will be recorded live, as well as broadcast to large displays so you can follow along no matter where you’re positioned in the studio. The recordings from each class will be published within 48 hours of class ending so that you can review all material including material you may have missed. Participants will benefit from Mark’s generous teaching style with one-on-one critiques of your classwork.

Participants attending the class with the Online Streaming Only pass will also get access to the full video recordings from class as well as critiques. Online participants will work from high quality model photos that will be provided on the class page each week. You can upload photos of your weekly work into the class chatroom and get a full critique from Mark during the following week’s class. You can watch the recordings on your own time, and you do not have to participate in the critiques if you don’t want to.

All students will receive online access to the class recording and reference images for one year. This is helpful to reinforce the principles of each week, and to catch any concepts you may have missed the first time around.