Introduction to Film Posters

 

Typical Film Poster Layout

This is an interesting image i found on the internet on a page called 'Designinspiration' it is a template for a typical movie poster, it shows what to put where which is very usefull. After a lot of reasearch i now know what makes a good film poster and what i must do to plan one out. A poster can be the best way to activate the audience and leave them wanting more.

• I need to create a mind map of my target audiance and the message i want to send out
• think of some layout designs i.e. fonts, colours, images that will make my poster stand out and promote the film
• take a look at other film posters especially of the same genre and take inspiration from them. find out information on designs and different colour schemes
• Make sure that i get the main actors in the the poster of key concepts so the audience get a good idea of what they are seeing.
• Get used to using adobe Photoshop as this software is meant to be the best software for making film posters.

Historical Content

below are some classic, older and vintage film posters, they are very different to present day film posters because technology has developed and so have new ideas. They still have similar layouts but they seem to be more comic like. today they are more photoshoped and special effects are used a lot to grab peoples attention. i will be looking more at the modern day film posters because the film I'm promoting will be a contemporary, modern day gang film.

Modern Day Film Posters

This was the film poster for the film Legend, a UK social realism film on crime set in the 60s. The film is about two gangster brothers who are the subject of the films poster. This is a great  film poster to use as inspiration as it is a recent film of the same genre and i also really like the layout. Like a typical film poster it contains the films main star, in this case Tom Hardy. Showing the main actors involved will attract there fans and attract a specific audience. It has a black on white kind of colour scheme which i feel works really well because it makes a bold poster that really stands out. There inst that much on the poster and its actually quite basic, theirs a lot of empty space with the release date, film title and the films slogan. i think that in many circumstances less is more and in this case it has really worked well creating an all round effective poster that is really powerful.

. This kind of poster is the type that i would like to achieve for my film. i think this style definitely suits the genre of the film as well. The role of the film poster is to catch the attention of people in order to watch the film, its an important way of advertising. Poster such as these would be advertised in places such as public transport and outside cinemas depending on the films budget.