Pearl Mock Movie Poster
To create a poster for Pearl that captures the film’s tone and psychological atmosphere without revealing plot details, using a combination of analog techniques—acetone washes, sewing, and collage—and digital refinement. The goal was to communicate the movie’s key emotional moments and visual identity through texture, fragmentation, and symbolic use of red thread, resulting in a poster that feels tactile, unsettling, and true to the film’s aesthetic.
Objective:
This poster for Pearl reimagines the film’s psychological tension and rural Americana aesthetic through a hybrid of analog and digital techniques. Using acetone washes, hand-sewn red thread, scanned textures, and layered collage, the design evokes Pearl’s fractured mental state and the unsettling beauty of her world. Key visual moments from the film are woven together in a way that suggests narrative without revealing it, blending innocence, violence, and obsession into a haunting, dreamlike composition. The red thread acts as a connective element, hinting at fixation, fate, and the unraveling of control.
Concept:
This Pearl poster was created through a mix of analog and digital methods to reflect the film’s unsettling tone. I started by making acetone washes and distressed textures, which were scanned and layered with key visual elements from the movie. To add a tactile, emotional layer, I hand-sewed red thread into select prints—symbolizing tension and unraveling control—then rescanned and composited these stitched pieces digitally. The final poster blends handmade imperfections with digital clarity, capturing the film’s psychological atmosphere without revealing its plot.