Movie Poster: COOLER
Posted on 16 June 2010
I shot and designed this preliminary movie poster for COOLER, a feature film directed by Silas Howard and Ernesto Foronda, which is actually in production right now.
One fine sunny day on Mount Washington, Ernesto handed me a plastic cooler and requested that I take pictures of it, and to give the images mood and emotion. I know it sounds like a hard task with an inanimate object as subject matter. But I discovered that he had filled the cooler with some awesome Filipino snacks and candies! (He knows me so well.) So I was totally delighted to spend some quality time with it …and eat all of its delicious contents.
So I looked at the little blue cooler and thought, “You and me, buddy!” and we embarked on our photo adventure. We pounded the boulevards of Hollywood on rainy nights, hung out at lonely bus stops, went grocery shopping in the wee hours, and even rode the mythical L.A. metro. We traipsed all over Los Angeles. Surprisingly, the cooler could convey a lot of emotion — in one picture, Ernesto said it looked, “So sad!” I think it’s quite photogenic and has some pretty good acting chops. Bonus points for keeping my snacks and beverages fresh too. Thanks lil’ guy! (And thanks to Ernesto for the rad treats! Chiz Curls = WIN. I @#$%ing LOVE chiz!!)
COOLER is in production right as we speak (I have to be on location at some point today!). I’ll be posting some behind the scenes in the next couple of days. There’s some sweet and hilarious pictures to share. It’s a really nice and funny cast & crew. Lots of good energy, lots of love. Good times, for sure.
Check out the official COOLER Twitter and Facebook page to keep up and watch the movie-making magic unfold. They’re still accepting donations for production. So if you’re feeling like a fine patron of the arts and quality cinema today, it would be most appreciated. =)
p.s. Big thanks and much love to model Sara Brinsfield who I randomly bumped into last night while we were shooting on Hollywood Boulevard, and who graciously did an on-camera extra scene! I was coincidentally working on her photos less than 8 hours before we ran into each other. How awesome and lucky is that? Here’s a couple of my pics of Sara from last year’s Grafuck Magazine exhibit at Gallery Nucleus (rad body paint by Food One of course!):
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