- The document discusses two posters created by James O'Connell for his British social realism film project called "The Temptation". - Poster one features a character in a natural landscape with the title. It was revised to add production company logos, ratings, and credits. - Poster two also features a character in a naturalistic setting and title. It was updated to include production company logos, ratings from reputable sources, and credits at the bottom. - Both posters aim to represent the conventions of British social realism film through their realistic settings, unknown actors, and natural lighting. They provide essential information about the film's quality and credentials.

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Poster production
Poster one
In this print screen I have added a photo of my main character for the background and added a main
title of “The Temptation” which is the name of my film production, this is the title of the film and
poster. This is the main text that someone will notice when looking at the poster. I have used lighter
colours than I would useually becacuce I think it works well with the colour of the sky. Also the title
is still bold and stands out but I felt it would have been a waste if I didn’t use it with the sky which
feels like its fading away which has links to what the sotyr of my filmis about. Also I have started to
add stars on my poster for added affect to the poster. The stars is added information on the poster
to imrpove the look od the poster, it also makes the poster look better if there is a five star rating.
The reason I have used this location is because It is a ntuarlitic location that if someone looking at
the poster could think it seems formiliar and they can realte to the locations and then maybe the
character. I have used the clothing that the charcter is wearing due to wanting to make realism more
of a part of the film as it is a social realism trailer, so my film and poster productions meet the
connventions of british social realism.

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In this print screen I have added another star rating and the words “Gripping” and
“Masterpiece” to it because it adds more information to the poster and it improves its
overall look. It also a convention of a poster as they must have some sort of rating on the
poster to inform the audience of the quality of the film.
In thie print screen I have began to edit and import production companies that would be involved in
my film production such as BFI film forver and the national lottery. As the BFI film forver and the
national lottery is a British company that invovles in British film so it would makes sense as my film is
a british social realism film. They are both presented at the top of the poster to shown that they are
involved in the film. This Adds more information to the poster and is a connvention of a film poster.
I have also changed the size of the ratings that are on the poster as they were a bit too big for the
poster.

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This print screen shows that I added “The guardain” as they are the people who added the quote
“Gripping” and the five star rating. All of this makes the poster seem more lively as there is more
information that will draw people in to look at the poster.
The next thing I added was the anchorage text at the bottom of the poster which states the
directors, cast and film compaines involved in the film. I have added this because a lot of film posters
have it add more meat to the poster and give it a real quality feal to it. Also I added this to give credit
to the people who helped me with the production by giving them credit.

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The next thing I added was the “Sight and Sound” magazine to the poster as it shows what rating
they gave the poster. I have edited the sight and sound logo so that the audience will see that it has
been given a good rating. Also to give the poster some more offical look about it.
In the last print screen for this poster I have added the film 4 logo as a film production company who
would have been involved in the company. This is added as it connvention of a poster and I as my
film is a british film and film four is a biriths social realism film then it will fit in well with my film
production.

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However I had to remove the Film four logo from my poster as it came to my attention that
it would be unlikely that BFI and Film 4 would be working together as they are competitors.
This was an error that was easily correctable.

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Poster two
In my second poster I have print screend the start where I used a photo that I took of my main
character and a naturalitic location. I have also added the main text of the title “The Temptation”.
The main text was used in bold and black and white this is because it is the most eye catching part of
the poster. I chose this photo due to its location as it is a naturlistic location which is a convention of
British social realism which is what I was aiming for. It has natural lighting and an unkown actos
which also are connvetions of social realism. I chose the location as it make the audience look at it
and maybe they could realte to it as this location could be anywhere in Brtiain. This would mean that
anyone could look at it and realte to it. Also the clothing that the character is wearing part of mise
en scene could also make it more realtable to the audience. As naturalistic clothing such as the
hoodie or jeans are very realtable to the public. The reason for the character to be looking back is
part of the storyline of running away from problems or letting things go, so this has a hidden
meaning.

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Next I added the BFI logo and the Film 4 logo as they are both british based compaines that are
invovled heavily with British films so it would be important for my film to have these comapines
invovled with it as my film is a British social realism.
Next I added the star ratings to shwo that the film has been given a good star rating this is just added
inforamtion on the screen to make the poster more appealing for the audience. I have also learned
from my mistake of the first poster of haivng a larger sized star ratings by making them much smaller
so they do not take anaything away from the main image.

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Next I added “The guardian” and “Sight and Sound” logos on top of the stars and quotes so that they
are shwon to be coming from somwhere else rather than them just being put there. This adds value
to the poster so they seem like offical quotes and ratings being given.
Lastly I added some anchorgae text at the bottom to show the director, cast and production
companies that would be invovled in my film. This would be important to give credit to those who
helped or had a parrt of the film.