Poster Idea Development for Merland Rise.

1. OCR Media Studies – A2 Level
Unit G324: Advanced Portfolio
Mind Map and
Research
Name: Feargus Bracken
Candidate Number: 4009
Center Name: St. Andrew’s Catholic School
Center Number: 64135
Generation of Ideas for Ancillary Product 2) –
Poster

2. Research
Name: Feargus Bracken
Candidate Number: 4009
Center Name: St. Andrew’s Catholic School
Center Number: 64135
• Theme Ideas
• Conflict – Between S+J and M
• Obsession – Focus on S from M’s point of view
• Breakup – Can be either gentle perspective or from perspective of Maximillian which
would affect what graphic techniques used in the theme
• Tagline (Slogan to help “hook” the audience in) – What language will you include? Why?
Where will it be positioned?
• Aim for possible play on words to generate interest
• Use of punctuation to create suspense, question marks, ellipses etc.
• ‘Gunning for Her…’ Blocky font, very visible over background. To the side of the image
(Could potentially be gunning for him, connoting jealousy/aggression)
• Aggressive language
• Font – Harsh, edgy with stark colour scheme.

3. • Manipulation of shot to seem as if subject of photo is in the crosshairs of a weapon
• Manipulation to dim/darken the edge of the photo.
• Manipulation of photo to create artificial tunnel vision/blur effect. Would cause the
viewer to focused entirely on the firearm and James
• Manipulated with reticule to be over Shannon or inbetween Shannon and James.
Connotes ambiguity of target, creates interest.
• Borders of poster are black, or have small bits of information to make a sinister
impression. Green on black for smaller text.
• Synergy with Social Media – Synergise with a # in lower corners of image. Synergising
with social media creates free advertisement and hype. The more traffic that social
media generates, the more interest there is. Case in point, frequently used # are
recommended to users.
• Synergy with your magazine – Use of hashtags and various different aspects of social
media, such as icons with the names of pages. Or a collection of logos and all accounts
with one name. Creates streamlined platform for easier access to potential audience
• Point of Call information – Date, time of showing and possible tagline. Emphasis on
Logo. If the logo is easily recognisable.
Name: Feargus Bracken
Candidate Number: 4009
Center Name: St. Andrew’s Catholic School
Center Number: 64135
Research

4. Research- Conclusion
Name: Feargus Bracken
Candidate Number: 4009
Center Name: St. Andrew’s Catholic School
Center Number: 64135
• I will need to take the photos that I will need to use, which will be done easier when
filming of the trailer begins. I will also need to research further editing techniques to add
to quality of the manipulation of the photos taken.
• I can search for suitable fonts on the internet with websites like dafont. The props used
within the photo shoots that I would organise are similar to those I am allocated to bring
on the prop list. My photo shoot either after filming of the trailer, as the models will be
able to assume character with ease.
• Adobe Photoshop CS5 will be used to edit all images created, and the poster will be
created with Photoshop, as I will be able to use the skills learned on my previous course
and from tutorials available online.