The purpose of a film poster is to promote a movie through visuals and text that convey the genre and style of the film. When designing a poster, considerations include colors, representations of main characters and objects, and whether to use photos, illustrations, or graphics. The document follows the development process of one poster, from taking and editing photos of protagonists, to laying out a design in InDesign and experimenting with colors before arriving at a final poster.

1. Film Poster

2. What is the purpose?
The purpose of a film poster is to promote the
movie. It usually gives the potential audience
an idea of the genre of the film as well as
displaying some institutional information. Film
posters are a combination between art and
advertising.

3. Things to consider:
★Colours
★Representations
★Symbols
★Main figures / Objects
★Style (photos, illustrations, graphics)

4. Examples of Rom Com Posters

5. Examples of Teen Posters

6. Development
1) I took pictures of the 2 protagonists to put
on the poster. I then used Photoshop to edit
them. Here are a few of the pictures before
they were edited.

7. Development
2) I used InDesign to make a layout for the
poster using the style, font and colours which
I had previously decided.

8. Development
3) I added the edited pictures to the layout.

9. Development
4) I began experimenting with different colours

10. Development
5) I continued to change the colour as well as
adding more information to the poster

11. Final Poster