Poster ideas....

This is one of my poster ideas that i took in the walks.

I wanted the image to be as if it was taken from just behind the stalker, (stickman drawn in blue) , looking over at the couple on the bench who should look very deeply in love.

I liked the framing of this shot with the tree to partically obsure the view of the stalker and the tree branch at the top of the frame closes the image in, a foreshadowing effect that the stalker will eventually close in on the couple.

I would like the stalker to be wearing a hoodie so we cant tell the sex of stalker until you see the whole film.

I took this idea from my research lookign at thriller film posters online and exstiting products at home such as the hand that rocks the cradle and the saw film series.

This film poster for the thriller "the Village" is one of my favourites because of the framing. I love how the person is captivated by branches which is a certain effect i took in to account but didnt want the frame completely covered by branches which is why i opted for subtle branches around the edges.

Film Poster conventions

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Brought a book yesterday which is a pschological thriller and is about stalkers.
It revolves around this guy that has some issues linked to when he was young and targets teenagers as his prey, using a social networking site called rigamole, the equivallent to todays facebook. It is called Fever of the bone by Val McDermid. This also inspired some title ideas. It has connotations which gve a fore warning sense of the person the book revolves around has it in their blood, they are born with it, which we later find out has stemmed from child hood. I have put a poll up to ask for ideas and see what others have sugested.
The top three are:
Kill to BE
Desperate
Pause

These all connotate a sense of being on edge. Kill to Be lead the audience to think of danger, feeling unsafe, knowing that they may be targeted. This was suggested by a voter but came 3rd in the poll.

Desperate has three syllables, an extended word which can be applied to many different things. It can mean a feeling, a desperate mood where morels go out the window, or desperation as an expression, a mind set that they have to conform or are desperate for revenge.

Pause may seem bland at first but i would use the pause symbol like a hand held camera symbol (II). It could only mean one thing- a pause in life/moment. This was the title voted for the most out of the suggestions. I think the reson people voted for it the most was because it suits a thriller, [REC] was a title of one thriller which was very popular, mainly due to its title.

Not too late

Had another idea for my film poster after looking at the posters for the top ten stalker films.
I would like to have the couple walking happily along, smiling at each other and in the background we see a blurred figure (the stalker) about 50 yards behind so it is still unknown whether the stalker is male or female.

If not many people liked that idea, thien i want to use one of the girl walking alone in the dark under a strret lamp. The background would be a bigger picture of the stalker, face obsured by the hoodie, with the title inbetween the 2 images.

Although i have already taken some test shots which are yet to be addeed, i wanted to see how an audience would resopond to some close up's for a poster.

Poster?

Took the photo's yesterday during the day but am tempted to go back at night to get the real effect. Will work on them in photoshop back at college and mark out where the people would stand becuase at the moment they are just long shots.
I took a variety of shots, in my favourite 3 places; one from a distance so we would see the back of the stalker and one as if to look over the stalkers shoulder which would be in the corner.

There are 3 positions i decided on;

• One looking at a bench where i imagine the couple would be sat, with a tree to the side to show why the stalker can't be seen. I liked this as the frame tightened around the couple on the bench becuase of the trees and branches closing it in.
• Another shot was from upon a hill which is called the red mount, the stalker watches from further away, hidden by the wall. What i liked about this shot is it could be taken in reverse; either from behind the stalker of infront of the couple looking up so the audience could see the stalker lurking in ths shadows which would be ver creepy.
• I took some pictures facing towards the arch, the couple would be walking underneath the light post in the middle of the park while the stalker is partically hidden behind a tree. This would have to be taken at night time though because i wanted to connotate good an bad by showing the couple in the light and the stalker in the dark.

I have also put a shout out on Facebook and Twitter, asking friends to give me their opinions and complete the polls.

Ideas

Was walking home the other day in the evening and went though a place called the walks. It triggered some ideas i had floating around my head for where the second part of the trailer could be shot as well as the film poster or where the magazine cover could be shot.
It is really closed in with trees and looks creepy in the dark but i think i could edit the picture to create that effect if i was to take the pictures in light.
In the dark however, it would work very well with the heightened atmosphere which would be the second part of the trailer, the turning point.
From one angle i looked at, i thought of a really great idea for the film poster and a shot for the trailer. The stalker could be stood behind the tree with a hoodie or something on as to not identify them, watching the girl walk hand in hand with her boyfriend. I would do a long shot, from behing the stalker behind the tree. They could hear something and turn around but the stalker would not be there.
 As the brief states, all photgraphs must be original and be taken by yourselves for authenticity and copyright reasons.
I have thought about continuetity and weather due to it being a public place which is why i would aim to shoot it in around 2 days, keeping a list of positions, clothing, time ect.. incase any scences need to be re-shot.
The upside to my idea though is that the shots would be taken as if the stalker had been grooming their prey for a while and the most recen shots had been taken over a month so there would be costume changes between takes.

Blurred

I think that the outside background does ruin the effect i was going for but when i applied shadowing, i lost the people in to the background but im still trying.
I think now that it has a tighter frame, viewers can see what i mean about looking out of the glass and feeling isolated while searching with their eyes.