The document discusses conventions for Western movie posters, noting that main characters are typically featured against plain backgrounds to look mysterious. It also notes that Spaghetti Western posters will be used as references since the film is inspired by that genre. While following conventions like featuring the main character and using contrasting colors, the poster for this film will also take pictures of actors in costume and play with fonts and composition to create a familiar but different style of poster.

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Western Movie Posters

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The Posters I’ve looked at all seem to follow the same
conventions; the main character against a plain
background sometimes with text that raises questions
about the character and surrounds him in mystery.
Since my short is more in line with Spaghetti Westerns,
I’ve decided to look at posters from those films.
Conventions

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Main character featured
exclusively
- Looks cool/mysterious
Main actor’s name
Title/Background are
white. Contrast
character – pops out
Interesting composition
Costume plays a part in
creating intrigue and
establishes
character/setting

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I will mostly follow conventions in the creation of my
poster. This will be so my genre is definitely established
and I can convey the particular tone, however, I won’t
follow conventions rigidly.
During shooting and in pre production, I will take
pictures of the actors in costume that I will use for the
poster. I’ll play around with fonts and composition to
create a familiar, but also different style of poster.
How will I create mine?