Along with the magazine review, another ancillary text that I need to produce is a poster for the short film. A poster is an essential part of advertising when it comes to films as it can be seen by a large number of people and placed virtually anywhere. If this is going to be seen by lots of people in all sorts of places, it needs to be eye catching and effective. I have researched into the forms and conventions of film posters to see what I need to include on mine. My findings show that there are a small list of things that need to be included, the first being the title of the film. The title needs to be one of the main focus points of the poster and this can be done by using eye catching font or font colour. Another needed convention is the image used. It needs to be relevant to the film by either including the main character or giving an impression of the film genre. Finally, the date of release and a shortlist of cast and crew members needs to be displayed somewhere on the poster.
With all this in mind, I have an idea of what my poster will look like. I plan on incorporating the element of stopping time into the image along with the main character. As the film is along the lines of a thriller I will use a darker colour for the background. The font I will use for the majority of the text will be fairly simple as if the font is too complex it will seem off putting. Below are a few examples that I will use as inspiration for my poster.
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