The Poster
We decided to create a poster for our film. Posters are important because they help potential customers understand what the film is and what it could be about. The poster has to represent our film, so I decided to look into posters for other action/thrillers. Below are some examples of posters from various action/thriller movies.
Poster conventions
I can see from these posters that there are lots of conventions for action/thriller movie posters. Here are the things I noticed:
- Dark electric blue colours
- Dark colours
- Occasional dashes of red/orange
- Lots of shadows
- Includes pictures of main character(s)
- Title in red or white
- Action shots
- Often creates an idea of excitement and mystery
- Generally fairly simple (e.g. just a picture of one man)
Ideas for posters
We decided to come up with a few ideas of what our poster could look like. The first one is a picture of one of the main characters with the symbol of Arc Death projected over the top of them. This could work because it would be dark and shadowy, and would create a sense of mystery. However, it may look quite horror-esque, which is not the feel that we are going for. The other idea is of a hooded figure with squares instead of a face, creating the idea of a hidden or concealed person. The squares are all some shade of black and white except for one, which is red with the symbol of Arc Diath inside of it.
We decided to go with the second idea, as it creates the idea of a 'veiled facade', a hidden and unrecognisable person. Below is a sketch of what our poster could look like:
We decided to go with the second idea, as it creates the idea of a 'veiled facade', a hidden and unrecognisable person. Below is a sketch of what our poster could look like:
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