Before my focus was shifted more towards my short film itself, I started to put together a draft for my film poster. I had previously mentioned that I was going to ask Rhys, the sketcher/hand double, to sketch an image for my poster which does not appear in my film (as this can potentially look a little last minute and as though an afterthought). During the process of filming I took a few rough photos of what I wanted to be the
key image for my poster (although a sketched version to convey the film), which I wanted to be an image of the two
characters sitting wide apart on the sofa - this is in the scene, although is never shown sketched. I chose this image because:
- It represents the awkwardness of the characters (sitting far apart), which is the main theme of the film (being a 'sketchy'/'odd'/'awkward' kind of love)
- The sketching aspect correlates with the main use of shots as being sketched out
- It shows the romance genre - many romance films I analysed had images of both characters on their posters. Although I would term my film as a quirky-romance, which I feel is conveyed through the music and sketching aspect.
The first image below shows the image the sketch is based on, with the copied sketch. After Rhys had drawn the sketch for me, I then scanned it into the computer where through
Photoshop I was able to get rid of the white background so that it would fit with the 'old-paper' toned aspect, which I achieved by selecting the 'multiply' layer mode. I also increased the contrast colour so that they grey pencil was darker, so that the image could be seen more clearly.
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| In pictures: the process |
There are a few more things I need to add, and a few things I still want to change:
- Another quote from an institution (e.g. Empire Magazine)
- A Billing Block
- Release Date
- A bigger font for the title
- A different background colour/texture (I want it to look a little less old, so perhaps a more yellowy but less blotchy colour)
- An image of the pencil (in colour) as iconography
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