Poster Ideas from Research

We liked the idea of this poster as it represents someone with a lot going on in their head, like our character:

We took two photos from our filming:

We took some rough photos (not of the cast member):

And mocked up a rough poster:

Ultimately we have decided not to go with this idea. Although we love the idea of something going on in the head of the main character, one of the key issues it raises is space. The head area is relatively small to place such a key image, and as it is impactful, we want to see more of it. We are also not so sure this will have an obvious connection with the title.

Here are some of the many photos we took of our actual cast member:

 

As you can see, we have been thinking hard about lighting - we feel the photo will be much more effective with interesting lighting on the face, however it is quite difficult to achieve. We liked the first photo because the shadow on the left side of her face suggests someone coming, which is why she has turned round. We really like the idea of her being trapped between the murder she saw in the past (behind her and faded out to represent the past) and a connected future danger (the shadow coming towards her). This is a line of thought we want to develop.

 

 

 

Although we feel this poster idea has potential, we are not going to continue with this version as a key issue raised is whether this gives too much away. We have limited photos available for the drowning as it was a challenging scene. In our film, we are imagining the drowning being revealed in the dream little by little. This poster might therefore tell the audience too much. Of course, it will be seen in the trailer, but the poster will be released before that. If we had a more partial shot from much closer up, that might work, but we could not spend too long organising photos because we had to consider our cast member, Kelly, who was already doing us a big favour agreeing to lie in a river in winter!