Movie Poster

After conducting extensive research into the production and construction of movie posters I have started to create my own poster. From the very beginning of the production of my movie trailer I have had a clear image of what I wish to produce for my poster. From research throughout this task I have discovered that keeping the design simplistic has a higher impact on audiences so, again, I have decided to keep the features of the poster to a minimal.

I have stared production for the poster by sourcing an image of a van with an open door from a copyright free website

 I then created the background of the poster simply by colouring in a textbox on a PowerPoint document. I felt as though the light fading around the front of the vehicle gave the subtle impression of headlights during the night time.

My next step was producing the text along the side of the van, 'more than meets the eye'. I have selected this tagline because it is a very common saying and, I feel, is applicable to the film. Before using this catchphrase I decided to do some research to check whether or not it has been used as the tagline for any other movies in the past. From what I have discovered no other films have used it as their tagline, it has only been used for a series of 'Transformers' comics. after this I went about producing this text so that it would be appropriate to apply along the side of the van. I wanted the font to resemble blood, however I wanted it to appear more hap-hazard than the font and style that I have used for the main title of the film. I wanted this affect so that it looks like the blood has been written on the side of the van in blood rather than the text just dripping blood. I decided to use the same website as I used for the title and after playing around with different fonts, decided on the one shown below:

To make the text look like it had been written on the side of the van I used PowerPoint again to make the left side of the text smaller then the right to give the illusion that it is coming in from the distance.

I then placed the main title text 'Vanish' towards the bottom of the page and enlarged it so that it is the first thing that the eye is drawn to when first viewing the poster.

I still need to add all of the information about the film at the bottom of the poster, such as production companies and names of actors. However, before I do this I plan to have it peer assessed so that I can make any improvements or be made aware of any fundamental errors.