I spent a lot of time working on ideas for the new eBook cover for Make a Move, before realising I should just go with the original cover and stop over-thinking it. The problem with coming up with an idea was that it needed to be iconic, yet flexible enough to be able to modify into 7 different versions (six episodes and a complete series) while maintaining a theme. Most of the ideas we’re so-so and will never see the light of day, but I wanted to share this one, not least because I actually received approval from the director of the BBFC (David Cooke – the person whose signature is printed on every black card shown before BBFC-certified films in the UK). Click the thumbnail for the detail:

Sam Thomas and I had discussed parodying the BBFC black card more than once, but it really did seem to fit the need this time – specifically, if I was going to include all of each episode’s identifying text on the cover, I’d need a layout that supported it. This was the demo version I sent to the BBFC when asking permission to parody their intellectual property, and it was approved as being ok, but no closer… Nice people, and a nice experience.

Unfortunately, the nagging doubt that it’s just not that iconic outside the UK got to me, and I decided it wasn’t the right project to use the idea. That, and it’s illegible and unidentifiable in a product thumbnail.

Thought I’d share it anyway, not for any reason other than I think it’s cool.