MARCUS COULING A2 MEDIA STUDIES 1291: MY FILM POSTER

During my lesson on Monday, I was reminded by my teacher that I need to get feedback for my film poster and to gain feedback concerning areas of inconsistencies that my friends can notice. I think that getting personal feedback is a very good way in order for me to act upon my mistakes and also see whether I have properly addressed the codes and conventions necessary for a professional film poster.

I decided to upload my film poster image on my Facebook page. I did this primarily because lots of my friends use Facebook and I knew that it would draw their attention by appearing on their newsfeed. Furthermore, I wanted to gain feedback concerning whether the quality of the poster is up to par.

I managed to receive a fair share of likes and I also received comments, which were very supportive:

Also, I was met with some constructive criticism, which was very self beneficial for the future when making film posters again. The area of concern was with the fact that two of the three characters were looking at the camera and one of the characters was looking away from the camera. The main concern here was that it seemed a bit random and unclear as to why this was the case. However, it was intentionally done because there have been film posters where they have had characters looking away from the camera and so I decided to do the same for my poster.

Being given this feedback has definitely boosted my confidence within making film posters. However, I feel that this poster is not perfect and there are a few areas of improvement I can act upon. One of them is making the background brighter, I think that if I did this, it would really make the characters stand out more and pop out of the poster to really attract the viewers' eyes. Furthermore, I could make the text brighter because I feel that for example, the August 2016 text looks like it is blending in with the background too much. I think that this needs to be more bright so it can stand out more.

In conclusion, I am very pleased with the feedback I have received from yesterday and I am looking forward to any more feedback along the way.

BELOW SHOWS MY VISUAL HIERARCHY FOR MY FILM POSTER PRESENTATION ON EMAZE:

1 comment:

Media@Claremont20 May 2016 at 10:23
FILM POSTER (individual) Solid genre research into genre conventions (Emaze: design layout hierarchies); close textual analysis of posters (Bronson, American Hustle); training in InDesign; thoughtful deconstruction of your poster (Emaze) detailing photoshoot, final choice of photo, construction of font; feedback. Your finished product meets all genre conventions very convincingly: bold image of protagonists, central figure making eye contact, well balanced composition, sophisticated but simple & striking visual codes signalling the thriller genre (dark hues, strongly lit faces, billing block, release date, film website, social media (all genuine links) principal actors, masthead / title with strapline well positioned, drawing attention to key word 'love', well integrated colours of text (white and highlight colour red on black). A very smart piece of work.