Thanks toon. Ya the project is difficult for me because it's for an extremely concept short film that bathes in simplicity. It's fundamental film making, without any special effects. Very conventional.
The last piece is indeed the current and final direction (but not version). The bloom-lighting (kind of) reflects a lot of the shots in the film, and in fact, when i looked at the film and the poster side by side (not literally but in my head, unfortunatly) they match up extremely closely aesthetically. The map in the background (that exact map) is used in the film in the very beginning during the credits.
Busy elements are really interesting but i don't like how busy can fool the eye. there's a great quote in the beginning of the book NO LOGO that is from walt disney or an early founder i think. Basically the quote is saying most art and beauty has dirt under it's crevasses, hiding, lacking integrity. It's a reality that i want to push out of my work to distinguish my personal brand/aesthetic. This piece is a step in that direction, but it's only a first step.
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