Inspring print products - Film Posters

When researching into existing film posters, there was a common convention of half of the characters face being unseen to the audience. As seen in the poster for the Silver Linings Playbook, part of both of the characters face is hidden by a block of text. This gave me the idea of having my main character, the victim, on half or two thirds of the poster with the rest of her face being blocked by an image showing all of the different anonymous text messages which she has received.

This poster for the lobster does not reveal much about the film, which can build suspense and enigma questions for the audience. My film poster would need to create a similar effect in the audience, through the use of the unknown. This gave me the idea of, similar to this photo, the character seen not fully being shown to the audience. However, it does differ as my poster would only show the characters hands holding a phone and facing the audience. Their face wouldn't be seen with only part of the body being revealed from the glare of the screen, not showing the characters face creates a larger level of uncertainty and tension. 

This film poster for Disturbia gave the idea of using the same concept of binoculars, however, with face of the person would not be visible with only their hands being shown. It prevents the identity of the stalker being revealed and can create unease in the audience as it seems they are being watched by an unknown person.

This poster uses the idea of the audience seeing through another characters eyes, in the use of a point-of-view shot, where the character is either helpless or unaware. This gave me the idea of using a photo from when the protagonist is lying in bed with the audience seeing through the eyes of the stalker. It has the effect of causing the audience to feel uneasy as they are shown the extreme lengths that the stalker will go to, as well as illustrating the level of action, danger and suspense created in the film.

When considering this idea in adapting for my own film, it gave me the idea of using a similar effect of having a prop separating the two characters. But instead have the protagonist lying in her bed showing her to be asleep, and the stalker lying beneath looking up at her. It has the similar symbolism of the victim being unaware and frustrating the audience as they can see the danger which is the character is in.