My partner and I both thought of individual ideas for the poster for our film. This would give us more of a choice and we can then discuss which one is better or combine our ideas together in order to gain other ideas. Film posters should be able to tell, advertise and symbolize the short film's storyline, genre and message. Therefore, we had to think about how we could show this effectively through a still image.
One idea was that the image would show the main character staring at her own reflection, dressed in her usual neutral light/bright colours, with an upright, straight posture, reflecting that she is happy with her life and proud of who she is. However, her actual reflection in the mirror would show how the attack has effected her, however the audience wouldn't know who or what has caused this dramatic change. This would be totally opposite to the other image, as she will be wearing dark clothes, her face would be hidden and she woould have a reserved body language. The image creates questions and the audience would want to watch the film to find out the meaning behind the two different images of the same girl.
The second idea was a close up of the main characters face, with a hand placed on one side of the face. This shows that someone is grabbing her. The hand gives the audiece a hint of what is going to happen, which will make them question who's hand is it? why is this person grabbing the main girl featured in the image? Also, another suggested idea was to place an eye on the hand, which would could represent that someone is watching her, but why? is it revenge? is it jealousy? is there a reason? This will therefore make people want to come and see the film, which is the reason to a film poster. We came up with the suggestion that the girl would be smiling, which creates a contrast as someone wouldn't be happy if they were being grabbed by another. However, it represents the two sides of the character - happy/confident - but the story behind the hand is going to make effect her emotions. The hand is covering half of her face but not all of it, yet.
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