In lessons you will be completing the following tasks: - Researching film posters & identifying the different elements which must be included on a film poster - Researching film genres in general - Picking a genre of film to focus your project on and researching your chosen genre in more detail: Green - Horror Amber - either Horror or Sci-Fi Red - either Horror, Sci-Fi or Thriller - Deconstructing a poster from your chosen genre - Recreating the poster you have deconstructed
For your homework tasks, I would like you to pick a second poster to deconstruct and recreate it. Think of this process as 'artist research'. As you know, when we complete any project we research multiple artists before coming up with our own original ideas and it is exactly the same in this project, only we will focus our research on posters instead of artists. It is therefore vital that you complete this series of homework tasks to ensure that you have enough research in this project to fulfil the requirements of AO1.
Original poster
Shoot plan
Recreation
The second stage of your homework is to plan a shoot, the photos from which you will edit to create your second film poster recreation. To complete this task successfully you will need to pay close attention to the way in which film posters are constructed. Is there more than one photograph in the poster? Which editing techniques have been used to put the different elements together? What does the layout look like? What typography has been used?
Original poster
Recreation
Original Poster
Recreation
Task 1: Choose one of the posters you have already deconstructed to recreate. Task 2: Create a single slide on PowerPoint or Google Slides with the title '(name of film poster) RecreationPhotoshoot Plan'. You can also create your plan straight onto your site if you would prefer. Make notes and add pictures to inspire you. You may use the sentence starters/sheets below or download the template that I have created and add your own information into it.
Green (grade 1/2) Copy and paste and finish these sentences: • I will do the photoshoot…… (where and when) because………….. • The props I will need for this shoot are………. • The techniques I will use are……………. because………….. • The lighting will come from………… which will give me a mood of……….. • The dangers of this shoot may be……………. • My plans link to the film poster I have deconstructed because.........
Amber/ Red Ensure that you have included the information in the green task, but also add extra information about: - Camera settings - Compositional guidelines You might use the template I have attached above or you might like to create a mind map/list of bullet points for your shoot plan. You get extra marks for including sketches of how you would like your photographs to look (it doesn't matter how good they are), so consider drawing sketches of how your photos might look, photographing them and inserting them as 'images' on your site, as well. Take a look at the handouts and examples of plans below to help you.
Task 3: Upload your work onto your site underneath he title '(name of film poster) RecreationPhotoshoot Plan'. Remember to 'share' your slide if you have used Google Slides.