Poster Research

This is the poster for the movie 'Se7en', I like this poster because it has elements of potential posters for our film. Initial ideas for the poster include the point of putting across the connection between the masked figure in our film and also Emma the main protagonist in our film. Therefore showing them together on the poster will show there close relationship, alike Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt in the film who are detective partners. The poster also has a very sinister elements to it with the use of a red and black colour scheme therefore already showing that the film will potentially be a thriller or a horror due to the connection made with the colours, for example red being blood and black used to show its dark themes. In sevens case this is a mass murderer who kills victims who fit into the particular seven sins categories played by Kevin Spacey.

I think this is a fan made poster made for the film 'Face/Off', this poster is illustrated nicely and also portrays similar themes to our film narrative therefore could translate as our film poster also. The masked figure could be shown to actually be the antagonist Mark Francis as well as Emma the protagonist, blurring the boundaries of who the masked figure actually is and whether it is actually a living being or perhaps the alter ego created by the main character. The poster below is more likely to have been the true poster for the feature film due to the clear representation of the movies selling points, its main characters John Travolta and Nicholas Cage. This poster works well with the high concept theme however it is not the type of film we are creating.

This is the film poster for the film 'the silence of the lambs', the poster shows thriller aspects and also a potential female protagonist/antagonist alike our film. the thriller aspect is shown subtly with the skull symbol on the moth on Jodie fosters mouth which also has a reference within the film. The poster is not overdone and does not show the films main characters in an obvious way unlike the face off and seven posters and has a more 'independent' low budget vibe compared to the other high concept film posters.

CF, BH