Poster Research & Inspiration

A poster can say a lot about its respective product; genre (and therefore potential audience), lead characters and possibly even plot. Smaller details such as the director, release date and tag lines are often included also. Much like film, posters have changed enormously since decades ago; before the 90's, illustrations were much more common than photographs; think the original iconic posters of Star Wars: A New Hope, they don't make them like they used to!

Much like its film counterpart, posters of today are riddled with special effects and CGI, all to attract a potential audience.





Considering the tone of our film and use of lighting, I'd expect the finished poster to be dark, and maybe even show the lead character as a silhouette with subtle lighting across her face; similar to the below examples.

The 'V for Vendetta' poster in particular is a good example of the kind of composition I'm aiming toward.

After a lengthy search of the internet I finally found the industry standard font used at the bottom of film posters detailing the distribution/production company, director, composer and many more. The font is called SteelTongs and after a quick download they were ready to use in word to incorporate into our future poster!