My Poster Developments

Draft One

Feedback: The feedback I received on my first draft was to make sure that the diary behind the character Dan, was bigger and that he’s face is also bigger so that it’s more clear he is theoretically ‘inside the diary’. This will also take away the background looking to black and fill in the gaps around the sides of the poster. Also making sure that Character’s/Actors names were put on the poster so that the audience knew who was acting in the film and that the title of the film was on the front so that the name of the film was there for the audience.

My Decisions: I decided to use an image of diary, as the trailer involves, Dan, who is the face on the front cover engulfing into his female romance diary. To make Dan face look like it is disappearing into the diary, I used an image of a diary and put in on a layer in front of Dan’s face layer. To make his face a appear I used the rubber tool to rub out parts of the diary, so that he’s face was almost part of the diary page. I then used the blur tool to blur out the edges and drag the diary into parts of he’s face. The reason I decided to have Dan’s face on the front, is because it is a conventional feature of thriller posters to have the victim and the main character on the front of the poster.

Draft Two

Feedback: Feedback I received from my second draft was to add the billing box, this is a very important conventional feature for any trailer as this give, who directed the film, stared in the film, costume designer, camera workers etc. I was also told to put in the certificate of the film so that parents, teenagers and adults can see whether they will want to see this age film or if they are allowed to watch this film, depending on their age.

Improvements:From doing my previous feedback, I inputted the actors names at the top of the page, this is a conventional feature on a poster as it is making the four main characters of the film known to the audience. The title of the film has also been included at the bottom of the page, this is the most important part of the poster as it gives the audience an indication to what type of film they will be watching. I also made the face and diary bigger, so that there wasn’t too much background drawing the audience away from the main image. The bigger the image the more attention the poster will get from the audience. I also added in a quote from a newspaper, this is also a conventional feature on a poster as this gives the film a good review, it means that the audience are more likely going to watch the film, because they know it will be good.

Draft Three

Feedback:Feedback received on the first draft was that the billing box was to big and should be made smaller as it shouldn’t reach both edges of the poster. The font used for the billing box was not a conventional font which usually used, the feedback for this was to change the font. Another point of feedback was to also make the title of the film smaller, making sure the billing box was longer than the title but they were both centered and not stretched to the sides of the poster. I was also given advice to make Dan and the diary bigger as there was still too much black on the edges which needed to be filled. Make sure a logo is added to the poster.

Improvements: When doing my previous feedback from my second draft, I added a billing box. This is usually on all posters for films as it gives indications to who was all part of the film such as the director of the the film, who stared in the film, costume and makeup designers, camera workers etc. I’ve also put the certificate badge in the right bottom corner, which is the conventional place to put the certificate badge on most posters, which is why I have put mine in this area. The badge indicates who can watch the film and can not.

Draft Four

Feedback:I was told to make the edges of the diary look less obvious that they have been rubbed out and make it blend into the background more gradually. This will also give the poster a supernatural element as it seems as though the diary is dissolving, this links to our trailer as we have supernatural elements within the trailer. Where the newspaper review is, I was told that I should put the name of the newspaper so that it indicates to the audience which newspaper said it, making them read the newspaper to find out more about the film. I was also told to move the logo next to the ‘coming soon’ as this is where a logo usually goes, and another one on the other side, meaning I should make another one and input this on the other side. Another important convention of a poster is to have a slogan, from realizing I do not have a slogan, in the next improvements I will add one.

Improvements:From taking into account my previous feedback, as you can see the diary and Dan’s face is much larger. This fills out the black around the edges and fills out the poster more to attract the audience. The billing box has been made much smaller so that it doesn’t take up most of the page. I also made the title smaller so that it didn’t stretched, making the title smaller made the poster look more professional. I also added a logo to the poster in the left corner to show the name of the company who helped produce the film, this says bushbro, and the logo has a tree inside. I also added coming soon so that this is an indication to the audience that they can see the film soon. The website has also been added so that the audience can look on the film website if they want to find out more about the film.

Draft Five Feedback:My feedback for the fifth draft was to add another logo on the other side of ‘coming soon’. It is conventional for a poster to have two logos rather than one as usually more than one company will be involved in the production of the film. Also where it says ‘coming soon’ I should add ‘coming soon this winter’ so that the audience have a better idea of when the film is going to come out.

Improvements:Improvements that I've made is added at slogan at the top of the poster and moved the names of the actors to above the title so that all the text was not t crammed together. A slogan is a convention of a film poster as it intrigues the audience to what the film is about and what’s going to happen. I have also smoothed and blurred out the edges so that the edges do not look to harsh and obviously rubbed out. To do this I used another layer with the brush tool and used painted to go around the edges of the diary so that edges blended in more with the background, adding to the supernatural effect.