Planning: Poster

For my poster I have decided to go with the conventional poster structure. Above is my flat plan for my poster.

In the ‘Text’ box I will have information of the film, for example the directors, studios, producers, actors, e.t.c. this will allow the audience to see the names in the film, and if it was a studio film this would allow the poster to appeal to them further.

For the ‘Title’ box I will have the name of the film, I will make this stand out so it can be clearly seen as being the title for the film and so it catches the audiences attention. Underneath this is a ‘tag line’ box, here I will have a short snappy piece of text which will try tempt the audience to go watch the film, like a tease.

In my research I had found that most posters had a certification for the film shown, I have chosen to include this so that the audience will know whether it is suitable for them. Also, with this it could suggest what will happen in the film and maybe with the rating it would make the film appeal to certain audiences further.

I will have one main central image, the only image on the page, this image will allow the audience to identify the genre of the film very easily and clearly. The image will follow Nick Lacey’s schema of genre, which will clearly identify the genre being horror through setting and mise en scene.

Finally, along the top of my poster I will have the awards the film has won, I will also make these stand out so that the audience knows that this is a good film and that it has done well at the film festivals/awards. Some of the possible awards I will be using will be ‘Student Short Film Award’ and ‘Amateur Short of the Year’.