Mood Board: General Film Posters:
I started my research, by creating mood boards...
1) A general, non genre specific poster mood board
2) A genre specific (Horror/Thriller) poster mood board
1) A general, non genre specific poster mood board
2) A genre specific (Horror/Thriller) poster mood board
General Film Poster Analysis:
"Perfume: A Story of a Murderer", "The Shawshank Redemption" "Sweeney Todd" and "Insidious" on Prezi:
Genre Specific Film Poster Analysis:
"Chase me through" and "Chloe" on Prezi:
"The Shining" Film Poster Analysis:
Reflection on my film posters:
The first three general film trailer posters I analysed were "Perfume:The story of a murderer", "The Shawshank Redemption" because it is rated highest film of IMDb and "Sweeney Todd" and "Insidious". Each film I have watched and when I looked up their film posters, I thought they were particularly strong and they stood out to me against other film posters. I personally think this because they are all very different from each other.
For example the film poster for "Perfume: The story of a Murderer" uses a lot of symbolism. The red flowers could suggest smell and therefore linking back to perfume. The fact that they are red could suggest passion, love, death and blood. This symbolism gives the audience an insight into what the film is about.
Another example would be from the film poster "The Shawshank Redemption", this film poster uses the characters positioning to represent what the film is about. By looking at the body position from the character/model in the poster, we can sense a sort of achievement from the character. And perhaps a feeling of relief and freedom. The fact that the character's clothing is baggy and is being blown behind him by the wind could suggest he had over come something of great importance.
Having then moved onto my genre specific film posters, I chose thriller/drama genre. When analysing the film poster "Chloe", thought it had some strong conventions but also when looking at Ii knew it was a film poster. This is important so your audience know what you are advertising. This film poster uses the colours and toning of the image very well to give an insight into what the characters lives and relationships with the other characters might be like. The background of the poster is quite dark and behind the characters it is black. This gives the characters a strong contrast and makes them look more dramatic, therefore suggesting this film is a thriller drama.
Having studied and analysed these film posters, I have many more ideas on how I can entice my audience into wanting watch my film just by using the poster. I really like the three examples that I picked out and I would like to incorporate them into my own film poster somehow.
For example the film poster for "Perfume: The story of a Murderer" uses a lot of symbolism. The red flowers could suggest smell and therefore linking back to perfume. The fact that they are red could suggest passion, love, death and blood. This symbolism gives the audience an insight into what the film is about.
Another example would be from the film poster "The Shawshank Redemption", this film poster uses the characters positioning to represent what the film is about. By looking at the body position from the character/model in the poster, we can sense a sort of achievement from the character. And perhaps a feeling of relief and freedom. The fact that the character's clothing is baggy and is being blown behind him by the wind could suggest he had over come something of great importance.
Having then moved onto my genre specific film posters, I chose thriller/drama genre. When analysing the film poster "Chloe", thought it had some strong conventions but also when looking at Ii knew it was a film poster. This is important so your audience know what you are advertising. This film poster uses the colours and toning of the image very well to give an insight into what the characters lives and relationships with the other characters might be like. The background of the poster is quite dark and behind the characters it is black. This gives the characters a strong contrast and makes them look more dramatic, therefore suggesting this film is a thriller drama.
Having studied and analysed these film posters, I have many more ideas on how I can entice my audience into wanting watch my film just by using the poster. I really like the three examples that I picked out and I would like to incorporate them into my own film poster somehow.
Planning my Film Poster
Shoot Plan:
Font Planning: |
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Possible Strap line's in "Javanese Text" Font: |
Possible Strap line's in "Georgia" Font: |
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Inspired Mood Board:
These film posters have inspired me to potentially create my film poster in a similar style, closely relating to the theme of eyes.
Why focus on the eyes?
Ommetaphobia is also known as Ommatophobia and is the fear of eyes.
Ommetaphobia develops when someone has a bad situation or traumatic event occur in their life involving eyes (i.e., seeing an eye pop out of the socket, getting hit in the eye, going blind in an eye, etc.).
Ommetaphobia is considered a social phobia because it involves social situations (i.e., looking into someone’s eyes, touching your eyes, things getting into your eyes, etc.).
For example, someone seeing eyes floating in a jar could send them into a panic. You can find more information about social and specific phobias on the home page.
Why focus on the eyes?
Ommetaphobia is also known as Ommatophobia and is the fear of eyes.
Ommetaphobia develops when someone has a bad situation or traumatic event occur in their life involving eyes (i.e., seeing an eye pop out of the socket, getting hit in the eye, going blind in an eye, etc.).
Ommetaphobia is considered a social phobia because it involves social situations (i.e., looking into someone’s eyes, touching your eyes, things getting into your eyes, etc.).
For example, someone seeing eyes floating in a jar could send them into a panic. You can find more information about social and specific phobias on the home page.
Poster Templates
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Template Design Two: |
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Idea of the Little/young Girl as model:
The idea that images of young girls have continued terrifying audiences through the decades is indicative of social fears surrounding women's power.
Fearing a young girl is the antithesis of what we are taught–stories of missing, kidnapped or sexually abused girls get far more news coverage and mass sympathy than stories of boy victims. Little girls are supposed to be the epitome of all we hold dear--innocent, sweet, submissive and gentle.
“The Victorian Cult of Girlhood and Womanhood bleeds into the twenty-first century anti-feminist movements, and these qualities are still revered”.
Horror films show these images in a distorted way scaring viewers in the process.
Fearing a young girl is the antithesis of what we are taught–stories of missing, kidnapped or sexually abused girls get far more news coverage and mass sympathy than stories of boy victims. Little girls are supposed to be the epitome of all we hold dear--innocent, sweet, submissive and gentle.
“The Victorian Cult of Girlhood and Womanhood bleeds into the twenty-first century anti-feminist movements, and these qualities are still revered”.
Horror films show these images in a distorted way scaring viewers in the process.
Selection of Images Taken for Film Poster:
Unfortunately the same model I used to film in my trailer was unable to be in the poster. So i used a variety of shots to find the right image. I decided I would go with the idea that my poster model (me) is the little girl in the film who is missing.