Initial Poster Designs

These are our initial ideas for our Film Poster. Whilst shooting in Tunbridge Wells we decided to take numerous photographic evidence of our time throughout filming. We then used specific images that we think would be ideal for our Poster. 

This is the first design for our Poster. We decided to take a scene from within our trailer, so our viewers could relate it to both the Poster and the Trailer.
Taking note of codes and conventions I used plain white Arial font in capitals for the majority of the text on the Poster. Existing Posters such as Limitless and The Bourne Identity have used Arial Fonts in white either in the centre or at the bottom. We went against this convention and positioned our title centrally at the top.
On Microsoft Word I edited and enhanced the image by increasing the contrast and darkness. This created a more 'moody' and 'negative' effect to the Poster, whilst enhancing and improving the quality.
We previously deconstructed the Enemy of the State and The Bourne Identity Poster, both of which had a subtle target that was placed directly over the top of the main characters, and so I experimented and created this target on Microsoft Word.
The positioning of the Actors' names also plays an importance. 'Alex Gylanders' is our main character as so we positioned him centrally, which is where the viewers' eyes land.    

This is our second design for our Poster. As demonstrated this appears to be more of a thriller compared to the first design which does not relate to the action genre. 

We guided our actor's and asked them to perform a chase scene within Tunbridge Wells Car Park. Whilst doing this we took continuous shots of them both running. From a selection of five, we chose this image above. 

We believe that this particular shot captures a lot of action and informs the viewer that the Poster is representing an Action/Political Thriller. 

I have also used the same font and colour compared to the first design, as well as the positioning of the subtle white target directly highlighting the protagonist. 

This poster is a lot more dark and sinister, which truly represents a Thriller Poster. Darkness represent isolation, fear, anxiety, secretive etc which all are reflected in the Trailer.  

We have created a survey for our target market to complete which will help us develop their chosen poster to our final design. The survey can be found here.

More Problems and Solutions

After reviewing our initial problems and solutions post, which can be found here, we have created a new table with the new problems we came across, and what we did to solve them.

Problem	Solution
WEATHER (SNOW) Due to the snow, there were disruptions to travel and we didn’t feel the aesthetic fit with the conventions of the genre.	We had to postpone our filming and continue with other elements including the blog, poster, website and editing the footage we already had.
ILLNESS One of our group members became ill and was unable to attend school for a number of weeks.	We ensured our whole group were informed as to what was going on and did as much as we could with two of us until her return.
ACTORS Our actors had a hectic schedule and were unable to attend some of the filming sessions we had planned.	We eventually planned a day where all our actors were free to film and in the meantime, we continued with our other elements.

Character Photography

Whilst filming in London we thought it would be best to photograph our three main characters. Not only do the photographs demonstrate their appearance, but it also shows each characters' outfit. 

Alex Gylanders - Actor Photos

These are some photographs of the actor, Alex Gylanders, for our main character, Luke Harris. 

These photos are in relation to our previous blog post, whereby we posted the actor introduction video. The photographs enable us to see what he looks like on camera, and how the lighting appears. 

We then looked back at our questionnaire results, which can be seen here. The results show that the majority of our target audience preferred a broader character. 

Alex Gylanders Profile/Audition

A recorded audition of Alex Gylanders, applying for the role of our main protagonist.

We began by asking him to introduce himself, which would give us a better understanding of his abilities and background/experience. We then devised some questions to ask, which we had not told him beforehand. We wanted to gauge how well he could communicate without preparation and whether the way he came across changed. Finally, we had asked Alex to prepare a short monologue which we filmed to see both his acting ability and the way he looked on camera.

After reviewing the footage we had got with Alex, we realised that although he is an ideal actor to cast in our teaser trailer, his presence has altered our ideas about genre. Before meeting him, our genre was more based around being a Conspiracy Thriller, however we feel he would be more suited to being in an Action Thriller. We will need to do some more research in light of this change.

Storyboard: Version 1

Below is an image of our completed storyboard (first version), a clear guide as to how we should go about shooting our desired trailer.