Progress by Tolu

Once we changed the idea of our poster, we went from making a poster like this to creating one that looked more professional like this one

the image of the hockey stick is not our photo, whilst researching we came across this image and decided to use it until we were able to take a photo similar to it. Until that point, our poster will not be fully completed. But until then, I decided to work with the image i found.We created several versions of the poster until we eventually decided on the one we wanted to use

Beginigs of constuction for our poster. by Tolu

After we changed the programme in which we were using to create our poster, the graphics we have created on this programme are of a much better qualitly and we have incorporated the end titles into this version of our poster.

Half way through the process of creating our poster, we decided to change our idea due to feedback. We were told our design was not partivularly professional and that we should try something else. We decided to employ the rule of thirds into our poster making and attempt to create a more professional looking poster.

Poster Making Changes by Tolu

We began creating our poster on Photoshop but have decided to change programmes to In Design as it is a better programme for creating text and as our poster requires a great deal of text, it is probably the best decision.

Poster Ideas By Daisy

So Far This is what we have done: Using our own style with ideas from other conventional posters.

In order of events that we completed, the photo which we still need to edit on and the background.

Hand drawn Poster Ideas by Tolu

Incorporating the ideas that we got from the our reaearch from posters like Bend It like Beckham and She's the Man, we decided upon a design picutured bellow. We decided that our first idea looked a little too much like a magazine froont cover and changed it slightly. As we realised that most posters did not actually have the title at the top of the poster so we made this change to the rough drawring of our poster.

Idea 1

Idea 2

Poster research by Tolu

1) Posters like these are employed to advertise the film and hint at the potential story line of the film. It makes the genre obvious and is directed at a particular audience through the genre. Posters like this would be displayed on buses at bus stops, in cinemas and on billboards.
2) The posters aim themselves at a target audience through the picture. The hint at the storyline and the genre of the film thus attracting a particular audience. Furthermore, they are able to create an idea of the movie through the poster.
3) In the Poster for bend it like Beckham, there is one main image the back profile of her holding a pair of football boots behind her back conveying the idea of the football being a hidden passion and the idea of the movie. The image tells a little of the storyline. And portrays the clash between her culture and her love for football through the fact that she is dressed in tradition attire and has to hide her passion for football behind her back as though it is a secret. There is also an element of The target audience through this poster is football lovers and the Asian community as it is a movie about their culture and it incorporates football lovers into the audience as she is holding a pair of football boots in her hands thus enlightening the audience to the fact that football plays a part in the film. Mise en scene- the mise en scene includes her costume which is traditional Indian attire and the football boots are an essential part of the poster as it is the primary focus for the film. The poster also has positive critics opinions included in the image in an attempt to entice an audience into seeing it. There is the film company’s logo and names of the companies and people involved in the making of the movie.
4) The other poster I have chosen to analyse is Wimbledon. It consists of an individual image that incorporates the main characters of the film. She is also holding a tennis racket which and they are both dressed in tennis whites which tells the audience of the story line and the characters within the play. From the poster, the audience is supposed to be able to guess at the story line. From this poster, their romance is not necessarily obvious but it is a possibility. The fact that the female character is the one holding the tennis racket, suggest that she is the one that is most serious about her tennis although he is also wearing tennis whites. The name of the film is also present on the poster but it does not overpower the image as it is what is telling the story. The main actors’ names are also present on the poster. This utilises a method of attracting an audience that isn’t present in the Bend it like Beckham poster which is the use of the main stars in the film to attract an audience. Fans of Paul Bettany and Kirsten Dunst will be willing to see the film. Also fans of tennis and Wimbledon will be intrigued by a movie about their personal interest. On this poster there is no critic’s response to the movie and there is the film company’s logo and names of the companies involved in the making of the movie
5) This poster is of the film she’s the man. Unlike the other two posters, this one is very different. There are lots of captions at the top telling the story thus giving more of an insight into the story line which is that of a teen sporting romance, attracting the fans of the teenage romance genre. The image is of the characters in the film that play the biggest part in the role of the film. The set up goes in order of the importance. The main character is at the very front of the picture while the others are in a pyramid behind her. Some of the characters create the mise en scene with the props they have. One of the boys in the background is holding a football, highlighting that fact that football plays a major role in the film and the girl with the lipstick and mirror highlights the vanity with her character. The incorporation of football into this widens the audience as it grasps the attention of football lovers increasing the audience. There is a lot of writing in small print at the bottom of the poster. This is the name of all the directors of the film and people who played and important part in the creating the movie. Also the film companies that were involved in the creating of the film have their logos printed at the very bottom of the poster.
6) Rocky is a brilliant example of what we hope to achieve with our poster. The title is very large and obvious and the image incorporates both of the genres romance and sport. It achieves this through the mise en scene which includes the image that shows a man and woman holding hands and looking at each other conveying the romantic genre. The main sport in the movie is boxing. This is obvious in the poster as the man is dressed for boxing with his shorts, his hands wrapped in bandages and his boxing boots. This image attracts an audience that enjoys watching boxing and fans of romance movies. There is a quote form the movie at the top of the poster intriguing an audience making them curious and want to see the movie. There is also the same list of names and logos of the people and companies involved in the making of the movie.
7) The Cutting Edge 1992 poster incorporates two images. There are two images in the poster create different mise en scenes. The image at the top of the poster creates an image of the romance within the genre. They are looking lovingly into each others eyes thus conveying this genre through the photograph. The second image incorporates the title and the names of the people involved in the making of the movie with the logos of the companies at the very bottom. The image also includes the two main characters are skating. The main sport in this movie. They are doing a different kind of skating hinting at the potential storyline of the movie. The incorporation of more than one genre into the poster is a blatant way of attracting an audience of romance and sport lovers.

The poster I think will be most suitable for my work is the poster for she’s the man. We will incorporate a hockey stick into our trailer making the focal point of our trailer obvious like the poster for Wimbledon. The arrangement of the characters for the She’s the Man trailer incorporating other important characters into the poster is the sort of set up Daisy and I are hoping to employ.

Poster By Daisy

Here are two poster which i will use as a template and influence for ours. Both of these posters have the fit to the same genre as our film. I think that our poster will have the same conventions as the 'She's the Man' poster.

Poster research By Daisy

Headings: images, message, target audience, mise-en-scene, shot, colour, film genre

Fools Gold

Image- the image in this poster automatically creates a feel that the movie will be a romance. The use of famous characters like Matthew and Kate grabs an audience in. The colour of the poster is very catching. The use of gold’s and blue makes it seem very attractive but yet simplistic. The way that the Kate is wearing a bikini also may attract a male audience. The title is quite attractive as well as the white colour stands out on the gold people. The Gold of the title also complements the gold of the actors. The main focus is on the actors as there are no other distractions. The actors are not looking into the camera but at each other makes us want to watch and find out the catch as it can’t be just as great as it appears.

Lord of War

The image creates instantly gets an audience questioning why he is covered in bullets which seems like a very clever effect making us seem quite superstitious. The simplicity of action in the cover draws us in. The only image is of the main character Nicolas Cage who is also very famous and brings us in. The main attraction is the fact that he is obviously covered in Bullets and complements the words of the title ‘war’. The tile is bold and in your face. There is use of minimum colour and only dark and realistic colours, reflects the seriousness of the film. The genre seems to be war. The white background makes the character stand out. His eyes are a piercing blue colour which sucks us into the world of the character and attracts us into his world.

Funny People -Comedy/Drama

The image is of 3 cheerful looking characters, including Adam Sandler, known for his big hit movies, and therefore will grab the attention of the audience as people know that they are guaranteed a good film in some way or another and he is usually related to comic films increases the interest of that type of audience. The target audience perhaps attracts teenagers and upwards, this is due to the actors being known for their teenage movies, like ‘super bad’, with perhaps some maturity to the story as Adam Sandler has been seen in some more mature films such as’ The Bucket List’ as we relate these actors to past movies.
The message on this poster is quite simple reflecting the simplicity of the poster detail. It seems as thought it wants to create an image of a light hearted and funny film ahead, but with some drama due to the put on smiles on their faces which we all know are hard to believe are true and we know that it will not be a good film without some drama. The detail is fairly minimal almost created a bigger impact focusing on the characters and their lives and the relationships between them.

Titanic- Drama

The image shows the subject and displays the emotion of the film. With two big time actors to grab interest. The people are cleverly just as big as the ship, and we can automatically presume the three things are related. Jack and Rose the two main characters seem to be lying on each other and look quite suspiciously sad we can tell that this will not be necessarily happy story.
There is a message of romance and tragedy by the expressions on their faces. They have displayed the title of the boat and used to as their name of film on the front of the boat towards the bottom in fine white writing that stands out. It is bold and straightforward also reflecting the seriousness of the matter. The target audience is probably towards more of a mature age group due to the lack of bright colours and more rich ones. The Mise-en-Scene shows how classy the boat is that Kate Winslet is wearing a nice dress and smart earrings reflecting her social class and status.

X-men origin wolverine-
Action/ Sci-fi

There is quite a strong image of domineering men here. There is a powerful perspective of villains, each showing their ‘power’. The gradual layering of people shows the importance and domineering postion of the actors in the film. We can see that it is a majority male based film. I think that this would attract an audience of Action hungry teenagers, and older and mainly male audience.

By the anger shown by wolverine we can see that there is some sort of hatred between him and perhaps the people standing behind him, the facial expression shows us allot about there position in the film to come.

First version of trailer: Chances

Editing and Research into trailers by Tolu

At the moment Daisy and I are doing the finla touches of editing to our trailer. As we already have a considerable number of captions and titles already, we were wondering if it was compulsary to add captions declaring the name of our actors. After watching sevral trailers, we came to the conclusion that this may not be necessary as some trailers within the same genre like the one for Bend it Like Beckham, chose not to employ this. I think by not employing this method, it does not distract from the story.

Titles By Daisy

Recently I have found an appropriate music, we have decided that we are going to use two pieces, one for the fast upbeat part of the film and the other for the slow romantic part.

I have managed to get a screenshot of some of my titles.