Poster Influences

Now that I have completed my trailer, I am starting to think of some initial ideas for my film poster. In this, I want to highlight the genre and themes of the film by using images of the characters in a significant location.

Here I have done some research into films with similar themes to mine to have a look at their film posters. This should give me an idea of some possible features to include in my poster that would help portray the similar aspects of the film.

This Is EnglandThis film was one of my main influences in terms of the themes, characters and storyline of my trailer. Therefore, it seemed only appropriate to look at it’s film poster to give me some initial ideas as to what I could include in my poster.

I think its film poster is quitesimple but effective as it identifies the main characters of the film in their natural environment. I think this is important as it helps give the audience an idea of the themes and genres of the film. I also like how the title of the film is in the colours of the British flag to further identify some of the storyline, and it contrasts with the grim colours of the background and costume. I would like to do something like this as my film is has very similar aspects to this one. However, I would not be copying this completely as my film is not a period drama, and I would use images of the brothers, rather than a gang.

My Brother The DevilI looked at this film poster because in my research, I found that this film had a very similar storyline to mine about two brothers.I really liked this poster as the brothers faces blend into each others to show they are, or once were, one. I think this is very effective as it draws the focus directly onto the brothers faces and identify the key characters of the film. I would love to be

able to use something like this in my poster, however as I am not very confident with Photoshop, this could be too complicated. I also like the way the titles and quotes are in a very bold colour compared to the bleak colouring of the background and characters. The characters in the background also draw focus to the brothers as they are looking at them but are not as in focus as the main image. I would like to use this idea in my trailer as although my film is about two brothers, Frankie is the main focus of the film and so I would like to use an image of Nathan looking at his brother, to draw focus to him.

MisfitsIn this poster, I like the idea that all of the characters are posing for the picture looking tough and serious. I think this could work well in my poster as it gives it a tough and edgy feeling, but at the moment I would prefer to have the characters looking more natural, to give the poster a more professional look.

I also like the background image of the tower block as it gives more away about the backgrounds of the characters and possible themes of the show. I could use something similar to this in my poster to identify the edgy storyline and the shift in relationship between the brothers.

I think the title works well in this poster as it contrasts with the dark sky and lightening, to highlight the genre of the show even further.