Film Posters

We have gathered together some examples of existing film posters that we have found from the internet.  These different examples have many different essential conventions, it is important that we use the conventions from these existing posters to make our own poster look authentic as we can.

Each of the posters feature the films name to inform the audience of what the film is called so they know what to look out for when the film is finally released in the cinemas.  Other conventions that appear are the release dates, this helps to create a sense of anticipation, well known actors, directors and films they have previously been featured in may also been shown.  The company that produced the film, for recognition. 

I find this poster particularly effective, this is because there is a clear view of the genre that is being used,  showing a stereotypical family of four, two children and i would connote that the two figures stood calmly behind them are there parents.  The two children that are sat down, have blood stained into there clothes and trickling down there legs, this is a devastating sight and shows a horror genre coming from it.

The image creates a very effective poster, to the far right of the poster a women stands with both her hands leaning on the side of what appears to be a sink, this is taken in a medium long over the shoulder picture.  The women is shown wearing limited amount of clothes, and her long harsh dark hair flowing behind her back showing her femininity.  You can see the left hand side of her face in the mirror, and then on the other side of the mirror a reflection of a male character in the background of the room, the male has dark under his eyes and has a un-nerving expression on his face.  The room seems a very cold grey, with a slight mist.  Also towards the top of the poster it looks like ice upon a smooth surface, creating a edgy mood to the poster.

Filming Our Trailer

Nadia and myself carried out some tester filming at our choosen location.


We tested out our different shots, we had limited equipment including a tripod. Once we had finished our shots we watched through them and realised the effect of not having a tripod would leave us with a poor quality trailer.

We also tried out zooming in and out on the camera, but we found this uneffective for our film and so decided not to use this in the future in the final shots for our trailer.

After capturing more shots together and editing them together this is our first attempt at editing our piece together before gathering audience feed back.






Finding that we needed more variation in shots and decided not to use certain effects have decided that our final film date will be the 26th January. Nadia and I will be filming at our chosen location and spending plenty of time making sure that all shots are accurate and authentic. 

This is our second draft to filming and editing of our film trailer

Test Shots

Nadia and I took some tester shots at our chosen location on the 18th December.  We were not able to get hold of a tripod at the time in which we filmed, and looking back at the shots they were very shaky, this was because of the lack of a tripod.  When we come to capture our shots, for our final trailer production is it important we have the correct equipment, to ensure our shots are accurate.  We also practiced zooming in and out of shots to emphasise important parts of the trailer but this effect was not an effective tool to use, because it was jolty and lagged, therefore we will not be using this tool when taking our final shots.