TOM HUGHES
ART DEPARTMENT • GRAPHICS • VISUAL DEVELOPMENT
ETERNA
Graphic design reference received from the Director. The aesthetic was to be heavily influenced by simplistic midcentury iconography.
Initial sketches outlining different possible iterations of the pill's logo. Thematic direction given by the director included imagery themed around eternal life and regeneration; apples, seeds, infinity loops.
A closer look at the pill's fabrication, with the logo engraved across the capsule's two component parts.
Graphic design reference received from the Director. The aesthetic was to be heavily influenced by simplistic midcentury iconography.
In July of 2022, I worked as Graphic Designer on 'Eterna', an NFTS graduate Sci-fi film with a retro-futurist design brief. I worked closely with Production Designer Karleigh Engelbrecht to develop hero graphics for a pill that grants eternal life.
SYNOPSIS:
'A pill that stops the ageing process has just been announced, but only a worthy few are selected to take it in Eterna. Elle, a talented, but shy photographer is not one of those. Stifled by her confident and overachieving friend, Carla, we follow Elle the day after her 30th birthday as she desperately tries to get hold of the pill, by any means possible. A chance meeting with Sonya makes her question her choices.'
Director: Villo Krisztics
Production Designer: Karleigh Engelbrecht
Cinematographer: Cordelia Lawler