Making My Film Poster

Making My Film Poster

After I had made my film opening, I thought it would be suitable that I also made a poster to go with it. At first, I was going to use a still from my film, but then I came up with the idea of taking my own picture for the poster. So I came up with an idea that would be both aesthetically pleasing and had some codes and conventions of noir. I took a picture of the prop gun I used in my film, and placed it alongside a glass of whisky. This I felt was very Film Noir and thought it would go alongside nicely with the theme of my film. 

This was one of the earlier shots I took for my poster. As you can see it is very similar to the final poster except it is still in colour and at a different angle.

As you can see here, this shot is more similarly angled to the finished poster, however It is still in colour, (this was when I was messing around with the filter options)

This was the closest one I came to choosing after the one I used. As you can see it is in black and white, which pays homage to the old original noir films and is the same filter I used for the real thing. 

However, after taking many different shots with many different filters I suggested upon this one: 

I felt that this shot suited the poster the best. I though the angle was just right and it was in portrait, which meant it would be more like a poster. However' I still fell I could improve it; in the background you can see an electrical socket, which looks slightly out of place and I feel it would look better if the shadow the whisky is casting was more obvious.