Scott Pilgrim: Visual Research

Scott Pilgrim is a long time favourite film of mine, so I already knew the 'iconic' visual imagery and where to look for it and what the references are too. (See, the video game influence.) 

The screenshots from the film are taken by me, I knew what I was looking for.

Michael Cera's face doesn't really change between each series and film he's in so the It didn't really matter where to look to get reference images of him. 

Michael Cera:

Same old smile and awkwardness.

Comic Book Visual:

The Comic book is what the film is based off, in some cases 1 to 1. However, the visual for the comic book is a stronger and punchier. The art style of Bryan Lee O'Malley in it's self is iconic due to it's differentiation from other comic drawing styles.

I really love the classical comic influence on Scott Pilgrim, for example the Kapow's which are recreated not just in the comic but also the Film. However, the film one's are a lot more stylised, they'd be very easy to recreate to make for the poster due to them been fairly simple.

Film's Iconic Visuals:

The Video game references to games such as Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat can been seen below: VS from street fighter and the Continue sign from MK. It's what Scott Pilgrim is known for, tiny little nods to various series within it's self, it adds and layer of Meta to it. – However, they're iconic not just for the game's but also for Scott Pilgrim.

The KO sign and the ZUM are both really strong visually, which might come from taking over the entire screen but all of these effects themselves are powerful and very rememberable due to how much they occur throughout the film.

The Fight lines around the frame make it a lot more dynamic instead of it just been a normal punch, It'd be interesting to see how this would work as a poster.

STRONG.

STRONG.