Film Poster

Above is my finished and constructed version of my film poster, I believe it to be effective and applicable to the genre I am trying to represent. For the use of cinematography within the poster, I tried to go with a varied amount of camera shots and distances with my models; ranging from close up to long shot. I changed the image I was going to use due to the original image (flat plan) leaving too much dead space and not really expressing the mood I wanted to portray with my poster, so I took a variety of shots of my models in various poses, to add more activity to the poster, while showing some of the confusion within the film. With the images I wanted something that was expressive of my genre, so I tried to get my models/characters in foreboding or expressive poses that showcases my horror/thriller genre, this was done with the use of facial expressions, clothing (hood) and body language. With the image I also wanted to do some adjustments on photoshop to add to the feeling of the genre, so again like I did with the magazine I played around with the adjustments; this time brightening some of the colour and increasing the contrast minutely to make the images stand out more, but also using the filter; dark stroke, on the image to give a depressing dark impression to the images. With the text I stuck to my flat plans plan as much as possible, using a large red font as my title, this had the bonus of standing out, but also has negative connotations, when you consider the colour red. The font for my title was something I gained from dafont.com when looking in distorted classification, the use of such a font meant not only did the colour express something but the font itself showed the genre of the film. With all the text I used a variety of fonts, for the text that was not to be a focal point I used a less characterized font, so as to be less noticeable, but still be seen as it is white on a black background. With the layout, I tried to make the product look as professional as possible by looking at other pieces of work such as Eden Lake and trying to use that as a template, this would mean that the audience would be more responsive to the poster. Like my flat plan I included a review, so as to remain professional, but also get the audience more interested, as it is one persons view on the film.