1. In what ways does your media product
use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media?
Poster.
2. Researching existing posters.
Here I have done some research on well known film posters. I
did this because I wanted my own products to look as
professional as they could. I then decide to place pictures of
existing posters in Microsoft publisher and analysis each of the
pictures. This system will help me to decide which techniques to
use on my own poster.
8. Typical conventions of real
media.
On my poster I have added typical conventions that you would
see on all film posters such as:
• Credits,
• Released date,
• Picture,
• Title of film,
• Actors name.
All of these conventions are necessary as it tells us more
information about the film. For example Lily Attwood stars in
this film and she might have stared in other films. This might
make people who weren't sure if they were going to see the film
now go and see it because they have seen her in other projects
and think she's good.
9. Conventions of real media.
On my poster I have placed my
actors name at the top. I have used
this convention from the inception
poster. This meant that the text
didn’t get in the way but it could still
be seen clearly.
On my poster the picture fills up the
whole of the poster. I have also used
the picture of the character
appearing round the door. I
developed this convention from 100
Feet. Instead of my character
looking at the camera I decided I
wanted her to look away from the
camera. This makes her look more
vulnerable. However I have
challenged conventions of real
media as there are hardly any
posters that have a black and white
background.
10. Conventions of real media.
I have placed my title under my
character's picture. I used this
convention from the Black Swan
poster. I liked how you could
clearly see the title and that the
actor could be associated with
the film title which is what I
wanted.
11. Conventions of real media.
I have placed all of my credits under
my title at the bottom of my poster.
I did this because I felt it made my
poster look professional and neat
and tidy. I used this convention from
Inception’s poster and Black Swan’s
poster.
I have also used typical dark colours
for a dark film such as white red and
black. Black Swan, Inception and 100
Feet are all dark film so I decided I
had chosen the right colours and
used this convention.
