This is the first draft which Beth designed. She has conventionally placed a large image of the actors at the front of the page, immediatly catching our eye, with the front two angrily placing their heads together as if they are about to fight. The actors stood behind the two at the front are looking into the lens with worried/angry/confused expressions. I like this pose as it is humerous and gives just a little away about the film itself. The name of the film is at the bottom of the page, just above the two critic reviews at eaither side of the star rating in tbe middle. At the top of page Beth has placed a tagline. All of the text conventionally overlaps the image as not to break up the page. Overall I like this draft, however I wouldn't chose to put the tagline at the top, I would put the name of the film there instead so the audience know what film is being advertised.
This is Beth's second draft idea. The general layout is similar to the first one she created with the star rating and two critic reviews at the bottom of the page. Again, the tagline is placed at the top of the page and the name of the film is at the bottom in a large font in the shape of an arch. The large image contains a few of the actors, with two standing out at the front facing each other with their guitars clashing. This pose is again humorous and reflects the plot without giving too much away. Some of the actors to the left and right of the two with the clashing guitars are looking directly at the camera and some are looking away, with similar worried/angry/confused expressions on their faces. I love the creativity of the pose which Beth has come up with in this draft however again, I would have placed the name of the film at the top rather than at the bottom.
This is the first of my two film poster drafts. My layout idea differs to both of Beth's as I have placed the name of the film across the top of the page, about a quarter of the way down. This is written in a large font so is easily identifiable. This overlaps a large image I have used to fill the A4 page with. I plan to have two of the actors on a stage, with a spotlight shining down from the top left hand corner. They will be looking directly into the camera lens with happy faces, again different to the expressions in Beth's two draft ideas. I have placed a critic review along with star rating in large speech marks to the right of the page, ever so slightly overlapping one of the actors. This allows the audience to get a quick opinion on the film, persuading them to watch. At the bottom of the page I have conventionally placed a list of crew and the director with the production company logo across the bottom with the white text on a black background.
This is my final draft idea. I messed around the layout to make it different from the first draft I created so we had more choice when it came to picking a favourite. In this draft I decided to place the crew and director unconventionally across the top, rather than the bottom. The name of the film, along with the films tagline will below this. I like the idea of having the name towards the top of the page so the audience can immediately identify what film the poster is advertising. Compared to the image I chose to use in my first draft this one is more mockumentary style and fun. It shows a band member to the right hand side of the screen with 3 critic type judges behind with their arms folded looking at the man disapprovingly.
Out of the four drafts we have come up with so far there is not one in particular that I am drawn to. I love the position which Beth has placed the actors across the front, with the attitudes and poses showing that our film is fun and a mockumentary. I do prefer however the layouts that I created, with Beth and I agreeing that they are more conventional and profesional. When we come up with the final draft we plan to mix and match ideas from all four designs as not one stands out.
After we filmed our posters we decided that we wanted to simply put a guitar leaning against a pub door on the front, rather than people. As well as being easier we like the unconventional and unique style idea, matching well with our band mockumentary idea. Not too much is given away however the audience are made aware of the music/band idea. These are the two develpoed drafts we came up with:
This firs draft shows the guitar propped up against a door. The background is black, matching the door colour. We like the white text of 'Backroom' against the balck of the background as we believe this will be striking and stand out. Our questionnaire results also supported the idea that people like the black & white colour scheme with another bold/bright coour. Below the main image we have placed a review quote, along with a star rating. These will be written in the bold/bright colours (yellow or blue) so it attracts the eye.
This second developed draft is similar to our first idea. We have kept the same door with the guitar leaning as the background image, however have changed the colour of the guitar to red to match the 'Backroom' film title at the top of the page. We have placed the star rating at the top of the page for this design this time which means after looking at the image and reading the name of the film this is the next thing that catches the eye. A small critic review is placed at the bottom of the page just like the one above, but this time we have put a list of cast and crew (in white font) in the bottom right hand corner.
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