Kidulthood was an influence for my trailer so researching the posters for this very successful movie gave me some initial ideas for my trailer poster, as explained in another post.
Similarly to Kidulthood, the sequal; Adulthood was another influence for the ideas i conducted for my trailer. Different features of their posters as shown above influenced me for my poster ideas, such as the character placement, the title placement and effect etc.
The character placement in the posters for Anuvahood caught my attention, the contrast between the two characters in the foreground compared to the several other characters in the back. The slang used in the caption above the title in the landscape version of the poster really relates to the film and gives a slight suggestion to the plot, although the effect of having slang used was apropriate for Adam Deacon's movie poster, the caption I would need to include wouldn't suit having this type of caption, however, the fact that their catch phrase isn't very general and represents their film influenced me.
The film poster for Megan Fox's film Jennifer's body influenced me slightly as it includes the element of appealing to the male gaze. This effect is when the female character of a film is presented in a sexual way when advertising, so in this case Megan Fox (known for being an attractive actress) is dressed in what can be assossiated with an attractive costume, this will appeal to male audiences. However her body language and make-up make apparent to audiences the genre of the film. As my trailer included a slight element of thriller, a poster like this with my main character influenced me, however I think that it would be more effective if I was to use something similar to this for my magazine cover.
The posters above and below influenced me for ideas towards the construction of my poster as they both have close-up, more so in the poster below for Prom Night, however the top poster advertising the film Cry-Wolf, includes a weapon suggestively used in the film. In my trailer there are short clips showing a pair of scissors, suggesting this is the weapon of my movie The Imperfect. Cry Wolf influenced my idea of including the scissors in my poster, as well as the mask I used when filming my trailer. The simplicity of these posters also caught my eye when competing with the busy aspect of having several characters included on the poster. I think that the simple look of these two posters make the effect of the poster much stronger and yet still portray the genre and an insight to the plot with very little imagery used, however the material shown is edited well to portray the film further.
The Donkey Punch movie poster has the element of "half and half" which I initially wanted, to create my poster. However involving the elements of Kidulthood, Adulthood and Anuvahood, this poster also includes all the characters, it shows the two sides of the film, the party life style thats portrayed at the start of the film and the horror/thriller aspect that the plot spirals into, similarly to mine.
This other version of the Donkey punch poster really caught my eye as it not to subtly gives away several aspects fo the film, however this one object allows freedom for the audience to interpret the potential plot of the movie, this influenced me because the simple detail shown could appeal to my movie as I could do a similar type of poster with the scissors used in my trailer, or the mask that is briefly shown.
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