Poster sketch plan

Here is a plan of my film poster. I felt that this plan was the most best way of doing my film poster as it is very clear to read and a lot like other film posters of the same genre. I am very pleased with it as it is very clear to the audience and sending a clear message across without having to work anything out if for example the photo was not clear or the text. I felt that putting the title along the bottom half of the poster worked the best as the tree may make it un-easy to see. Also the fact there is a clear place on the bottom makes sense to have it there is it comes across strong and clear. I felt that putting the review and strap line in the sky of the photo as it is a nice spot to have it with a clear background. The institintual information and distributor logo i feel work well along the bottom as this is where on most posters they are shown and it is not something i want to take up a main space in my poster. I will now begin to edit my photo to make it into this poster i have planned out.

Poster photo

Here is a photo i took of the two boys in my film Dion and Carl sitting by a tree as this is their spot of where they go to every thursday and i feel is an important part of the film. I did it in a portrait photo as i felt this would work the best with the titles and anything else i want to put around the photo itself.

Here is another poster of a short film i came across. Yet again the way in which it is planned out is very simple with a main photo of an idea of what the film is about and then a clear title of the film so it is very clear. Also the brand names for the film are along the bottom and out of the way of the photo. There is also a website along the bottom in which id imagine the film can be viewed on which is a good idea of extra advertisement. The genre of the film i feel is a sci-fi type film or something along the lines of that or social realism. I really like the layout of this film poster as it is very clear like the others i have wrote about and easy for the audience to look at. These style posters i feel are the best type and will have a go of one of my own to do it in this simple clean, style.

Here is a poster i found for a short film. I found it very intriging with how the poster is so simple as it mostly consists of a photo of an actor with the title and the text along the top right corner of the photo. I find the style in which the makes and brands along the bottom of the poster fit nicely and look a clean finish. Straight away the mise en scene is telling me in the poster that it looks like a pretty serious film. Looking at social realism films i noticed that a lot of them have photos of main actors in the posters and brief writing around it or a title and not too much going on around it. I really like the style in which these posters are made as they are simple and give you an idea of what the film is going to be about or what the actors look like in it to give an idea of what the film might be about with how they are set in their mise en scene.

Looking at social realism type posters and short film posters

This film poster for the film Trainspotting i felt was a simple and understandable poster. Also it being a social realism type film i thought was a good idea to look at it and observe it. I like how the title is very clear to the audience and a picture of a character from the film in big but also other characters along the bottom. The mise en scene of this film i sense i drug type film as of how the characters are presented in the photos. The layout of this poster is i feel aesthetically pleasing to an audience as everything is very clear to what is going on in the film.

Locations

Next i will have to look at different locations to film the shots in my short film. I will need to find a fence, alleyway, bridge, chilling spot, field to cross, pathway in field and road for girl to walk across and an opening to woods as a entrance.




After looking at locations here were my favourite that i found. As you can see there are eight main areas in which i am to film my film, these consist of The river and bridge,tunnel,woodland which the girl and carl go to, the tree Dion and Carl always go to, the field in which the girl is seen walking across, the fence the boys jump and the road in which the boys walk along.

Here is a short film to do with social realism i found on you tube. I feel this is a good example of what my film will be similar to
for many reasons. The way in which the film has been created has a lot in common to the type of film which i am thinking of creating. For example the way in which there are relationships and friendships involved shows a typical social realism genre to which is normally in a social realism type film.