My Film Poster

Inspired by Gary Oldman's Nil by Mouth film poster, i chose to use the same technique of having a large empty space between the character in the foreground and the text beneath it. This technique represents isolation and shows the character's loneliness. In terms of content, i chose to use the tree in the background to show where he is - on a common - and as you can see the tree isn't close which exposes us to a large area of the common which suggests he's alone as we can't see anyone else. This is shown through the blank space between him and the tree. The character's expression is also important in representing emotion. I chose to compose his body positioning in this way to show he's clearly distressed as he holds his head in his hands and his positioning on the bench isolates him as he's chose to sit by himself. Keeping the text simple gives the viewer nothing else to be attracted to apart from the character. Using a brightly coloured or fancy text would neglect the emotion of depression within the poster and give it a sense of happiness which isn't would we're aiming for.

Composition is a key role in conforming to a particular film genre. I positioned our character slightly off centre to represent some sort unevenness. It puts the viewer on edge as we don't know why he's not centered but it represents his lack of power. I chose not to use a tag line because i felt it would take away isolation and make it seem more fictional. I've gone for the 'real' approach by using a shot from the film - This makes the image seem like a possible situation because of the lack of photoshop elements. I made a clear seperation between the text and the main focus which creates a dynamic tension focusing entirely on the character and the title. I was considering re-sizing the character to make him smaller which would make him even more powerless but i feel it works having him this size.

Nil By Mouth film poster

Gary Oldman's Nil By Mouth film poster is a main influence in relation to our own poster. The elements within the poster conform to the genre of social realism of using bleak colours and lack in special effects. From looking at the image its self, it's clear that no layering in photoshop has been done because this is a shot from the film. I feel this is the best way to represent realism because of it's level of how real the situation is - its possible to recreate this scene without using photoshop or special effects.

I chose this poster because Nil By Mouth shares the same target audience as our film. By aiming at the same audience, we can use similar elements in our own poster. The simple text and colours is what we've taken from this poster because it's supposed to be aethstetically pleasing and be able to appeal to a wide audience. By using a standard text, dull colour and a still from the film implies the seriousness of the film. This poster isn't trying to glamourise the film because of its content. Its setting expectations for the audience of social realism which represents real situations. The minimalist style is used because it wants the audience to feel isolated through a lack of content. 

Colours are used to represent the emotions of the film. Dark dull colours represent the depression and even with the orange is drained and bleak. This could be used to represent the hope of the characters leading a depressed life.

The credits and information at the bottom are significantly seperate from the image it's self leaving a black hole in the middle. This makes the viewers feel isolated because there's not much visual content apart from a blank space and even when we view the image its only supported by black and white. Theres no unecessary text involved for example a tag line. By using a still from the film, it gives the audience an early insight into the film and from this particular shot the audience can immediatly tell how the film was shot and expectations are set in terms of visual content.

Analysis of our presentation

Personally, i feel that our presentation was good. Our group managed to cover most aspects of the pre-production of our film showing the audience the steps we've taken in order to have successful, useful research. By using a Prezi, we were able to smoothly present our work, making it as visual as possible and appealing to the eye. Prezi gives you enough space to move freely around the presentation which prevents it from being a slow, akward process. I feel to improve our presentation, we could have gone into more detail into each part of the production. I don't feel like we went into enough detail on cast and we failed to present a shooting schedule which is an important part in pre-production. Personally, i could have improved the quality of our presentation by pitching the plot in more depth than i did, i only briefly outlined what the plot is without including character background etc. In the production process, i've been in control of the script and storyboard. When writing the script, i had ensure it was identical to the storyboard in terms of dialoug. Overall, i feel that our presentation was good and we successfully pitched our idea's and pre-production to the audience.

Soundtrack and music

Our choice of music is important aspect of our representation of characters in certain scenes. Music that suits our genre and we feel will represent certain emotions in scenes are from genres such as hip hop and reggae. In chronological order:
Fu-schnickens - True Fuschnick
this songs use is because of it's urban style that's going to represent our character after he's left homeless. It shows signs of depression because of it's mellow old school beat.
Foreign Beggars - Hold on (remix)
This song represents the emotion in the scene after the attack. The build up works with the lead up to the argument and after it's happened the fast paced beat controls ALEXs emotion and fairly represents how he's feeling.