Research: Research for my poster.

After creating my draft poster, I felt I needed to research more into film posters and conventions that they have and I feel are necessary to have on my poster.

My poster will be a portrait style, as this is conventional of most film posters. It will obviously have an image and the film title so the audience understand what is being advertised to them and they become familiar with what the film is advertising.
The stars of the films name is also important as the audience can see who is starring in the film.

 

Iconography is important to my film poster as the audience can see what the film is without being told what it actually is, it doesn't leave them thinking about what it is for too long.The image for my film also needs to be consistent with the content of my film or the image on the poster becomes irrelevant.

Colour schemes are important as it connotes the film genre and provides an outlook for what the film may include, for example, black and red could connote death and danger.

The poster also needs to be recognisable and the audience need to instantly be able to relate it back to the film.This is essential for targeting my audience.

Credit blocks can be seen as not a typical convention of movie posters, but I may want to include one as it gives added information about producers, directors and actors of the film. This is effective as it entices audience and shows a professional element of the poster.

 
These are some examples of credit blocks.