Poster drafts.

Before making our final poster it is important for us to do some drafts of it before, so we can see what works well and what dosent. After looking at professional film posters, there is things that we have learnt on what makes them effective, for example: a catchy tagline, a photo of usually a main character or the killer, colours and lighting schemes that match the genre of the film they are avertising for. Here are some of the drafts we have produced and what is good and bad about them:

This was the first sketch we did just to give us an idea of what we could include and have on the poster.

This was a draft of a poster I did really simply on photoshop just to get a sort of idea of what we were doing. As you can see I have included a tagline which I think is relatively effective, it doesn't give anything away and the words used are quite creepy saying you'll never be free, this then contrasts with the image of the happy couple. This is something I think is good as the audience would be intregied as to what the film was about. I also have included the season and year the film will be released in, this is another thing we found common of movie posters, as they dont give the exact date so people keep having to look out for the movie.

 

This was another draft we did for the movie poster. I feel although this poster is good, it is not right for our movie. I think the mood of the poster is too happy and the pins being brightly coloured do not fit the horror film genre at all. I also think the poster is too crowded, the whole point of a poster is it to be a simple image that sticks in your mind, with this poster there is too much to take in and the title isn't clear enough. By having 3 images on the poster, this is something not typical of film posters, they usually have one strong image relating directly to the film itself to create a stronger branf image for the film, this poster does not do that at all.