Final Poster

This is our final poster that we have developed over time as a group. After experimenting with different colours we decided to change the photo to black and white but kept it bright so we can see her emotion clearly. Black and white also connects to the chess board which is part of our film and trailer. I think being in black and white also makes the titles stand out more and to act more on this we decided to have the title of the film in red and her name in white as it is on the dark part of her hair. Having the title in red fits with the colour theme throughout our project but can also have connotations of death, love, danger which are all aspects in our film. We chose to put the date of when the film is released in red too as we think that the title and date is the most important information to be seen immediately on a film poster. We used a photo of a chess piece that we took and to put the two photographs together on Photoshop. By creating two layers one for the chess piece and one for the portrait we were able to set the transparency of the chess piece quite low to create this ghostly affect as it lays over one side of her face. It also let us cut around the shape of the chess piece so we had the selected part only. Then using the eraser tool on a low opacity we gradually blended in the chess piece to her face as if the chess has become a part of her as she can't get away from it or maybe as if she is using it as something to hide behind. I think it also tells the audience that the chess is a main part of the film and we used this as a symbol of her stalker as we didn't want to reveal to the audience who it is. We didn't make many changes to our model, only her head was tilted slightly so we straightened this up by rotating it a small amount.

I am pleased with the outcome of poster as i think it portrays what our film is about and i like that the portrait is close up as i think this really pulls you into the character. I think having the chess piece as one of the main aspects of the poster is important and I like how it covers one side of her face as I think it adds mystery to what it is about. I also like the layout of the poster as I think it works well and neatly surrounds the portrait. I think our poster is quite simple as there isn't too much too take in but it is effective as the blended chess and positioning looks quite professional and artistic. I believe that this poster will appeal to our target audience and would urge them to watch the film.