Photos for Film Poster

Film Posters Research

In order to create an effective film poster, we have to use conventions of the thriller genre. To begin our research, we looked at film posters online with the thriller genre and note down the convention they all similarly use.





















We focused on our attention to these three posters and were the source of our research. We recognised that...

• Protagonist is framed near the middle
• No characters look straight at the camera
• Movie title is very big and is placed near the bottom
• Names of famous actors included
• Release date is placed at the very bottom

Production Company

It is important to make a production company of our film because a noteworthy mention has to be made for the company that provides the physical basis for works in the film. The production company will be included in the film for the credits and their logo will be included in the poster and magazine review page.

We decided to name our production company 'Hurricane Pictures'. We used Photoshop to create the logo for Hurricane Pictures.We used a sky blue saturation with a gradient effect going upwards. Beside the text, we placed a little image of a tornado to compliment the name of the production company.

Magazine Review Page Research

 

To support our film, we were required to create a magazine review page. The purpose of these are to inform the reader about the film and verdict its contents. In order to create a review for our film, we would have to extrapolate the conventions of normal magazine review pages and implement them into our own.

• A big still image from the film showing the main characters
• Catchy one-liner which summarises the mood of the film
• Inclusion of details of the film such as release date, running time and actors
• Verdict and official rating of the film

Target Audience

Our target audience will be determined by the genre we have chosen (Thriller). We will be using a strategy called 'Audience Segmentation' to segment our audience into different characteristics we are targeting. Our audiences will be segmented into just one category:  demographic.

We will be targeting males aged 15-36. This is because males are most likely to watch thrillers due to it containing action and psychological issues. Also, this age bracket is appropriate because younger people will be more familiar with the school environment and will appreciate the action in the film.

Primary Audience

Our primary audience may look like this

• Males aged between 18-34
• Enjoy watching thrillers, dramas, murder-mystery films
• Still in education or employed so they can understand social issues in working environments
• Enjoy up beat music and up-to-date with technology

The reason why this would be our  primary target audience for our film is because most of these people would visit the cinema for escapism. Although them being in education or employed and being familiar with social issues such as bullying, they are most likely grown up and have moved on from this so watching a thriller would attract their attention.

Secondary Audience

Our secondary audience may look like this

• Males aged between 12-18
• In education, possibly attend schools in urban areas
• Care-free personality, slightly confrontational and rebellious
• Enjoy action
• Often go outside and socialise with friends

The reason why this would be our secondary target audience for our film is because most of these people are school teenagers who get involved with a lot of social activities. Because these teenagers are commonly found to be causing trouble and being rebellious, they would likely be watching our film as it covers themes which may encourage these children. Also they would want to watch a film which they are familiar with such as a film set in a school environment.

Organisation of Actors and Costumes

It was important to send reminders to our actors of our recording schedules and other events such as photo shooting. Also, reminding them about costume was necessary because different costumes being worn will conflict with continuity. To organise, we contacted our actors using WhatsApp.