To the Bone

During my personal explorations, I was drawn to the effect of pulling color from permanent markers by running alcohol through the letters. Using this lens, I chose to reimagine the movie To the Bone. The movie follows a young adult, Ellen, as she struggles to find recovery in a group home for people with eating disorders. Throughout the movie, there is a sense of Ellen's persona slowly fading away.

The final type for the movie title embraced the fading away of Ellen and the fading letters of my explorations, resulting in a title that gradually thinned in stroke weight. The imagery created a clear, solemn focal point with a single subject on a black background. The objects included a strong and slightly intimidating fork, a dying flower reaching for the sunlight, and a young lady’s back with a sharp, protruding spine. The movie trailer applied the same experimental type style to selected phrases from the movie and paired them with similarly solemn images until the transformative ending. The music chosen for the trailer is slow but lends the slightest sense of hope.