Film Poster Sketches

After looking at a few film posters, I have made three rough sketches of potential layouts/ideas regarding my own. 

My first sketch was mostly based on the Submarine poster I looked at in terms of the use of boxes. Each box would show a sketch of a particular scene in my film, the rest with the title, quotes and the billing block (these would be in red - a colour connoting love). The sketches would probably be in colour too, although they wouldn't be in the film - so this acts as partway between the filmed image (in colour) and the correlating sketch.

+ The use of colour means that the poster would stand out more
+ The "box" theme has been successfully created in many other film posters
+ It's a neat way of presenting

- The boxes of specific scenes may show "too much of the film", I don't want to give it all away
- Many mainstream posters use this lay out - this may not suit my film which would be independent (it's a short film)



My second sketch was mostly based of the [500] Days of Summer poster I looked at - there is a sketch at the bottom of the page and the titles at the top. For this poster, I also took an idea from Art and Copy with having the notebook binder at the top of the page - this would be good to reinforce the significance of the sketchbook in my film. I also took the use of a pencil from the latter film, which writes the titles "A Sketchy Kind of Love".

+ Supports the more independent theme of my film - original
+ Reinforces the idea of a character sketching
+ More simplistic 

- Could potentially be a little boring? 
- Would be in a black and white (grey) colour scheme - not stand out enough?

The third design involves the female character a bit more. The main image would feature a drawing of her with a pencil and hand - as though the male character is sketching her - this reinforces the idea that he clearly loves her. Again, I used the notebook binder in order for the background to be portrayed as the notebook. The actors surnames are bolder than their first names - something which is conventional for film posters, and the title of the film is situated at the bottom.

+ Shows the female character more, like the poster is from the boys point of view (which the film is)
+ More conventional

- Perhaps a bit bland/boring
- Doesn't show how the relationship is "sketchy" 




At the moment, my favourite idea is probably idea 2, although I am prone to change my mind. I feel as though it is the most suitable for my genre, and type of film (independent). It clearly shows the sketching aspect of my film and is simplistic (something that I feel works well).