Research into Film Posters

Below I have created a poster in photoshop called 'Love Letter'.

 

We created this poster on a romance film in PhotoShop because it is practising how to use the different tools for when we will have to make one. It made me learn all of the key elements of a film poster e.g certificate, credit block, actors and title. I also learnt how to use PhotoShop more in a way that I will be needing to for my own for example editing the gradients of pictures so they are faded so it isn't as bold on the page and how how to place images into the image your making. This will influence my own poster because I am more aware of the specific tools that are needed for different elements so I will then be able to make my own easier as I know know more techniques.

Below I have created a WordItOut on the key conventions of Film Posters.

Below I have analysed a teaser and a theatrical poster to compare the differences between them.

This is the teaser poster analysis.

This is the theatrical trailer analysis.

In summary I prefer the first poster because I think it bolder as the blue and black creates good contrast which makes the 'creature' stand out clearly and this therefore makes the image more threatening and eye catching. I also think that due to the second poster having two characters on and some of the setting of the film it draws away from important things like the name of the film and the other films the director has done which are important to promote as films like 'titanic' are very popular.