Typography Poster

Taking into consideration the research we have taken on typography from our previous posts , one of our group members attempted to create a typography themes poster for the movie, as an extra for our ancillary task. The poster is dark themed with repeated text with a font we thought would make it look stand out and crisp. We decided to highlight certain text in red, a connotation of blood and to give a feel of the film despite the poster in general not giving much away. This is simmilar to the batman dark knight poster , a simple logo with text, gave nothing much away but left enough for the viewer to want to see more.
The image was created in photoshop CS5 , using a font from DAFONT , a royalty free font site (font called SoopaFresh). I started by making a black background , then adding a  layer of text with "Schemata" and continued to duplicate the layer and resize text appropriately.

 I continues until the image was full, however nothing stood out so we decided to add the certain aspects we wanted to amplify in red.

 Final image

 

After Completing this image, we decided to make an alternate version, with one of our characters "Mr Day" who is the main antagonist of the film. We decided to leave him rather ambiguous , to do this we duplicated the layer he was on in photoshop, reduced the transparency and added a lighten effect. Thus resulting in him appearing to be submerged within the background.

 

Alternate version :

Promotional material

It is also In our brief to create some form of promotional material to go along with our piece. We will create this using Adobe photoshop, which team member Amin has knowledge in and is willing to create a poster for. The images used for the poster will either be high resolution images taken while filming or screen captures from footage and re-edited. Our group looked at various aspects that go towards making a good film poster, we all agreed that the poster must be EYE CATCHING with writing that stands out, make the viewer QUESTION what the film is about , and keep them INTERESTED / ENGAGED and leave them with an IDEA of what the topic of the film is. We will also include links to facebook / twitter groups so viewers can be updated on the latest info. However it must be kept simple and not overload the user with information.

1. This movie poster is of The ugly truth, this perfectly shows us how a poster gives off an idea of what the film is about without knowing much about it at all. It's simplicity gives emphasis on the films core idea about how the genders think. It also references the movies site , which will give users much more information on the film.

2. This poster is for the film "devil" as you can see off the bat the upside down cross, which is a symbol of a bad omen/ antichrist or even the devil. The top line of texts gives a simplified overview of the plot, and the line insinuates one of the five people is in fact the devil. This one line itself makes people interested in how the plot will unravel , with this in mind I think our movie would benefit from having a tagline implemented in the poster. The word "Devil" is placed under the cross, not too large but viewable. This is again a rather simple poster ,but conveys a message.

3. This is a film poster for "Dispicable me" again it shows simplicity, use of text as a main feature. Seems to be simplicity is the key for success in movie posters. However this is only pre-inspiration and we will analyse further various movie posters which relate to our specific genre.

Mock-up Posters

The mock-up posters which were produced on Photoshop CS5 using renders from the video clips taken from our scenes. These were made by taking stills from the clips and using the pen / brush tools to remove the characters, then placed onto a black background with the pixel length & width of a traditional film poster. We then included the titles of film in a grunge/distorted look, which would exemplify the genre of the film. Through observation movie posters generally included a tagline which represents the film without giving too much away. However these are rough - drafts and ofcourse more research must go into the conventions of movie poster narratives for a high-quality production, details on research and new posters will be uploaded once completed.

Second task - Poster

After completing the trailer, and recieving acceptable feedback and personally being satisfied with it, we set out to complete the second product; the poster. Like with the trailer, we will set out reserching into sucessful posters and see what techniques are employed to make them successful. We also hope to keep the theme of the poster similar to the trailer to keep a visible link between them.

We decided that the poster will be created on Photoshop CS5, however first we started looking at posters from blockbuster movies for influence such as; The last House on the Left, Inception and Triangle we also looked at our poster from our AS media studies project. This year we are aiming for a cleaner look on the poster to give it a more professional look on it