The
fly is a short film which was, by what I can find, crowd funded. The poster is
unique for a short film as it it actually made, what seems to be CGI. This
means that it isn't pictured in real life, but is actually edited on the
computer to seem realistic. So this has been created purely artificial (as seen
by the center image) and shows pretty much what the short film is about. The
conventions of this genre are mystery and suggests that the tone of the short film will be dark. The Title FLY SPY also suggests that it is a short film about
just that, but could be about many things. There is a blacked out person in the
background which seems to be in a silhouetted out doorway, this could create
enigma surrounding who this actually is, but also could make it seem like the
object in the foreground is actually show that is isn't seen by what is in the
background, but I cannot confirm this. The institutional block is at the top and
shows the names of the people who appear in the short film. The title is grey
which may be to just suit the background, nothing fancy but also may be in the
genre of spies. The tagline ‘watching was not enough’ also creates enigma
surrounding this short film. I have no details in how long this film actually
is, so this short film could be 5 minutes to 20 mins, I don’t know. The institutional block at the bottom is a general block which shows what people are involved and
their roles. The tone of this poster is low key lighting, this makes the
doorway even more bold as it stands out through the darkness. The
background/floor of the poster is wood, this could show that the location that
the fly is at is hidden away like an attic. I think this poster is successful because it conveys the genre of short
film that it is aiming to suggest.
This
poster is seems to have similar concepts to what I could do for our short film
as my draft film poster. The genre of
this seem to be dark, mysterious and maybe thrilling. This means that the conventions which help lead us into thinking this is the colour black, low key lighting and
little information – which this short film poster does well. There isn't much information
given away due to to the way it has been edited together. This is kinda what our short film could do as
it is comparing two characters. This here is comparing a female and a male
character, although their facial expressions are clearly shown, their body
language is cut off since it is just their faces shown merged into together. In
the top right of the merged picture, there is a setting which may be important
in the narrative, this could show us as a viewer that they perhaps are brought
together here, or even that these 3 things
are as important to the story as each other. The title seems to be rusted which is suited
to the actual context of the title being The Rusted, which is a easy link to
both the title and the actual content can link together. The word The and Rusted are Although all of these ignite enigma, the colour scheme may suggest otherwise, although the blue look of the poster could also relate to perhaps fog or mist, so unclear as mist and fog are a convention of a thriller since everything is hidden beyond the usual sight. As before, the institutional block is at the bottom of the poster. All of the text and even the image on the poster is in the direct center line, there is nothing which is out of place. It is all mirrored in this sense. In conclusion I think this poster can help me decide what my ideas can revolve around, show the usefulness of the center line being the base of where everything is and the idea of what should stand out in the title.
This is the most unique poster of the few I have looked at. There are critic ratings on the poster and also quotes (similar to Paranormal activity'. This is a British independent film, so its poster may help me develop my own understanding on what I want for my own ideas. The immediate difference to this poster to the others is that this one is landscape whilst the other ones are portrait. This fits more onto the poster, including the picture of the character which is quite a big name. The critics at the top also mention this 'Benedict Cumberbatch is outstanding' which shows that they want to show off this big name on the title. This may be able to convince people to go and watch the film as he is a big name especially with the TV show Sherlock. The image of him is clear and takes up the right side of the poster which suggests that yes, they are trying to sell the film as they have a high list actor. The text is spread out to fill in the space between the character and the edge of the left, this takes up a lot of the space that wouldn't be taken up otherwise. There is a small institutional block, I suppose this could be because the main actor has been given away, suggesting that he is the main person that they should know. This poster gives me a new perspective to my own ideas and allows me to think if I should have it portrait or landscape, and what that will allow me to actually do extra.
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