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This is the fifth cover from my Marilyn Monroe Definitive DVD Box Set that I had to design for my final major project of degree year two. I was so against this film from the start, purely because of that terrible scene where the dress blows up (and everyone remakes it over and over and over again )...anyway, enough with issues - I sat and watched it with an older head on my shoulders and just ADORED it - easily one of my favourite films of hers - and she wasn't even really the main character - that role went to the fab Tom Ewell. I loved the opening credits so much I decided I wanted to implement them in some way, so i covered the cover with loads of orange toned squares and then put my little Richard Sherman character on top being menaced by these giant legs!

The reason I hate that scene is cos the photos from it make Marilyn look *appalling* - I just can't stand it. I don't care about the whole Joe DiMaggio thing, I can't stand him anyway. But I chose to use it cos I had no idea what to do! This one, along with 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' and 'How To Marry A Millionaire' were the *hardest* ones - cos they are the most well known I guess. So was hard for me to go completely abstract - and PLUS, I was near burn-out stage when these were finished!

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This is the fifth cover from my Marilyn Monroe Definitive DVD Box Set that I had to design for my final major project of degree year two. I was so against this film from the start, purely because of that terrible scene where the dress blows up (and everyone remakes it over and over and over again )...anyway, enough with issues - I sat and watched it with an older head on my shoulders and just ADORED it - easily one of my favourite films of hers - and she wasn't even really the main character - that role went to the fab Tom Ewell. I loved the opening credits so much I decided I wanted to implement them in some way, so i covered the cover with loads of orange toned squares and then put my little Richard Sherman character on top being menaced by these giant legs!

The reason I hate that scene is cos the photos from it make Marilyn look *appalling* - I just can't stand it. I don't care about the whole Joe DiMaggio thing, I can't stand him anyway. But I chose to use it cos I had no idea what to do! This one, along with 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' and 'How To Marry A Millionaire' were the *hardest* ones - cos they are the most well known I guess. So was hard for me to go completely abstract - and PLUS, I was near burn-out stage when these were finished!