Final Review Page / Final Film Poster

Review Page Final:



Here is my final double-page-spread review page. There isn't much difference in terms of style from my first draft. I have changed the lighting and certain font sizes, but overall its the same as it was in the first draft. I am very happy with the way my review page has turned out. Initially, I was worried about whether or not the image I chose would work as the background of this DPS. However I think the image as the background has turned out very well and I feel it gives the page another stylistic element which I believe draws the reader into this article even more. I ultimately changed the lighting and contrast to create more of a dark tone effect to the image. I also wanted the background of the image to be more blurred. I wanted to do this so the background would look more colourful with all the different objects blurred out to reveal their individual colours. I believe this effect has worked very well and has allowed the text to stand-out which was another element of this review page I was worried about because of the colours of the image.

Another element which has worked well on my review page is the main headline. It took me a while to find the right font which would suit the overall style of this page and I think I made the right choice by choosing this font. I like the boldness this font brings which ultimately allows the reader to clearly see what this article is about, relating to the main motif in our short film. When laying out the headline, I tried laying it out across the whole top of both pages to see what it looked like, however I didn't like how it looked and changed it to only being on one side of the double-page-spread.

I added the red line and text of information of the cast of this film to give this review page another conventional trait of other film magazines such as Total Film and Sight and Sound. I wanted the audience to be involved with the film and to know who was behind the making of this short film. This additional information like I said before is a conventional trait of many real life film magazines. I ultimately want my review page to look as professional as I could, and I believe adding this information has done that. I also chose to show it in the colour of red to allow my magazine to show another conventional trait I have typically seen in a lot of film, and other genre's of magazine. I liked the way a colour could separate the large amount of text on a page and keep the audiences interest in the page by showing various colours which will draw them in. I also like that this separate information has a separate colour to separate the text of the review and the text of the additional information of the film itself.

In terms of the review itself, I wanted to write something which was compelling and gave 'teasers' of the film away, but ultimately intrigued the reader in wanting to go and see this short film. I believe the article I have written does this without giving too much of the film away, but enough 'teasers' of certain key plot twists to make them want to go and see the film to ultimately find out what happens.

Poster Final:

Here is an image of my final poster. As you can see from the difference between the first draft of this poster, everything is relatively the same except I have now added in the movie credits font which makes this poster even more professional looking.
One aspect I really like about this poster is the way the knife stands-out in the illustrated style I have chosen to do. This kind of style I believe goes against the typical conventions you would normally associate with modern film posters. The illustrated style of the knife gives my poster a classical look in terms of film posters I was initially aiming for. I also really like the bright whiteness of the knife which again is another factor as to why this knife stands-out very vividly on the page. The knife is a key aspect of our film which I believe is clearly shown in the poster I have created. The knife stands-out which allows the readers eye to be directed towards this certain element and shows that this chefs knife may be a key factor in the film overall.

Another thing I like about this poster is the 'White Lies' font which I have chosen to show in the colour of red. I used red down to the fact that the connotations to the colour red represent danger and violence, again another key factor of our short film. This colour also fits the overall colour palette of this page. The red stands-out very effectively in front of that black background. The font of the 'White Lies' title also has a classic look and feel to it. This fits with the overall classic style I was aiming for in this poster. I believe I have been able to incorporate a subtle classic element to my poser which is recognisable to my target audience. I mainly took inspiration from the classic film poster of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, and I believe I have been able to create similarities between Psycho's various different posters and my own.

I also like the font and the colour of the font for information on the cast and crew. I chose to use this light brown, almost pinkish colour to go against the other secondary colours I had on my page. I wanted the style of the page to stay professional looking. However, I also wanted to keep a stylish modern feel to it to connect with various different age groups.