Wednesday, 5 December 2012

PLANNING: What We Did In Class Today

The Purpose of A Film Poster

In todays lesson we talked through the purpose of a film poster and the different types. We listed the key conventions along with the language, colour, layout and visual representation of a film poster.





Questions to Ask When Designing a Film Poster

LAYOUT

  • Images of the key settings and the main characters.
  • What is the title of the film?
  • What can you say about the way in which the title graphics have been written?
  • Who is starring in the film? Where are the stars' names placed on the poster? Why?
  • Why have the images been chosen?
  • What do the pictures signify?
  • What are the most important colours on the poster?
  • WHat do you think the film will be about?
  • Who is the target market?
  • What clues are there to the narrative?
  • What can you tell about the genre of the film and the types of characters from their facial expression, body language, stance, appearance and position on the poster?
  • Is there an enigma being presented?
  • Is the poster composed of a series of images?
  • Is the key image a still from the film?
COLOUR
  • What colours are used in the posters?
  • Are they relevant to the genre?
  • What clues do they give about the genre?
  • How do they attract the target audience?
LAYOUT
  • Are the images blended in without any concern for real perspective or size relationships between people and setting?
  • How are the images laid out?
  • Why are they laid out like this?
  • Do you know the plot, genre, theme of the film?
  • What shape is the poster?
  • What style is the font, typeface and graphics?
USP
  • What is the unique selling point in the poster?
  • What makes it different from other posters?

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