A presentation displaying the process of choosing the final shot for my poster.

1. • My first test shot was taken from a landscape
perspective which widened the image and left
more space in the shot, which I did not think
would be suitable for a poster as they are
commonly portrait and also I did not want to have
lots of free space on the poster cover. I also took
the picture from in front of a plain red wall which I
thought was a good idea as it sets the theme of
danger and action clearly whilst acting as a good
background for the image, as I knew I would be
able to add text onto the page easily with the
background being simpler. As well as this, I used
natural lighting for my shots which I thought
proved to be the best option as I wanted the
images to be taken outside to match the
adventure style theme but I did not want there to
be too much going on in the background. I think
that I captured this well in this shot and the
natural lighting brightens up the image and
makes it look less grainy and more professional,
however I do not like that the shot is landscape as
it will leave too much space on the page.

2. • Test shot number two was fairly similar to test
shot number one in the sense that it was taken
landscape again and the body movements and
composition of my model was the same, except
for her head positioning. On my poster, I wanted
the actress to appear as though she is running
from something so that the poster immediately
demonstrates the theme of the film and gives an
insight into the style of the film but still looks
professional. Therefore, I decided to ask Jasmine
to pose as though she is running, which I believe
she did well – however I do not like so much
that her arm is outstretched due to the fact that
this makes the image look slightly less natural. I
did prefer her head positioning in this frame
though as I wanted her to look like she is looking
over her shoulder, but her facial expression does
not show as much fear as I would have liked. I
also do not like the landscape camera angle as it
leaves too much space.

3. 3 4
• Test shots 3 and 4 looked better than both previous test shots due to the
fact that I asked Jasmine to improve her body movements which made it
look much more natural as she did not look as stiff now. I was happy with
her facial expression as she looked as though she was looking at someone
chasing her which is the effect that I wanted. However, I feel that her arm
may have been stretched out slightly too much which made it look a bit
false and perhaps not so realistic. Apart from this, her mobile phone was
on show and was visible to the camera which is what I wanted as the film
trailer is mainly based off o technology and is focused on her mobile
phone. From looking at these shots I discovered in which ways I wanted to
improve in my following shots. These were to possibly take the shot from
a portrait angle so that there would be less open space on the page and I
could make it look more busy. Also, the camera angle is slightly wonky
which I wanted to perfect so that the images looked more professional –
and in test shot 3 there is a part of the window shown in the background,
which I edited out in test shot 4 as this makes the image look less
professional and distracts from the focus of the overall shot.

4. On test shot 5 I decided to improve the framing of the image by taking
it from a portrait angle. This instantly made the shot look better as it
left less space around Jasmine which meant that I could fill the poster
easier and there would not be so many gaps. This style of framing also
matches well with the common use of portrait posters used in the
media and typically film posters are taken from a portrait angle. I was
fairly happy with the body positioning of Jasmine in this shot as I
thought that it looked natural and realistic however I still wanted her
arm to be slightly more bent, so that it did not look as stiff. This is an
aspect that I focused on in my final shot as I recognised the ways in
which I wanted to improve from this image. I also thought about the
composition of the shot, as the wall and floor in this image is slightly
wonky and this makes the overall shot look slightly less professional as it
is not in place and does not line up, which shows that it has not been
edited or enhanced much. Other than those minor factors, I was
content with this image and knew after this one that I would be close to
finding the final shot I wanted to use in my poster.

5. • This is the image I chose to use for my final shot. I chose this
one due to the fact that it is portrait and there is not too much
open space to the right of Jasmine, which I was concerned
about as I wanted to make sure my poster was exciting and had
lots of information and features on it. Also, I edited this shot to
make sure that the wall and floor was in line and straight, which
makes the shot look a little bit more professional as it now looks
polished rather than unfinished like before. The main aspect of
this shot that I wanted to add from my previous test shots was
Jasmine’s body positioning, as I wanted her arm to be slightly
more bent so that the motion of her running looked more
natural and realistic – which I think it now does; and the mobile
phone can still clearly be seen. I thought about clearing the
leaves in the bottom of the image so that they did not distract
from Jasmine or look messy – but I then decided that this would
enforce the idea that the trailer is based outdoors, and I wanted
to portray this in my shot, even if the leaves were on the floor,
as this made it look slightly more realistic. As well as this, the
natural lighting gives the effect of the trailer being based
outdoors as it is clear that no media equipment has been used,
but still brightens up the image and creates a contrast between
the dark and light areas.