FILM POSTER

QUESTION ONE

IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND

CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

COMPARING OUR FILM POSTER TO OTHER REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS

I will be comparing the forms and conventions of real media posters within the British Realism genre with my film poster for my film ‘TEMPORARY LIFE’. I will be looking at other

posters which have previously been analysed and seeing if the forms and conventions of the posters are

similar/dissimilar to my film poster.

SKET SKET VS. VS.

TEMPORARY LIFETEMPORARY LIFE

NARRATIVE: NARRATIVE: USE OF TEXTUSE OF TEXT

The reviews are placed in the top left hand corner of the poster. These reviews show what the film is like. They have also kept intact with the colour scheme of the whole poster by using the same pink and red colours.

The title of the film is the largest, boldest text on the poster which makes it clearly stand out. Being the largest text shows its importance. Being white it is completely contradictory to what it actually means. The name used for the title, SKET, isn't pure and clean which is mainly associated with the colour white.

The tagline: MAN’S WORLD (grey) SISTER’S HOOD (pink). This is consistent with the house style as they have kept it in tune with the colour scheme used within the poster along with the same font.

COMPARED COMPARED TO SKETTO SKET

As shown on the SKET film poster we decided to place the quotes from reviews in the top corner of the poster. We used a larger font size for the actual quote and a smaller font size for the source in which the quote came from. This is also a convention which the SKET poster shows.

We decided to use a tagline located underneath the title of the film as this is a convention of real media products evident on the SKET poster. We chose to use the tagline: ‘SOMETIMES LIFE IS BETTER ALONE.’ We chose this as it is something that will help draw in the audience.

The title of the film is the largest font on the poster and so stands out to the audience as being the most important. We chose black as it stood out clearly against the many other colours used in our poster.

BULLET BOYBULLET BOYVS. VS.

TEMPORARY LIFETEMPORARY LIFE

JUXTAPOSITION OF JUXTAPOSITION OF COLOURS/LIGHTINGCOLOURS/LIGHTING

The lighting in the poster differs from the front and the back of the character. This connotes that the character’s past in very dark and mysterious but he’s looking ahead to a brighter future. This allows the audience to see into the characters feelings and life along with gaining a sense of the narrative.

Colours in this poster create a sense of mystery and danger. It also looks very serious. The main colours used are blue, orange and white. These could suggest many things such as; blue – the main character’s dark and deep past, orange – the dangers within his mind and what the dangerous things he may do within the film, and white – his attempts and desire to find a brighter future compared to his dark past.

COMPARED COMPARED TO BULLET TO BULLET BOYBOY

The dark clouds and foggy haze connotes a heavy weight on the characters life along with some complication. This is similar to Bullet Boy poster as the colours and lighting relate directly to a specific meaning within the film itself.

The lighter shades around the two characters show the happiness when they are together and show they are looking forward to a brighter future which is similar to what is shown on the Bullet Boy poster.

The main colours used are green, grey and white. Green connotes the urban setting surrounding the characters. Grey connotes the dark background and mystery surrounding the main female character.

White connotes the characters looking for a new life and going on a journey. This is similar to Bullet Boy poster.

FISH TANKFISH TANKVS. VS.

TEMPORARY LIFETEMPORARY LIFE

USE OF IMAGESUSE OF IMAGES

The poster only shows the main character which is made clear to the audience. The character is taking up about 2/3 of the poster and so shows this character’s importance to the narrative. Her facial expressions show her looking into the distance with a blank expression. This creates an enigma for the audience. The costume consists of a grey hoody and hooped earrings. Both pieces of clothing have had bad representations in the media. Another enigma is created for the audience.

In the background, there is an industrial estate is shown suggesting the character is from this type of place. By placing this behind her it connotes that it is in her past and she's looking onto her future.

COMPARED COMPARED TO FISH TO FISH TANKTANK

Unlike FISH TANK, we decided not to use the main character as the only character involved in the poster. We decided to use more of the settings and surroundings in the poster as it adds to the sense of loneliness and lost felt by the character. We also decided not to see the characters faces as this adds to the mystery of the narrative and story.

We placed both characters by each others side to create an enigma for the audience. What is their relationship? Why are they walking away together? This is similar as FISH TANK as it creates an enigma.

LAYOUTLAYOUT

The layout of this poster is portrait with the main character looking as if she is towering over something. This shows her importance. This represents the character’s feelings of freedom and attempting to take control of her ‘new life’.

With the title of the film being in the centre of the poster in capital letters and bold text this catches the eye of the audience and is the first thing they see.

COMPARED COMPARED TO FISH TO FISH TANKTANK

We chose to design our poster in a landscape format as we feel this suited our film better than portrait. This is similar to BULLET BOY and SKET. We also chosen landscape as we used a landscape shot from the actual film and so a portrait layout would not have been possible. This shows a variety of different layouts for different British Social Realism texts.