Final poster

Unrequited feedback.

We can take both negatives and positives from the feedback we have received so far; the feedback can be used to further refine the finished product to give a greater finish. To collect the feedback, I used the social networking website Facebook, which allows users to comment/like assorted posts. The link to the video was posted onto the site to allow people to view it and "like" and comment.

I agree with the first comment as the titles are quite repetitive and lack creativity, they're also too long. On the other hand, I like the effect it gives of a blurred reality, that the blurred images the audience are being shown aren't true or can be misconscrued into something else and the length adds the effect of an enigma, which is built upon as the short film goes on. Barthes' enigma codes establishes mysteries, drawing the audience into wanting to carry on watching the film so that they can solve these puzzles. This is the reason why the twist is at the end of the film; carrying on with Barthes' proposal of enigma codes.

Merchandise - Unrequited

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This image could be used as a desktop background to a computer/laptop.

I feel that some of my poster designs are somewhat in the style of action posters, so I decided to create a promotional poster that fits into the genre of our film more, although the love heart in this may restrict the popularity of the product from a boy's perspective. I created this image using Photoshop CS5. 1920x1080 pixels with 72dpi.

My Poster Idea

This is a rough version of the poster I believe we should use for advertisement of our film, The shadowy effect and the character being behind the tree gives the psychological side of our film. The text is also a standard text used in posters so it looks professional.

Short film genre research

I believe that our short film genre will be drama, bordering on psychological drama as it has some level of enigma as to what is happening the film. The drama genre is usually a piece that allows the audience to empathise and sympathise with the characters in the film. The audience may prefer one character over another, though this is common in a media piece, relating to characters usually makes people enjoy something more, finding themselves agreeing with what they're doing. Drama as a genre tries to keep the audiences attention by making them become emotionally attached to the characters within the film. Usually in drama genres, there is some kind of realisation at the end, in our film this would be Connor finding out that Lauren had written this in her diary and is all just a figment of her imagination. The storylines are also usually realistic, our film is very realistic as these type of things occur very frequently, unrequited love is something that the majority of people feel, be it for a musician or a peer.

A few poster drafts for our short film

These posters were made in Photoshop CS4.

Research into movie posters (unfinished)

http://editorial.designtaxi.com/news-info0902/2.jpg < Link to the infographic.

According to the infographic, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:Part 2 ranks as having the most popular poster, thanks to its design features like backlighting and extra close ups, and this poster is still successful even without having the title of the actual film on it, although this is due to Harry Potter being known almost world wide by hundreds of millions of people who can automatically identify with it and what it is.


This poster uses a large image of Javier Bardem's eyes in the background to give it an almost eerie feel.