2. What is our main product?
A 5 minute social realism film.
What is our short film about?
Our short film is about a relationship between a young naive girl and a
mature man. Their relationship begins as nothing more than a
friendship, until the man becomes more sexual, demanding the girl to
send him inappropriate images. She is scared and vulnerable so
sends the images, the consequences however are more harsh then
she initially realised as the man refuses to leave her alone. If she
doesn’t do as he asks, he threatens to send the images to her mum.
What are the ancillary tasks?
A film poster for our five minute short film A magazine film review
suitable for a double page spread.
3. • One large image
• A colour palette relating to the atmosphere
• Actors and directors names
• Large film title.
WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO RESEARCH INTO
EXISTING PRODUCTS ON THE MARKET TO GIVE US AN IDEA.
CONVENTIONS OF A FILM POSTER
4. Having a slogan in a
film is important as it
can sell the film, it
needs to be short,
snappy and
memorable. Having it
in a simple font at the
top of the page means
it doesn’t distract away
from the main poster
but is still recognisable.
The actors names are
usually displayed at the
top of the page, I
decided to stick to the
generic idea and leave
it as a simple font.
The main image is red
and has incorporated a
vector of a man and a
girl into one image, it
strongly represents the
relationship between
the two characters and
how ‘Chloe’ and ‘Scott’
are becoming a part of
each others lives.
The title is simple but eye
catching. It is in
proportion with the main
image and stands out
against the off white
background. Even
though it is a generic font
I feel that it is all that is
needed to display the
film title.
The billing board is typical of all film posters, I left it
at the bottom of the page like they usually are to
represent all the characters and producers names.
I like the contrast of the
black and the red with
the off white
background. The three
colours compliment
each other as well as
being quite harsh,
reflecting the harsh
realities of child
grooming and the
dangers that comes
with talking to people
online.
5. • Text laid out in columns
• Text is creatively written
• Various images
• Name of the film
• Quirky design
• Numbers in corners
AGAIN WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO RESEARCH
INTO EXISTING PRODUCTS ON THE MARKET TO GIVE US AN
IDEA.
CONVENTIONS OF A FILM REVIEW
6. The main banner of the review
is typical of a film review, the
image that we used at the top
of the film reel links with the
idea of a ‘film review.’
Having the title bold is
important as it needs to catch
the attention of the audience,
the bold writing and white font
on a black background allows it
to stand out.
Images are important to
incorporate in the review
so the readers can gain a
visual image of the film.
This is a screenshot taken
from our film and because
it is of a phone, it links with
the film title (SMS) and
what the film is about.
Again we used an
image of the main
character of the
film, it doesn’t take
up a lot of space
but again shows a
vulnerable young
girl texting.
I feel that having a film rating in stars is
important in showing off the film. A lot of
readers will instantly been drawn to the
rating and not read the review to know
whether or not to see the film so having
it easy to find and stand out is important.
The text is generic to a film
review and easy to read, this is
important so the readers aren’t
put off by reading the chunk of
text. Black text on a white
background again makes it
easy to read.
I often see the first
column based on a
different colour, I
wanted to do this
subtly so added a
grey so the readers
know where to
start.
The beginning sentence
sticks with the colour
scheme and the big first
letter creates a bold
statement that’s typical of
film reviews.
An image of the film
poster is important
so it will be
recognised if they
see it advertised.
7. FILM POSTER
Our film poster doesn’t give to much away, it subtly hints to the audience what
the film is about. It makes them want to know what happens and how the story
will unwrap and develop.
FILM REVIEW
Our film review clearly represents the opinions and feedback that our film
received, it told the audience about the film without giving too much away, we
included a star rating as well as images which finalise the review and make it
look professional.
FILM
The film is our final product that we successfully filmed and edited together, I
believe our film poster and review successfully represented our film and
advertised it well.
