Final Poster

I had to change my poster slightly to make it look more realistic. I added a strip at the bottom of the poster to indicate where and when the film will be released. By adding this strip as another layer on my poster, it would potentially make it much easier for me to change the release date, or where the film was being shown without having to alter the poster itself everytime. I also made the billing information much smaller as Michael Leedham said that 'it will take up more room than you think'. I also moved the 'All rights reserved' sentence to the side of the poster so it was barely visible. Finally I added a box around the film certificate to make it look more authentic.

Here is the final poster. Enjoy!

POSTER IDEAS AND PLANNING 6


I began constructing this poster using two images. One of Tina which I took, and another of a selection of computer keys which I took off a computer, lined up and took a photo of. This was the basis of my poster.

I then made a heart shape on Photoshop and put it on top of Tina’s face in the photo. I used the Single Row Marquee tool to make a crack in the heart and thus I was able to have a broken heart and inside, a broken Tina. Clearly this links to her being broken hearted and underlines the fact that the film is based around the search to find love.

After, I added a shadow around the heart and the computer keys to make it look more three dimensional. I then wrote the letters of the film on each separate computer key, making it possible for me to choose what size and font I wanted as well as the colour.

I was then able to include the tag line, ‘not guaranteed to make love happen’- this I chose to have in pink to link to the colour of the word ‘(mis)’ which connotes disappointment. I then added in the production name, ‘SICK ROSE PRODUCTIONS’ and the critics review to add realism to the poster.

The final step was to include the billing information where I wrote the names of characters and the director, and the copyright issues. I also included the website of the film.

Most of the information on this poster is exactly the same as on the previous possible poster- for example, the billing information, the production company name and the critics reviews. Now I must decide on the tag line, the photo and the title layout.

Again, I chose to set my poster out in landscape format; although this is perhaps not totally conventional of film posters, I felt I was able to get the composition of the poster to look more professional and fluent.