POSTER FLAT PLAN

This is a very brief idea of the layout of my film poster - the white text boxes symbolise where the title of my film will go. The words will be spread out against the background image (black) which will be relevant to the film, possibly a photograph taken from one of the locations. The blue text boxes will be conventions of a film poster such as the release date and possibly the producers name, or "a film by". These will be in a smaller font than the film title as they are added information.

FLAT PLAN FOR REVIEW

I am going to change my film poster slightly to make it look more like a film poster. I will do this by adding a slogan and 'a film by...' to make it more obvious, because at the moment you can't really tell it's a film poster.

I have finished writing my review, it is purposely overly enthusiastic and positive as if written by a fan as I wanted to focus more on positives than negatives.

I will create my review in the following days, this is the flat plan and how it will be played out:

I have created the flat plan on Indesign and will either create the final image on there or on Photoshop, I may choose Photoshop as I am more familiar with it. The photo I will use as the whole background will be an image I took while creating the film, for continuity. I think I will use the bonfire scene as it is mostly a black background, and I can write the review around the bonfire light. 

UPDATE 16

I edited the background image to make it brighter so the colours were more vivid and I added the title text. I chose font Helvetica for the filler words 'the' and 'of' and used 2 different handwriting fonts for the main words. I like that they are calligraphy and the others aren't, I think it looks more professional and the main words stand out more. Similarly, I added black drop shadows and outlines to certain words in different thicknesses (depending on the importance of the word) to emphasise it. For instance, the word 'life' is more important than the word 'of' so it is made to stand out more. This is reinforced by the font size variations. I will continue to edit it to add the date and my name etc.

UPDATE 15

Today I am starting the other ancillary task which is the poster. I am using Photoshop on my laptop to make this. 

I am using a background image showing scanned flowers to create a pressed effect as my film is based around nature and I think it reinforces the experimental genre due to the simplistic reason that it is scanned and not a typical still life image. 
I am not 100% decided on a title for my film just yet, I like the title "The aesthetics of life" however may not use this as it is quite lengthy. Similarly, I'm not 100% sure on where to place the title on my poster, however will make sure it does not cover the main flower at the top as I like the composition of that.

UPDATE 14

This is the flat plan for my ancillary task poster:

I created it on Photoshop and my idea is to keep it very simplistic and eye catching. The background will be various colours and the writing bold and stood out but not over the top. I don't want clutter, however think it would be effective if the title was broken down into two parts if it is lengthy, and the most important words bigger than filler words like 'the' and 'of'. At the bottom I want the date/year that the short film is available for viewing and also my name as the film producer.