My DPS

Final Poster

My First Rough Cut

3rd Draft of the Poster

2nd Draft of the Poster

The Changes I have made are these:

• I set the background as crumpled paper for two reasons. One, it makes it seem as though this is a page from his scrapbook or notepad and shows that he is obsessing. Two, its a metaphor for the state of his mind and how screwed up he is.
• I added the polaroids to have an image of the main characters and to make the poster seem more like both his mind (when they represent his memories) and his report (when the psychiatrist is trying to diagnose him).
• I added the quote t make it more obvious what the film is about. Taglines are often used in this way like the famous quote from Alien "In space no one can hear you scream" which instantly tells you that the film involves space, screaming and running away.

First Photoshopped Version of the Poster

I really liked this one. I found the simplicity and boldness more appealing than other busy posters and the head stood ou more than the others. I found it personally said more about what I had made because it was undefined and raw. 

However my teacher thought that although it was good there was not enough information being given of and that was more destructive as it left people confused. Plus there were no main characters on the front. This is a convention that is difficult to twist as a main character make the film seem more real and relatable.

  

Initial Poster Designs

I was inspired for these ideas by a website I stumbled across called wildammo.com. On the website there is a page of alternative poster designs for existing, founded films that, as soon as I saw them, loved. It was the simplicity that I loved the most, the way the posters said so much by using so little and how they almost seemed better than anything the original could achieve.