DECONSTRUCTION: Die Hard Poster

The second poster we have looked at is Die Hard.

DECONSTRUCTION: The Bourne Legacy Poster

We decided to look at some existing posters for films within our genre and have deconstructed them to discover some of the conventions of a film poster. The first poster we looked at is for The Bourne Legacy.

Age Rating

Our film will need an age rating that will inform the viewer what to expect, and whether there is anything unsuitable for children. We have looked at the different age ratings below and outlined what each of them means. We will then decide upon our rating based on this, and this information will go on our trailer, poster and website.

 Universal: All ages, nothing unsuitable.

 Parental Guidance: All ages, some scenes may be unsuitable for children.

 12: Nobody younger than 12 can buy or rent - may contain mature themes, discrimination, soft drugs, moderate swear words, infrequent strong language and moderate violence, sex references and nudity.

 15: Only those over 15 can buy/rent- may contain adult themes, hard drugs, frequent strong language and limited use of very strong language, strong violence and strong sex references, and nudity without graphic detail.

 18: Only adults admitted - can contain hard drugs, explicit sex references with detail, strong, gory and/or sadistic violence usually permitted, strong sexual violence.

After looking at these classifications, we believe our film would be a 15. This is due to the occasional violent scenes and strong language.

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. 

Typography

 In the titles for our trailer, the film title will appear on a black screen. We have looked at some fonts here, and can use effective fonts to enhance the trailer and reinforce the genre of our film.
1. The first is a sans serif font with white lines cutting across the black text. This distorted effect could be ideal for our film as it suggests disruption.
2. The second font is in the style of those used on a top secret file. This links to the idea of the government scandal and mystery surrounding this.
3. The third is a serif font that has been distorted in ways. This has aesthetics that can link to the military and government.
4. The fourth font is reflective of an old typewriter, and with that there is a link to files, and secret files. It is a fairly simplistic serif font that could be effective in the titles of our trailer.

5. The final font has the same distorted effect as
the third and has the silhouettes of a city skyline. This reflects our location (as being London) and disruption that is key in our plot.

The font we have decided to use for the title of our film is the 2nd as it has significant links to our plot and reflects the genre well.

Action Vs. Thriller

As previously mentioned here, we decided to change our genre to an Action Thriller. Originally, we took inspiration from conspiracy thriller films such as Enemy of the State, The Bourne Films, Limitless and many more. Nevertheless, when it came to selecting our cast, our main character's presence seemed to alter the genre. 

We decided to explore the different conventions when looking at both the Action and Thriller genre. When filming and editing takes place we will combine both aspects to create an Action Thriller film Trailer. 

Initial Location Shots

Before filming with our main characters we decided to visit London to take some initial opening location shots for our trailer. We also took photos of various areas in London e.g. Leicester Square, London Eye, Parliament, ‘New Change’ Shopping Centre Rooftop. The locations that we have used will notify the viewer, and will become evident to them that it is set in London.This particular visit up to London helped organize and highlight any other locations which would be suitable to use. In our previous post we mentioned the 'New Change' Rooftop which we believed would be appropriate to feature within our trailer. Demonstrated below are some of the images that we took on the Rooftop.