Title Text Research

• Good use of colours, writing almost seems PopArt styled. 
• Contrast of colour, could suggest. some irony, possibly as a narrative tool.
• Has an element of retro to it i.e. 80s.
• Simplicity.
• Isn't over-powering to the rest of the still, doesn't block any of the character.

• Simplicity of text.
• Good composition in general, in regards to the text with it being against clouds, it reinforces the message of going into the unknown.
• Names of actors placed out of the way of main poster, but still visible.
• Characters clothing is scruffy, unkept, not high-end branding, this connotes that he doesn't particularly care about how he looks when going into the wild. Further shows that he will be truly wild, as the title suggests.

Character images/poster ideas

In a previous post I mentioned that I will be adding the main character into the poster later on. These examples were my original ideas of how I wanted the character to be standing in the poster. In this one my idea my was photoshop out the houses and bushes just leaving the character, fields and open sky to show isolation and emptiness. In the example below the character is more zoomed in and centre of attention. In that example I would've removed him from the rest of the picture and placed him the poster as it is already. I'll have to try out a few of these ideas before I can come to a final conclusion of what to do.

The Editing Process

In this screenshot we see me editing on final cut X, well, more planning my edits and getting the timing of them to match the song I have playing in the background. Once I can gather some more footage I should be able to get the final shell of the trailer done, then on to the fine tuning and any last minute details may have missed originally.

DIRE poster creation

Creating the Film Poster:
Recently I have been designing and creating the poster for my A2 film trailer "DIRE". Like many film posters it has the name of the film in large bold letters to show dominance on the page, titles such as director/actors/etc. at the bottom as to not draw to much attention away from the main part. The little subheading under the main title is the example Google uses to explain Dire, it fit in with my films themes of drug abuse and consequences so I feel that it is a nice touch to the poster as it hints at the themes and story of my character. Currently the background is grey clouds which are symbolic of bad things to come and general negative emotions. suspended within the clouds is the title written in the clouds almost. The idea of this was to suggest that maybe some clear skies are just behind the gloom and misery. There is a sense of irony within the poster due to the word DIRE being the happiest looking image on the poster despite being considered a bad thing. at the moment the main character (Me) is not on the poster, however I shall be getting round to throwing him into the equation and making sure that he fits into the frame of the clouds and titles well. All in due time.