POSTER

We have finally managed to upload our final poster!

Previously the title was white, however, we changed the colour to red to signify blood. This is a generic convention of the horror genre.

The quote from Empire is also in red so that the colour scheme is continued throughout the poster. Empire is a very popular film magazine; one of the most read in the country.

The actresses' names are at the top. We gave them equal billing as they are both unknown. However, we used Alice for the final poster as the film primarily revolves around her.

The poster also uses the ideas shown in the teaser trailer of 'Catherine' staring. We used the image in the website, poster and teaser trailer.

Photos for poster

We took the photographs for our poster and website yesterday. These are a few of those taken that will be transfered onto a forest background to create our poster. We took shots of both the actresses together and also individual shots that can be used on the website. We took a few ones of Lexie looking in different directions in case we change the positioning of the two actresses. This will help us to save time as if we come across any problems, we have a variety of shots to choose from.

Stef

More potential poster ideas

Here a few ideas that the rest of the group helped me to come up with. Many apologies for the drawing but hopefully the basic ideas are clear.

The idea I think we are most likely to go with currently is idea number one, as Jack posted our prototype photographs on here.

Stef

Post it!

Stef and I were researching film poster and websites and we came across the poster for the new "Nightmare on Elm Street" film. We really liked this poster and thought it was a good campaign image, however, we found ourselves asking would this poster work if we weren't already aware of Freddy Krueger and the first "Nightmare on Elm Street" film? Is it just the legacy that makes us instantly aware of what this film is about, rather than the actual poster? With our film we obviously don't have the history and following of "Nightmare on Elm Street", so we wondered would this style of poster suit our film?

Nightmare on Elm Street website

Picture Perfect

The Abandoned

This poster reminds me of the loss of innocence. The porcelain doll, is a symbol of childhood, but becasue it is shattered and cracked it shows broken child hood. They have used colour to specifically draw your eye to the eye with a tear of blood. This image also connects with the title 'abandoned' becasue there is often a theme when people move out of a house there is a doll or toy left behinhd that gradually builds up dust.

Autopsy
This is a very modern film poster by keeping the backgroud white it focuses the attention on the legs and text, it also is a signifier of the clean sterile setting of the hospital. When i first looked at this poster initially i didn't notice that the legs were cut off, so it allows the audience to look closer and examine the poster more seriously. However, when looking at this poster it has a slight comedic feel which may suggest it is a spoof rather than just a horror.


Saw III
This poster is the from the third film in the Saw series. Similarly to the Autopsy poster is uses a white background, however, the bottom of this poster uses darker tones that do not give promote the idea of the setting being sterile. The saw at the top of the poster, is used to create an uncomfortable feeling in the audience, it's rusty and dirty, which is clearly nothing you want to be associated with removing teeth, which is linked at the lower third of the poster. This creators of this poster has specifically used Golden section to hint to the audience the conventions of this film.

Poster pictures

As Stef has said in this post we have started to consider the posters. I took some pictures, which you can see below, to experiment with the angles and so we can compare our ideas. I have also uploaded them to flickr.




More poster discussions to follow, I drew a sketch and have annotated it on what each section of a proposed poster signifies for the audience and how it is appropriate to the audience. Once we have discussed this, I will upload a scanned in version of my work.

It's poster time

In today's media lesson we not only uploaded the film footage we have recorded, we also began thinking of potential ideas for our film poster. We firstly decided that we want both of the actresses will appear on the poster, after we recieve their permission to do of course.
We are thinking of having it set in the forest we filmed in, as there was a clearing that would be perfect for the shot. Another possible location would be the park that we previously filmed in using the swings as our main focus. Our favourite idea is this:

--> Set in the forest with Mary (Lexie) standing straight on, facing the camera looking frightened with Catherine (Alice) standing behind with her hand on Mary's shoulder. We would only show half of Catherine's face to symbolise the mystery surrounding her character. The forest would also add to a mystery of the plot. Having Catherine's hand on Mary's shoulder symbolises the relationship they share, as shown in the trailer, and also symbolises the manipulation of Mary.

We did a quick tester shot with myself and Helena, which Jack will later upload onto here.

Also, I will upload the make-up plans here tonight if I can as I am away as of tomorrow.

Stef