Draft/Final Poster Evaluation

How have you used the conventions of existing film posters in your draft design? 
I interpreted the idea of the close up pale face from The Silence Of The Lambs, spread up across the poster, with coloured eyes to add the mystery effect towards the character. Also from this poster I took advantage of the colour scheme as it was fairly similar colours to mine. The Silence Of The Lambs shows a character with red eyes, I took this idea and made my character have yellow eyes to show that there was something unnatural about the character. Also with the colour scheme of the text, the title on The Silence Of The Lambs is in orange, this makes it stand out from the more dull colours that are on the poster and I took this and made my text yellow, I also did this because I felt it connected well with the characters eyes. I also based it on this Lana Del Rey picture with the rose and the blood http://cdn.mamamia.com.au/wp-content/gallery/lana-del-rey/lanadelreypng.png
With my guys version of the poster, I have done the exact same thing, apart from change the colour scheme to black, white and red to make it more masculine compared to the yellow colour on the female version.


How does your film poster satisfy the action/ fantasy/ teen genre requirements? 
My film poster satisfies the action/fantasy/teen genre requirements in the following ways:

• Teenage character on the front of the poster itself/stereotypical rose that is always displayed through a vampire styled movie
• Pale face, coloured eyes, fangs, every sign of a stereotypical vampire which fits the fantasy teen theme especially
• Movie title "Rise Of The Dead" shows a sign of a dead character that has come back to life, all the signs of a made up story that can only be interpreted through fantasy
• The vampire is shown through a dead rose, blood, fangs, unnatural coloured eyes, old fashioned clothes e.t.c.

How successful do you think your draft is? Give reasons for your answer. 
I feel that my draft is successful as I came out with 4 different interpretations of the poster by only using two different images. Also I feel that I did pretty well with the colour scheme of it all, I placed things carefully in certain areas of the poster, for example: the movie production companies logos were deliberately placed in the bottom right hand corner because that's where they are commonly seen in real movie posters. Also I feel that I came out with very successful images that show the character as a true vampire that would be seen in a real movie with proper editing done to the face and body. I also made sure to include very important features like the date of when the film actually comes out, who is in the film (important actors/actresses), who is the director of the film e.t.c.


What do you think you will need to change for your final piece of work? (Girls and Guy versions)
I think that in my proper movie poster I will need to change the size of certain parts of the text for example with the actors names, also I need to think more carefully about spacing things out that go over the top of the image itself.


What skills have you learned in the design process?
I've learnt how to successfully turn an image from a common teenage girl, to a full on vampire looking female. I've also learnt how to place in transparent images to overlay the poster and fit them into certain sections of the poster.