Final draft of film poster with class analysis

I have completed my final written draft of my film poster, and here it is, I have asked for feedback off of classmates from this and I will meantion these comments below.

Class Analysis and key points to take from this poster:
- The film title suggests that someone is being deprived of something or someone which is in the image of the eye.
- The main image of the eye suggests that somebody is being watched
- No main film stars on the poster other than in the billing block
- The figure/person in the eye leaves questions as who is watching who and why is the person being watched, it creates a creative code of enigma
- The date is placed in a conventional place.
- Red on the poster is very effective as it is mostly associated as a scary color
- The poster emplys the iconography of a thriller or horror.

Release Date Confirmed

As a group we have come up with the release date of our film, the release date is going to be 6.6.13, we have chosen this date as it will be based in the summer, which is mainly when people tend to go to the cinema according to research. We have chosen to release it on the 6th aswell because it is associated with an evil number e.g. the devils date 6.6.6. Below I have used a free online font maker, and created the following texts which present the date of release, I may use these on my poster:

Billing Block Names

As a group we have come up with which names which are going to be used in our billing blocks for our posters, below are the roles and names which will be used, I will upload a billing block which I created at a later date.

Studio Name Presents – Skirrid Creations

Studio Name – Skirrid Creations

A ‘Producers Name’ production – Trevor Hill

A film writer’s film – Jake Miller

Lead Actor 1 – Garin Price

Lead actor 2 – Lucy Shaw

Deprived

Actor 3,4,5 – Lauren Davies, Amy Trett, Tom Nottingham

Music by – Alex Mello

Film editor – John Mckenna

Production designer – James Cole

Casting by – Lisa Hanson

Written by – Callum James

Make-up artist – Kayla Strout

Executive producer – Adrian Davies

Produced by – Brett Gordon

Screenplay by – Alex Sheldon

Directed by – Steve Bolham

First Drafts of Film Poster

I have created a rough draft of what I want my poster to look like, I have gained some feedback on both of these posters and I am going to post a final draft in the coming days.

 

I like the idea of the eye being focussed on in a film poster, this is what I wanted to show in mine,  the eye shows not only emotional fear of the character to the audience but it also makes us feel as though we are inside the persons head whos eye it is, almost as if we can see exactly what they are seeing, however I need to give the tag line some thought and I hope to add film stars names to the poster to make it look like more professional. As a group we are in the process of creating the billing block. I have also come to a decision to change the position of the release date, I tried going against the conventional position at which it is normally placed down the bottom of the page, I thought I would challenege this, but instead I have decided it will look more professional once placed at the bottom of the page in my final draft.

Poster Research

I have looked at the different layouts which are commonly used in film posters and created a rough layout for my poster on the computer before I draw my first draft, I have created the following layouts and compared them with the layout of the professional posters:

I havent decided which one I am going to use yet as I have not created all aspects of the poster yet, I have just studied the layout, I will find out which one will look most effective in the process of making it.

Research for Poster

I have created a few titles for my film poster which I could possibly use, on my poster I am thinking of using the red text as I find it effective and I have found it on most film posters of the genre which my film trailer is. These are just some rough drafts of some texts I could possibly use:

I got the idea of this type of text from the following posters which have inspired me to have the same type of text as I believe that the red text looks very effective on a film poster:

As an alternative I have thought of maybe using white text for the film title if I believe that during the process of making the film poster I find that red doesnt suit my poster, then I will use the colour white as a replacement, I have made a few titles in white just in case I may use them as a 2nd option, below are some texts in white which I have just made, these are just some rough drafts of some texts I could possibly use:

 

I have developed the idea of using white text as a back up as some professional posters look effective using white text aswell, here is an example:

Research for poster

I done some research on some film posters which have the main image of an eye on them as I like this idea, I have looked at how they have been used to be made effective, and what makes them effective. Here are some ones which I have found. I will be uploading a rough first draft on my blog with an analysis within the next few days.