Short Film Poster Analysis (RESEARCH AND PLANNING)

I put together a collection of short film  posters to have a general glance and the conventions.

The Lethal Innocents

"Rita, a 15 year old girl who dances to a different beat, is relentlessly bullied by the queen bees. When they kill her cat, they go one step to far."

The main focus of the poster is of the lead character Rita, who is placed centre in centre of the frame. The depth of field has been utilised to blur the characters in the background. This technique makes her stand out from the crowd and also shows the divide between her and the girls socially. This reflects her character in the film and the way she is represented in the film. The fact she is framed in the centrally and her image takes up a large proportion of the poster shows her importance to the film. In addition her gaze is directly at the viewer. This eye contact combined with her facial expression creates a sense of unease in the viewer as if we are against her aswell. The above techniques provide the viewer with an insight to the genre and feel of the text.

The title of the film is placed midway down the poster. The title is in capital letters, the characters of the letters are not filled in which could represent an emptiness when her cat, which we presume means a lot to her is killed. The misaligned, almost hand drawn, title further reflects how the character doesn't conform to the norm of society. Thus the audience is shown the personality of the character and due to conventions of genre, the audience can depict from her character profile that the film will be of the psychological drama genre, this aspect can be seen in my short film

We can see the contrast between the Rita in the foreground and the girls in the background rita has short blond hair and her facial expression shows anger and fasturation wile on the other hand the girls in the background are brunette with long hair and their facial expressions are sneaky and

The film has a biling blog showing the actors, director(s) and everyone who was involved in the production of the film. I dont think any photo minuplating software was used on the image as it is simple natural but still effective.