Film poster.

I took several pictures of Dom. I didn’t have too many ideas of how I wanted Dom to look. All I wanted Dom to do was to represent ‘Schizophrenia’. I took several shots how showing different emotions would work (seeing as schizophrenics are known for having a split personality in which they express different emotions in almost a bipolar manner as they can feel extreme happiness and one point and then hear voices that can darken their mood.

I found that I few of them wouldn’t be appropriate for either my film poster or magazine cover.

For the following reasons:

This is a picture of Dom’s cheek. With this picture, I was trying to take several pictures of different areas of the face but I don’t feel that including a picture of his cheek will in anyway enhance my final image for my film poster or magazine cover.

This is a picture of Dom’s entire face. The main issue with this image is that the camera is out of focus which has meant that the picture looks blurry. I didn’t want it to be blurry as I felt that the images had to look as though they were of ‘high quality’ in order to make them effective when being viewed.

The main issue with this image is that I was attempting to take a picture of the middle section of dom’s face which proved to be difficult as he is much taller than me and therefore I was stretching in order to get to the appropriate level to photograph this area. BUT because I couldn’t see the camera screen properly I ended up including his mouth area within the image as well and almost half of his eye area. I have re-done this shot and therefore, this picture is no longer necessary.

Here are the images I will be using for my film poster:

And Why? Pills. I will be including this shot as it will hint at the idea of mental illness through the reference to psychotherapeutic medications that are used to benefit the lives of mental illness sufferers by making them feel better.

This is a very unique shot and when placed with the others I feel that it will make the final product very effective and at the same time trigger peoples interest in the film.

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And Why? This shot makes the viewer concentrate solely on his eyes as it isn’t a very ‘fussy’ image with numerous things happening at once. This allows for the final product to be effective as it will make people ask questions in the way that Roland Barthes talks of in his theory as this image is enigmatic .

I like the fact that anyone that sees this image will be able to see the use of mise-en-scene (costume) which in this case is a woven material bracelet. This is very popular among teenagers and therefore this ties into my target audience for my trailer and as a result, this should make it easier for me to reach my target audience as the character in some senses resembles them.

The close up on his eyes allows people to view his emotion and his hands that are gripped tightly onto his hair do the same. With a film that is based on schizophrenia, I feel that it is extremely important that there are references to emotion in some form as sufferers of this mental illness always talk about how they ‘feel’, whether that be happy, sad, angry, paranoid and many others.

And Why? I am including this image for ‘emotion/feeling’ reasons like the image in the previous slide. The nose is known as one of the 5 senses that people have. I felt it was appropriate to include as many these senses as possible to make a few links to the idea of mental illness without revealing the plot through the images.

Photographing a nose for part of a film poster is unusual as most film posters include either an image of an entire face or a setting.

And Why? I was thinking of reusing the same shot twice BUT cutting the image into two so that it becomes two separate images like this:

I want to half the image in this way so that I can make the final image look more disjointed in order to highlight the feeling of unease and confusing that is felt by sufferers of schizophrenia.

Why have I decided to do a film poster than includes an image of the actor instead of photographing a particular scene which is one of the conventions of psychological thriller/thriller film posters?

The plot is already rather complex as it is

based on Schizophrenia. For a 15 +

audience (which is my target audience)

Schizophrenia isn’t a topic that hugely

considered as an interest to them and

therefore, I feel that including an image of

the protagonist enables me to intrigue

people enough without going into the

depths of schizophrenia and what it is all

about. Doing this will mean that people

that view my poster will become

interested and start to ask questions, they

will then feel that it is necessary to come

and watch the film in order to find the

answers to all their questions. This means

that I will increase my chances of

attracting my target audience.

Most psychological thrillers choose to include solely a setting in their film poster. I wanted mine to be unique and therefore stand out amongst other films that are promoting their psychological thriller film release. Doing this could mean that my film poster is more eye catching and thought provoking.

Possible taglines

• The story of two worlds in one person…• In a place, where no one can hear your

scream…• The mind is a place for two..

Taglines are catchy, alluring short phrases used by marketers and film studios to promote and sell a movie and to sum up the plot, tone or themes of a film.

Making my credit block.

VITTEL FILMS in association with LOCK ENTERTAINMENT presents:DOMINIC MCCARTNEY SAMANTHA HABGOOD ANAIS KHAN THOMAS ANDREWS and JOHN DAVIS. Edited by AMANDA COWAN Production designed by SELINA DO. Director of product AMANDA COWAN. Executive Producers GEMMA LOUIS and DANIEL LOCKETT. Screenplay by DANIELLE HOWLAND. Directed by AMANDA COWAN.

I used this credit block to help me.

Font: Andre Light SF (makes it look dramatic and fits with the genre)

I put the vital/important information in capital letters to make them stand out, such as: actors, film company name and director.