Poster Billing

To make my poster appear more authentic, I have done research into who would be my cast and have created my own billing. The font used for billing is steel tong, which I downloaded then created a file in photoshop to start making my billing. As the shorthand for steel tong is rather complex I used a guide to help me.

Here is the first draft on my billing:

Here is the final draft of my billing:

Chosen Magazine Font

Here below is the font I have chosen to use for my magazine cover. I have not yet decided whether or not I want the background to be white and the title black or vice versa black background with a white title so here are examples of both.

Potential Magazine Names

As I have now chosen what type of magazine I am going to do, I have to come up with a number of potential names that are suitable.

Here below are a few potential magazine names:

Noir: This is a good name for my magazine as it is specifically for audiences who like noir.

Twisted: I think this is a suitable name for my magazine as the film genres it includes often have a twist in the narrative.

Dark Watch: This name is suitable as the genres the magazine are including often have a darker narrative and are occasionally in black and white.

Dark Corner: Again I think this name is appropriate as it suggests that the magazine contains films with a dangerous and twisted narrative often in black and and white.

Dark Pages: Like the other names this indicates to audiences that the content in the magazine contains films with a similar narrative to noir films, which is my target audience.

Dark Interests: Similar to the other potential names, the word "dark" suggests to audiences that the films reviewed will either be in black and white or contain elements of "Noir".

Potential Magazine Front Cover and Poster Images

As I am doing a "Noir" magazine special, I have decided that I want my central protagonist to look like a classic noir character. To do this I had to get my actor to dress in 1940's style with 1940's hair and make-up as I want my magazine to look authentic and specific to an audience that would respond to "Noir" elements.

Potential Magazine Front Cover Layout

Before I start designing my magazine front cover, I need to sketch out various possible layouts. After looking at a number of different Independent magazine front covers, I have found different conventions and will include them in my own magazine front cover, to make it appear more authentic.

Potential Poster Layout

Now that I have chosen what genre my film belongs to, I can start designing my poster, but before doing that I need to sketch a number of possible layouts. Having looked at various poster from the "Noir" genre I have been able to include some of the conventions I found.

Magazine Fonts

After choosing what type of magazine I am doing, I have looked at a number of possible magazine fonts, that I think are acceptable for the type of magazine I am doing, and that will help generate the target audience.

Potential Magazine Cover Fonts

Using sites such as Fontyukle, Fontmeme and Dafont I will be looking at a number of fonts I could use for my magazine cover.  I have decided a smaller more independent magazine would be appropriate rather than a mainstream Hollywood, therefore the font should be thin and rounded to help represent that sort of genres will appear in the magazine.

Here below are existing fonts on magazine covers:

Poster and Teaser Trailer Fonts

After looking at a number of different fonts, from similar genres to film noir, such as thriller, crime and mystery.  This will help make my poster and teaser trailer appear more authentic.

Potential Poster and Teaser Trailer Fonts

To find the appropriate font to use for my poster and teaser trailer, I have looked at various font websites.

 Here below are links to a few of the websites I found useful:

Dafont

Fontyukle

Fontmeme

Poster and Teaser Trailer Fonts

Film posters and teaser trailers often have fonts that reflect their genre. Posters and teaser trailer more often than not use the same font to connect the two, showing audiences they belong to the same film.  To get an idea of what fonts are used in Film Noir, I have a looked at various different posters within the genre. So that when it comes to creating my own poster and teaser trailer I can use the appropriate font.

Here below are fonts used in Film Noir posters.

Questionnaire For My Teaser Trailer

I have created a questionnaire, asking my target audience what they would expect to find in a Film Noir teaser trailer. The information I gather from the results of my questionnaire will help when it comes to creating my own teaser trailer, as I can include the conventions a target audience would expect to see. Which will help my teaser trailer appear more authentic.

1. What kind of music would you expect to hear in a film noir teaser trailer?
- Slow and sad
- Upbeat and happy
- Scary and tense
- Exhilarating and thrilling

2. Would you expect to see taglines in a teaser trailer?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know

3. Would you expect to see the names of actors in a teaser trailer?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know

4. What font would you expect to find in a film noir teaser trailer?
- Upper case
- Lower case

5. Where would you expect to find the title of the film?
- At the beginning
- In the middle
- At the end

6. Would you expect to see production company logos in a teaser trailer?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know

7. Would you expect the teaser trailer to contain lots of narrative information?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know

Questionnaire For My Magazine Front Cover

To get an idea of what audiences expect to see on an independent film magazine, I have conducted a questionnaire asking things about layout, design and content. This will help when it comes to making my own magazine front cover, as I can include the convention that audiences expect to see, giving my magazine front cover more authenticity.

1. Where would you expect to find the name of the magazine to be?
- Top of the page
- Middle of the page
- Bottom of the page

2. Who would you expect to see on the magazine front cover?
- Director
- Less well-known actor
- Mainstream Hollywood actor

3. What colour scheme would expect to find?
- Dark colours
- Pastil colours
- Bright colours

4. Would you expect to see a lot of text?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know

5. What would you expect the cover lines to be referencing?
- Big budget film
- Independent film
- Actors
- Directors
- Producers

6. What kind of font would you expect to be used on the font of an Independent magazine?
- Capital lettering
- Lower case lettering
- Rounded
- Square

Questionnaire For My Poster

Below is a questionnaire I have conducted, to help gather information about what type of things audiences expect to see in terms of images, colour schemes, settings, certificate and font. The information I gather will help when it comes to making my poster, as I will be able to add the conventions audiences would expect to see from the Film Noir genre.

1. What do you expect the main image on a Film Noir poster to be?
- Main Characters
- No people

2. Would you expect the image to be in a drawing/painting style?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know

3. What do yo expect the colour scheme to be?
- Dark colours
- Pastil colours
- Bright Colours

4. What background would you expect to see?
- Landscape
- City
- Residential area

5. What certificate do you expect a Film Noir to be?
- PG
- 12A
- 15
- 18

6. What font you you expect to find on a Film Noir poster?
- Lower case
- Upper case

7. Would you expect actors names to be on the poster?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know

8.Would you expect to see tagines on the poster?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know

9. Would you expect to find reviews on a Film Noir Poster?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know

Film Certificate Conclusion

After looking at the guidelines for 12A and 15 certificate I have decided to give my film the certificate 15. I thought this was more appropriate as the target audience is more likely to be older teenagers and young adults. I also think my film will fit the guidelines, as there is likely to be violence, drug use and strong language, that won't be appropriate for children younger than 15.