The document summarizes the process of designing a poster for a short film project. Key points discussed include: 1) Researching conventions of short film and independent movie posters for inspiration and understanding layout techniques. 2) Choosing a simple, neat text layout with title as the largest font and credits as the smallest. 3) Liking posters that create mystery or have simplicity and effective use of text and photography. 4) Selecting a feminine, eye-catching font that also relates to the author's name. 5) Choosing the best photograph taken during filming for the poster.

1. Ancillary TaskPoster

2. ResearchI looked at Short Film posters, also Independent Film posters to get inspiration and to gain a greater understanding of generic conventions.

3. I liked the simplicity of the text layout in these posters, it is very neat and ordered which I think works well. I realised from looking at these posters that the title should be the largest font, the text at the bottom (credits) should be the smallest, and order should be kept, the more important information should be larger, I used this brief when designing my own poster.

4. I like the 'Idle Hands' posters for the artistic look that is has, also I feel that it creates a sense of mystery surrounding the film as the audience are not shown any of the actors. I also like the more conventional style that is shown in the poster for 'A Single Man', the simplicity of the text and the photograph work well together in my opinion.

5. Choosing a Font

6. I looked at different fonts using dafont.com to decide what I liked best, I knew I wanted something quite feminine and simple to complement the simplistic style I aimed for, but I also wanted it to be interesting and eye catching as well, as it serves the purpose of attracting attention.I chose the flowery font ‘Fleur de Liane’ (the fifth font) as I found it most attractive, and also because it sounds like my name.

7. Choosing a Photo

9. When filming the opening and closing scene we took photographs to use for the advertising. I think the light capturing is very beautiful and chose to use this photo as I thought it was the best for the purpose.