POSTER PLANNING

My idea for my poster is to have one of the main characters from the trailer in the center of the poster. This would be the main image, it would be a picture of the person with a blank face and disturbing looking drugged up eyes, this would be done by editing the image using photoshop on an Apple Mac Computer and Macbook. The face would be half be in the dark and half in the light. This would look interesting as you could only see one side of his face and would not be able to tell who exactly it is.

The side of the face in the light will be cover in blood (fake), I will have to think about the mise-en-scene for the picture as I would like the person to look as if he has been attacked, this would be done by the use of make-up etc, I like it to look very graphic. This will show the audience that the film contains strong bloody violence and give them idea of the genre,thisd will be backed up by the sign saying the film is rated 18+.

My poster shall stick to the codes and conventions of the typical poster, my research from looking at other film posters will help me decided on the layout of the image and fonts.

At the top of the poster it will have a few of the main actors names,this will tell the audience who shall be in the film and give them something to look forward to. It shall also include the title at the bottom of the poster 'Bloodshed' this title gives the audience a feel for genre as it sounds quite graphic itself as it includes something not very nice and rather disturbing 'blood'. Underneath the film title it shall have some small font text saying other things to do with the film like who made the film and produced it and created the music etc. This will tell the audience other things they may want to know.I shall also include the release date for the film at the very bottom of the poster and may include a film slogan.

As the film is a thriller genre the colours used on the poster shall be rather dark and suit the image, I may even think about a colour scheme using colours like red and black and white etc.