Poster influences for 'Valentines Diary'

As our movie is a romantic comedy we decided to research in to how these movies were incorporated in their poster. We became aware of the characteristics of these movie posters quite quickly. The posters usually were based on a white background which reflected the innocence of the movie. We found that using a white background would be the most suitable for our trailer and that the use of this would mean that emphasis was placed upon the characters and the titles rather than any special effects.


Film posters we felt influenced our initial ideas were ones such '500 days of summer'. We found their film poster influential to our poster as the style of it fits the romantic comedy genre, along with an indie influence to it. We found that the idea of using multiple layered photos was a good idea, and thought that using this effect would be effective on our poster if we took shots of 'Chase' & 'Cindy' together. From observing this film poster it is clear to see that there is characterisation with the use of the male located on the bottom right drawing. We felt that using the main characters in our movie individually with a prop that enhances their character and allows audiences to get a taste of what is to come. 

Other fim posters that influenced our design was '50 first dates', we thought that the use of polaroid images could work as it was personal and we felt we could show the development of 'Chase' & 'Cindy's' relationship in this way. Instead of taking this idea straight it gave us the idea to create a heart out of mini polaroid images. We felt this would be creative and an individual way of providing audiences with a taste of what is to come. As our idea developed we were inspired by this to create a film strip portraying the two characters as individuals and romantically.