1. In what ways does your media product
use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?
Poster
2. Deluded- Film Poster
For the Planning and production of my film poster I did a lot of research
before creating my product in order to have a full understanding of the
conventional product. I aimed to incorporate my research into creating my
product to ensure that it is successful and looks like a real media product.
I began to analyse Posters which had the same genre of our trailer-
psychological thriller. I focused on colour schemes, images, tag lines and the
layout in general of the poster. I then applied what I had found out with my
product to ensure that my poster resembled my trailer as well as the genre and
follows the codes and conventions. I had to ensure that I chose an image in
which still left the audience with intellectual puzzles but so they understood the
poster at the same time and ensured that it was an effective promotional tool.
3. Inspirational Posters
• Due to the narrative of our film having an imaginary friend,
Donnie Darko is the film in which inspired us the most with
the plot and therefore when looking at the poster for Donnie
Darko I liked how the poster mainly incorporates the
imaginary friend rather than the character who sees the
imaginary friend. But for my own poster I wanted to ensure
that I portrayed a picture that had both the characters in it as
I felt for our film trailer this was essential and I wanted to
ensure that my poster portrayed the film trailer. In the Donnie
Darko poster I also liked how crisp and clear the title and the
billing block was on the page and therefore for my poster I
wanted to ensure that mine was bold and crisp also.
4. How does my product challenge or conform to
conventions of real media products?
• I think that my poster conforms to the conventions of real media products. I
placed the actors names at the top of the page which conforms to the
conventions of real texts, my main image also takes up 70% of the page which
is also conventional for a film poster. The picture itself I think resembles our
trailer well and the genre of the film, I also believe that it follows the
conventions as it reveals the characters faces but it does not give the plot of the
trailer away completely and does leave the audience with questions which is the
function of the poster. I used the same billing block from the trailer onto my
poster to ensure that it was the same used across the products I also used the
same title to ensure everything was the same across all the products. In my
poster I also added multi media platforms to show the audience that there are
ways in which they can communicate with the film too the release date is
conventional due to it coincides with a dark gloomy month of November.
5. Conclusion
• Overall, I believe that my poster is an effective promotional tool in which
follows the conventions of real media products. I have used conventions to
fit in with my own narrative and overall I am pleased with how my poster
turned out and I do think that it looks like a real media product.
