thriller genre - film poster

Each genre has its own style of film posters, within the thriller genre there are many sub genres be it physiological thriller or action thriller e.c.t, my film would be a sub genre - physiological thriller.




This poster has very dark negative space with again the title centered at the middle bottom of the page, the writing is in blood red linking the narrative with the killing disturbing nature of the film, The main objective of a film poster is to provoke a reaction drawing attention and promote the film. by having the main character in a sinister grin again looking into the camera (synthetic personalisation)drawing attention creating a connection. Thriller films tend to relate to narrative strongly and create a sinister slightly mysterious cover putting engage the audience in a state of interest - investigation into the film.
combining the codes of conventions i.e title prominent in the center of the page production actors crew in the bottom in a different less distracting font, over black, big actors in bold.

film poster reaserch

film posters use conventions to gain an effect on the viewer, the poster themselves are advertising therefore they must engage and promote the film so audience go and spend money either in the cinema or on dvd.
The poster will indicate genre narrative character and depict a mood and style, to this the designers will use font colour lighting character photography and possibly slogans.

font is key there are two types of font serif and sans serif, serif font are typefaces with flicks and more of a famine curly design. sans serif is a font without any elaborations flicks and curls it is generally masculine and used in action film for impact. with the use of font the designers can clearly engage the target audience for example Law Abiding Citizen directed by F. Gary Gray uses bold sans serif font because it is a action exsposive film where as The Wedding Planner directed by Adam Shankman has elegant serif font to appeal to females, there target audience.

points i made from this poster
.The release date is clearly stated at the bottom of the page for audience information
. The film introduces the majority of the characters, which gives a familiarity in the trilogy of posters
.Font is a key convention to film posters; this is a serif font in a medieval type depicting history time and age linking the text to the narrative of the film
. Again the colour and tone reinforce the traditional age old feel and connotes the narrative and location of the film
. One convention that is seen in all movie posters are a list of the actors crew and production companies as well as promoters
. Title – large centre of the page. Draws attention clearly indicates to the audience the film instantly
. Synthetic personalisation is used to interact with the viewer creating a direct connection as the characters look at the viewer
. Film posters use effects to add a professional clean cut appearance, in this case mist and lighting show a air of mystery and adventure

animatic feedback

in class we had a group discussion on each of our animatics and how we could all improve and what aspects of the animatic were good and effective. for me this was a use full process and was something i needed to gather development, i was told by my teacher and peers that i needed to introduce more shots and the pace was far to short and quick. for me it hard to draw and animate a pov shot with no cuts which is a integral part of my film, but i will go away and think of how to over come this for example draw points as the camera maneuvers.

animatic

i had trouble adding the correct and useable music, i will ad the music and sound effect with in a day or two to improve verisimilitude and develop a better picture of the product.

storyboard

This is my storyboard i will add in shots at the bottom of this post to further detail and improve the clarity of my idea, the first two pictures as you can see are the production companies and the studios which will be over black with non diagetic music playing - preferably classical to set eery mood. from this slow paced faded transitions and non diagetic music, the sequence will straight cut into diagetic sound of breathing and use of a unsteady POV shot. The location is in a room with mise-en-scene clearly indicating its a girls room with innocent colours and images to depict the character, The POV will pan around the room and look down at the right hand arm which will be strapped down then either a straight cut or quick pan to the left arm struggling around (so the pace begins to build in movement).
A sound bridge will be used to link the shot of the arm to the sudden mid shot of the man walking in and out of frame, as he does so a non diagetic sound effect will crushendo to reinforce shock as well as the camera going from unsteady to steady and a gasp of breath before the event . The antagonist will walk out of frame then a door will slam as the camera distorts, which will become a graphic match of the door slamming an the cut juxtaposed simultaneously to a lap top where the audience will see either the house switching a switch in the switchboard, then cut to the lap top turning on, and the red light flicking to indicate the inanimate ibject is filming the event.
finally a shot looking through the screen of the phone will be the end shot as the scene fades to black and then the extracts moves to a separate time period, a low angled long shot zooming forward towards the door as the audience sees a man closing a door who is in detective or forensic attire as the door closes the shot holds then begins to move around the room on jib or dolly varying the hight and framing of the shot. As the camera maneuvers around the room focusing on objects in the bedroom non diagetic sound will be heard for example a picture of the girl playing will have screaming or an argument behind it reflecting the underlining meaning of how inanimate objects have emotion and life this sequence will carry on till the camera reaches the laptop and the lap top begins to play the footage and the last shot will be my main actress running the camera and slamming it to the floor in a struggle.

film riot - dolly

production company and music

in my story board the first shots are production and name of studio over black with non diagetic music so i am brainstorming and thinking of the names i will use and types of music over the top - mainly classical band pieces

studio names:
- patriot studios
- real line cinema
- imagination pictures
- tracking studios
- adventure studios


production studios
- real line production
- reality film
- adventure line production
- time lapse film
- Shepherds film
- home Cinema productions

music
i have found a website to use soundtracks sound effect and at high quality for free legally - www.jamendo.com
these tracks i have picked out that could fit the tone i'm looking for when the production companies are being named at the beginning of the film