Poster Ideas

These two posters are the sources of inspiration for our own. I specifically chose these as inspiration due to the picture(s) that they have used within the website.

 

Shank

 



Shank uses the same picture for their poster as well as their website. Making their image and the characters that are featured recognisable  on different sources of media. The image has been manipulated in a way that looks like a swarm of people are chasing after the protagonists. From the stance and angle of the characters, this therefore creates an action film-like feel of the urban drama genre. From the image we can see the 'sky' and when we look closely, we can see that the sky is not as it seems, it's actually in fact the characters of the gangs that feature within the film. A common convention of film poster images for Urban Drama is that the iconic city - often London - is featured within the background. It may be effective to have this image faded out, so our main focus is on the characters. The dark colours that the 'army' of gangs are seen in is also effective, making it feel as if there is a barrier between them and the rest of London. 

Sket
 

Again we can see the characters that are features within the film are shot at a higher angle the main protagonist. From their clothes we can infer that it's an urban drama and they are of a lower class. The genre is also seen with the estates - most probably in London - that are manipulated within the background. These flats are of dark colours and blend in well to the darker sky which connotes a dark atmosphere with the film. This is juxtaposed with the pink and bold typography that is used within the film's title. Due to the use of the pink and the reference of the derogative term 'Sket' we can tell that the film is referring to women in a bad way. Usually pink would make the audience infer a happy atmosphere, but from the typography it appears the text has been manipulated to make the pink look dirty, and blend into the wall behind it. The protagonist is focused down the right hand side as we see a close up of his face, showing the lack of expression on first glance, but anger when you look closer. 

Here's a rough sketch that uses inspiration for these posters as our own. The film's title, slogan and other various pieces of text are of a draft and may not be our final text that we use. 

I liked the idea of having the protagonist on the side of the poster to draw attention to the poster. I used the golden rule and by having his hate pointing this way, the next thing we see after the image is the text LDN (draft) and our eyes are diverted down the poster. We can then as an audience take more in. The iconic London/estate background is featured within the background and I want to manipulate this in a way that makes it blend into the sky, like many other posters for Urban Drama's have. I liked the idea of having a shot with a car with its headlights on targeting the protagonist as this gives an insight that there will be a chase scene with this, creating lots of tension.