This document discusses 5 movie posters the author created in response to inspiration from the Skyfall movie poster. For the first poster, the author aimed to hint at the film's themes of revenge and betrayal by showing someone holding a gun behind their back, suggesting a sneak attack. The second poster featured only a gun and the title to strip it down to basics. For the third poster, the author added heartbeats coming from the gun to juxtapose life and death, and included more text. The fourth poster reused images but had information coming from the gun. The fifth poster featured a gradient background with the production company in the corner.

1. Poster mock ups
POSTERS I HAVE CREATED IN RESPONSE TO ONE

2. OO7
This is a one of four posters I have analysed on
another PowerPoint. This was my favourite one
and inspired me to make some posters in
response using the same simple style.

3. Poster 1
I chose to pay homage to the poster by using it as inspiration to create
a few of my own. I also used pastiche by using the same style/elements
such as the simplicity and religiously sticking to black and white. Our
film is about revenge and betrayal, their fore I wanted to show this
visually. I really liked the idea of someone holding a gun behind their
back because it hints at this narrative. The way their hiding the weapon
suggests they are about to attack and that the person is unsuspecting.
Just like the Skyfall poster the only writing is the title and it shows a
suit and gun as the only mise en scene. Hiding the weapon behind
their back also suggests that they are a coward and sneaky. This relates
to our antagonist.

4. Poster 2
One of our films main props is a gun and it is
key to the plot, also guns are very iconic objects
used a lot for crime film posters and they are
very emotive objects visually. This meant I knew
I wanted to use them heavily for all my film
posters. My aim with this poster was strip a
poster down to its basics. I thought I could use
a gun (for the reasons stated earlier) and then
have the title. I thought about having the title
come out of the gun but that has been done a
lot and I wanted this poster to be a bit
different. Also the positioning of the gun and
size would've had to change and I liked them as
they were. I feel this poster is bold and
interesting so didn’t need a date or actor
names etc. for effect. Although in hindsight it
does feel a bit empty.

5. Poster 3
This poster materialised when I tried to make a poster that was more
conventional and had more text on it. Again I went with a gun as the
main prop, however I also added heartbeats coming out the gun
instead of bullets. I did this because for a few reasons one being I
thought it was a poetic juxtaposition. Guns are synonymous with
taking away life and heartbeats are with symbolizing life. Also by
using a heart beat it suggests the film narrative could be about life
and death (which it is). Lastly I used a heart beat because I thought it
could be deemed a high art style. The title is in the same big font as
the others, in the middle, as it is important. Also I added a catch
phrase/quote from the film, as most crime film posters have more
text than just the title. This is the only poster with a text block I have
made so far and I added it to make the poster seem more authentic
and conventional. The production company was also added in the
bottom left hand corner. In our film betrayal and friends becoming
enemies are strong themes throughout, so I thought it would be a
good idea to have two guns pointing at each other to poetically
symbolize this.

6. Poster 4
This poster I used the same pictures as the one before but I
decided to have the information coming out the gun and a
picture faded in the backdrop. I chose bullets because they are
synonymous with crime films. I took away the quote, production
company and credit block to add to the simplicity. Also I
decided to make the title small and add a date like a
conventional film poster.
On the 5th Poster I took away the background and added a
gradient with a tint of red and added the production company
back in the corner.

7. Poster 5