Completed Poster

This is my completed poster that I had created myself. Overall, I think that this is a good attempt at making a professional movie poster and it follows the conventions of posters of a romantic-comedy genre. It has improved considerably since producing my draft poster, particularly the images used and the quality of them. The images chosen are much more connected than the previous ones that were used and had been organised into a collage-like design which is seen regularly on romantic comedy posters such as the ones below.

                  

The images had been manipulated in order for them to match each other and not look like different photos like the first film poster. They were manipulated through photoshop and I had played around with the contrast, brightness and hue of the images.

The title text had remained the same. This was done because it followed the regular convention of a romantic comedy movie poster and it contains bright colours and soft text which appeals to a female audience. However, I had changed the positioning and size of the title. It is now horizontal and further towards the top of the screen, this was done so the audience can see it much clearer and it is separate from the pictures. I had enlarged the title text slightly in order for it to be much clearer and easily read. It matches the size of the images and is no longer dwarfed by the actors like the draft copy of my movie trailer.

At the top of the poster, the actors names had been enlarged in order for them to be seen more clearly and to cancel out white space that lay above the title and images. The font had been changed to ‘National First Font Dotted’ and this was done because it adds a fun element to the poster. As this film is aimed at young teenage girls it was important to incorporate more fun aspects to the poster and as the rest of the poster has conventional fonts that are simple and easy to read, I felt that the actor’s titles should have an element of ‘girlyness’ to them. The text in purple which includes the text 'Secrets don’t last forever...' 'May 2012' and the characters names has been slightly manipulated when completing the movie poster for a fun, romantic comedy aimed at teenage girls. The font of the 'Secrets don’t last forever...' text had been changed to National First font again because it is a more feminine font that adds a fun edge to the poster. The reason I had kept the colour and size the same is because it fits well with the rest of the colour scheme and poster, purple is a popular colour amongst teenage girls as it is more mature than pink which is more favoured amongst younger children. I have also chosen not to change the size of the font because it is in proportion with the rest of the poster and is clearly read from anybody viewing it.

The grey text at the bottom of the movie poster is a convention included on film advertisements. It is known as billing block and it outlines the main credits of the film. This billing blocks makes my movie poster authentic and follow the conventions of a romantic comedy perfectly.