Tuesday, 21 February 2012

Final Draft Of Poster



When reevaluating my first draft I felt that the white background made the poster look rather washed out as the picture was faded and the eye was first drawn to the text at the bottom of the poster. I wanted to change this and so I made the background black to represent danger and fear. I recoloured the image of the teddy bear to be white which made it stand out so much more. I used the same bright red for the most important information on the piece and changed the small print to white so it was still visible on the page. I looked at other modern posters and found that mine didn't have a release date on it. When I added this text I made it red as I thought it was a profound piece of information. However at a glance it appeared that there was too much text which would prove a hinderance to passers-by as it would be too much to consume. I then moved the actors names onto the top of image as opposed to underneath it to break up the text more. I made the small print even smaller and spaced out the lettering of the release date to create the illusion that there was even less text.The font for the tagline was also quite large and bold and I changed it to be thinner so it didn't appear to be competing with the main title. I feel that because the fonts were fairly simplistic and not typical horror fonts such as 'Chiller' it gave the poster a sense of mystery whilst the colour scheme and title still gives the genre of the film away so people who enjoy such films would know instantly that the film would be of interest to them.

Overall I am very pleased with my final poster as I feel it successfully carries out the intention of informing a viewer whilst not overloading them with unnecessary information.