Film Poster Drafts

Below are some film posters I created when my short film was called 'The Bystander'

As you can see from the first picture this was a very basic draft that I constructed and a chose a central image that was quite striking as the actress looks very solemn and deep in thought which I think perfectly relates to the actual film.

My choice of font in this image above is very simple which after construction I felt didn’t relate well to the poster itself or the film which is the most important thing. However I think the colours chosen are colours often associated with sadness and genres such as thrillers or horrors so in that sense I feel the colours relate to my genre of film well.

Below is a development of the above picture and as you can see the featured image is still the same yet it has been edited and a grainy affect has been added to it which I think changes the overall outcome completely as it is much more duller and darker reflecting the actresses emotions. The thick black border has also gone which I felt as too 'play like' and without it the poster looks significantly more professional. Credits have also been added to the poster which is one of the key conventions when creating a professional film poster.

 

Below is the first poster draft for my short film since the name changed from 'The Bystander' to 'BULLIED'

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As you can see from the two pictures above that once changing our short film name I still chose to keep the same theme and image for my poster as even though the name and development of the film had changed the concept was still the same meaning the posters already created were still perfectly relevant.

In the development stages of picture a) I decided to add ratings and give my poster two captions created from well respected publications. This whole effect I feel adds a much more believable and professional sense to the poster and it is one of the things that’s added to almost guarantee the attention of viewers.

Picture b) shows the changes to the font featured on the poster and the effect this change brings. I decided to change the font to one that was still simplistic but not as basic as the one featured in the previous images as I felt it added a much more dramatic effect and I really like the thickness on one half of the lettering this font provides as I felt it could be an interpretation of the struggling between victim and the bullies with the bullies being the thicker side and the victim the thinner. I also changed the quotations font colouring and the name of the publication to really ensure they stood out.