I found these illustrations on a website called iamgabz.com, it is just one guy illustrating all his own movie posters, they are very good, he also dables with type aswell.

 

Gary Oldman

From my crit it appears the illustration I did doesn't look like Gary Oldman (I strongly agree) however, here he is in some other films and as you can see he looks very different in every character he plays and you barley reconise that its him. This is what makes a fantastic actor even though it doesnt help my situation. i still need it to be this image. so in this case I will just have to make my image more reconcilable.

Reviews

Set in the 1970’s, TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY finds George Smiley (Gary Oldman), a recently retired M16 agent, doing his best to adjust to a life outside the secret service. However, when a disgraced agent reappears with information concerning a mole at the heart of the Circus, Smiley is drawn back into the murky field of espionage. Tasked with investigating which of his trusted former colleagues has chosen to betray him and their country, Smiley narrows his search to four suspects – all experienced, urbane, successful agents – but past histories, rivalries and friendships make it far from easy to pinpoint the man who is eating away at the heart of the British establishment.

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It is true to say that Smiley is no Bourne nor Bond but Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a beautifully played and observed spy film. Should you expect car chases, spills, thrills, gadgets galore and closely-choreographed fight scenes then you WILL be disappointed.

Set in smoke-filled, sepia-tinged 1970s, the film centres around the uncovering of a mole 'right at the top of the circus'. The 'circus' is the British Intelligence Services and is made up of a who's who of British acting talent - Firth, Hinds, Cumberbatch, Hardy, Strong and Hurt. For the most part, the action takes place in the brown-suited and wall-papered world of England but we are given brief glimpses of the spy territory in Budapest, Paris and Istanbul. Smiley, played inscrutably by Oldman, is tasked with uncovering the mole and is ably assisted by Guillam, the ever-watchable Cumberbatch.

Admittedly this is a slow-burn of a film, full of meaningful looks, pregnant pauses and one that hints at deeper and more complex plot strands but it has an authentic air and it is a fascinating to observe a build-up of tension and cold-war paranoia which culminates in a dramatic if subdued fashion. Being slightly too young to have watched the original Alec Guiness TV series, I cannot make any direct comparisons and I imagine that a TV series allows much more time for plot and character development. The film must be judged on its own merits, and whilst I am sure that this will not be to many mainstream movie-goers' tastes, it is one for those who are looking for a film of a different type, time and pace.

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Plot Summary for
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

In the early 1970s during the Cold War, the head of British Intelligence, Control, resigns after an operation in Budapest, Hungary goes badly wrong. It transpires that Control believed one of four senior figures in the service was in fact a Russian agent - a mole - and the Hungary operation was an attempt to identify which of them it was. Smiley had been forced into retirement by the departure of Control, but is asked by a senior government figure to investigate a story told to him by a rogue agent, Ricky Tarr, that there was a mole. Smiley considers that the failure of the Hungary operation and the continuing success of Operation Witchcraft (an apparent source of significant Soviet intelligence) confirms this, and takes up the task of finding him. Through the efforts of Peter Guillam, Smiley obtains information that eventually leads him to Jim Prideaux, the agent at the heart of the Hungary fiasco. He is then able to put together the pieces of the puzzle, which lead him to the identity of the mole and the true intent of Operation Witchcraft. Written by David Brain

Facts & Opinions

Glad I'm not the only one that sniffs it as soon as it arrives! Love opening a new copy 

a thing of beauty.  

This is really inspiring! Love the magazine. Great, great work. 

The cover illustration is wonderful, is there anywhere it can be seen without the text? 

I'd love to keep it in my mac! 

Even better if you made an ipad app for it

great video! and awesome mag, does anyone know what typeface is used for the final front cover? it looks like a "A tribute". 

Great short for a great movie.  

I dont know how I can ever achieve what you guys have done in the realm of editorial design..this is really good! You guys are really cool!! I have alot to learn & I think it's really not too late that I discovered you guys

Swan Lake came to be viewed as Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece. The same may be true of Darren Aronofsky’s contemporary refi

Black Swan is a film about transformation and transcendence.

it is also a self-reflexive film of mirrors, doubles and doppelgängers

The New York City Ballet may transform the Swan Queen using make-up and choreography, but up there on screen, the magical metamorphosis of cinema is real.

a remarkable transformation, occupying both the mind and body of a vulnerable dancer

Gaunt and timid

Swan Queen represents a nineteenth-century ideal of womanhood,

If Black Swan is Aronofsky’s claim to creative genius, it’s one that is undermined by an overcooked finale and the film’s own dual nature.

It is dark and deep and complex.

So now I think that perhaps a standard semiological framework would aid people in reading the film who have, perhaps, not watched hundreds (probably thousands for the people at LWL's) of films previously. And that can only be a good thing. 

 

What bothers me about this review is I get the feeling he doesn't really like the film that much, but is giving it a good review because he's a fan of the director. 

ittle white lies is a good mag but it could do with seeming like less of an advertorial each time out with how it dedicates about half the issue to one mere film. then again at least its black swan and not some new pirates of the carribean sequel like empire. bah, what do i know lol.

I am asking myself how much research did Mr Aronofsky do before making this film? 

Film should be judged on the entertainment it delivers, the impression it leaves in the ensuing days.

Black Swan is not a film about ballet but a film about the mind and demise of a troubled, naive woman.

DRIVE - Ryan Gosling

Black Swan - Natalie Portman

Super 8 - Joel Courtney

Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy - Gary Oldman

The Tree of Life - Brad Pitt

This is the template that I have to stick to, the rest is up to me

Create an original cover illustration for Little White Lies magazine.

Brief
Create an original cover illustration for Little White Lies magazine, depicting the main character of one of our five favorite films of 2011.

Each issue, Little White Lies takes a new film as the lead for its look and feel. Each cover features an illustrated portrait of the film’s main character

– simple, iconic and unique. We’ve created a shortlist of our five favourite films of 2011 for you to choose from (please do not submit entries depicting any other films):

Drive, Black Swan, The Tree of Life, Super 8, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

You might want to consider the visual setting, historical/cultural background or key visual images from the film when choosing your approach. You can work in any medium you like.
The majority of Little White Lies cover illustrations depict the main character as the cover star.produce a portrait of the main character as the defining focal point. You will have creative freedom for the background of your illustration, but you should

Each issue we also ask our cover illustrator to include the title of the film in their own typographic style. This could be based on an existing typeface or be an original piece of hand lettering. The typography can sit on top of the illustration or be fully integrated into the composition.
You will need to incorporate the Little White Lies masthead into your composition. A correctly sized Photoshop template will be available for you to use – please do not change or re-create the masthead or move its position on the page.

Target audience
Little White Lies readers are film fans with an adventurous streak. They love cinema in all its forms, but recognise that it exists in a wider cultural tapestry, and get excited about thatbigger picture too.

Mandatory requirements
•One illustrated magazine cover, depicting one of the five films listed above.
•Please work to the following file dimensions: 20cm H x 24.5cm W, at 400dpi.
•Your artwork should include your chosen film’s title and the Little White Lies masthead (see guidance above).
•A downloadable Photoshop template is available.

Little White Lies brief

As you can see Little White Lies magazine doesnt have just 1 style, it can be type based, image based or both so it is up to me to decide what I want to do for it, This gives me less restrictions which is sometimes more difficult however the only thing I do need to keep the same is the white lies logo in a white circle, so I must make sure whatever I do design will be below that not to be covered up.