Harry McHale - My draft for our short film poster

My draft for our short film poster

The poster design is based around a screenshot from our short film of a extreme close up of the protagonist. The facial expression doesn't suggest anything that would spoil the film as such. He has subtle look which means the audience could foreshadow that he is concealing or hiding something like he is in the actual film.

The other half of his face is partially hidden which creates enigma but also makes the poster eye-catching and stand out which is equally as important as film posters are used as a form of advertisement. The typography has a almost stair like effect in terms of alignment with the 'b' in brink having a diagonal cut through it. This represents the edge which he stands on in our short film.

The short film poster is done in grey-scale as this is a convention of thrillers; the genre of our short film. The lack of colour is another way of making the poster stand out.

Conventions of short film posters are included here such as the awards and nominations from film festivals that support/raise awareness of short films. Various details at the bottom such as 'funded by lotto' seen in many short film posters.

Reviews were added to the top to attract people to see the film. I didn't use star reviews as I felt this is more common in feature length film posters and I wanted to create a poster which was distinct from generic film posters.

One the aspects which had positive feedback on is the poster's clever design however a point to consider is that the poster doesn't reveal a lot of about the film and from an initial analysis; the film could almost be anything based on the poster alone. These points will be important to consider when making the finalised poster.