Film Posters

This is my first draft of my film poster, in this draft I had not edited the photo which ... Feedback I had from peers was about the text at the top of the page being too dark making it hard to read. Another comment was about the placing of the film title, even though it had been placed in an empty space so it wasn't covering any of the image but it didn't catch the attention of the viewer it had to be bigger and spread across the page. I had also been told that all of the text at the bottom of the page blended in too much with each other because of it all being white. 

This is the second draft of my film poster, I had used a similar photo for the first draft this was just a close up shot of him tied to the chair instead. I had taken on board the comments from my first draft such as moving the title of the film and making it stand out more on the page. I had also changed the colour of the font for the names of the actors who starred in the production. After looking at my first draft I noticed the image itself seemed very dull and lacked  emphasis, I didn't want just the text to catch the eye of the viewer but I wanted the photo to make an impact too. What I decided to do is look at the saturation of the image and change it too darken the character and make the background lighter to add emphasis.

After taking on board comments from teachers and peers, this is my final poster for my film. Using the rule of thirds I have placed him at one side of the poster so you can see more of the wall, to emphasise her obsession. I have also looked at where I have placed the title of the film and it release date, because of how they are placed you can clearly see that he is tied up. I had moved the release date of the film in my first and second drafts, it placed better at the bottom of the page. I had took the advice from my first draft about how the text blended together because of it all being the same colour and decided to change the colour of the jobs people did on the production team. Also from previous drafts I moved the institutional information, in other drafts it was at the bottom of the page along with other production information, but in this draft I decided to place it at the top of the page because at the bottom it looked too crowed.

Film Magazine Front Covers

This was my first draft of my magazine front cover. I stuck to the known forms and conventions of film magazines with the use of my house style being four different colours. I had not placed the cover line on this draft because ...  Another comment I had was about the photo I had and that the character should be more serious because it creates mystery and adds to the themes in the film. 

After the comments about the photo I had in my first draft I took another photo of my character looking more serious. In this draft I added a plug to tell the reader what else is going to be in the magazine. After changing the image I also changed the colour of 'world exclusive' because I had changed photo so there was more room at the top of the page, also so it stood out more on page.

This was my third draft of my magazine front cover, I decided to move the plug I had added in an earlier draft so the text aligned on the side of the page, so it didn't cover as much of the image as before. I used conventions from magazines I analysed such as Empire and Total Film who on some covers align the text from the line of the page. 

This is my final magazine front cover after all of the comments I had been given throughout the process. I analysed various magazine front covers to look at the codes and conventions for it to see if I wanted to follow the conventions or go against them. In this draft I decided to change the colour of the text I have put at the side of the page because even though it stood out a lot against the hair colour and the white background, I thought there was too much red on the page. I also changed the colour of the tag line under the cover line because there was still too much red and the words started to blend into the picture and we becoming unreadable. 

Poster Drafts

Magazine Front Cover Drafts