This is our poster for our final film. In it we have incorporated most of Josh's idea, but implemented some of James idea with the inclusion of a website at the bottom and given credit to the music of Jamie Rumley. The picture of Josh and Connor has been moved ever so slightly and the 'fate of one rests with the other' text has had it's underline removed, removal of bold and then italicized. Overall, we are happy with our finished product.

Entwined Poster Idea - Connor Asquith

This is just a draft design of my poster idea, we are all creating a poster and we will be putting our ideas together to make a joint poster.

Entwined - Poster Idea

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Entwined - Poster Idea

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Film Poster

Since I have a mac computer, and no photoshop i don't have the best tools available for editing photos. However, i found this photo that we took while filming and decided to colour around my hand holding the pocketwatch with the colour black. I then went on www.picnik.com an online photo editor and started messing around with some effects on there. By adding a focal zoompoint onto the pocketwatch, it blurs out the hand and makes us focus on the pocket watch. I then fiddled around a bit more and eventually got to the picture that i have above. So far, I am liking what I have done as it doesn't give too much away and adds mystery to what the film could be about. After adding our title and our actors/actresses to the top of the film, I decided to leave it and save it as it is now, so that I can edit it on photoshop tomorrow and hopefully significantly improve and add some things to my poster idea. So far, i am liking what i have done.

Questions for our critical evaluation

1. What did you think of our film? Was the story easy enough to follow? and were the characters easy to relate to?
   
2. What genre do you think our film is?
   
3. What age rating would you say our film is? please give reasoning for your age rating.
4. Did you like the music in our film?
   
5. What did you think to the disappearing effect?
   
6. What did you think to the writing on the mirror?
7. Any further comments?

Karate Kid Poster Analysis

The poster i have chosen to analyze is that of the new "Karate Kid" Remake of the 1984 classic , the film is embedded within the family genre like our film "Entwined".

The first thing that the audience would notice on the poster would be the large silhouette of the titular character in the center, the character is very large within the poster and takes up almost the entire thing stating that he is certainly a main character , Usually when a character is Silhouetted it could mean that they are an antagonist, but in this case it is not true.

The title is next to the silhouette , it is still rather big and is coloured in white, this contrasts it from the dark silhouette and the deep red background so it catches the eye.

At the top of the poster are the names of the two main actors in the film , Jackie Chan is a worldwide known actor and therefore could bring in more customers who would want to see him, it also helps that the film involves fighting and this is what Chan is best known for.

Also within the film is Jaden Smith , who before the film came out was not very well known at all , this is probably why he takes up so much room on the poster as well as being the main character.

In the bottom right corner text reading "Coming Soon" as well as a web link to the film website could peak the potential audiences excitement , and they will most likely go to the website to try and find the date which it will be released because the poster does not state it.

No directors name is on the poster , maybe meaning that the director is not well known , so the poster relies on its stars.

Film Analysis

I have chosen to analyse a short 18 minute film that is called 'Bro'. It is a film that has been screened at many movie festivals such as International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2010 in which it has won an award, Vancouver International Film Festival 2010 and Istanbul International Film Festival 2010. The film has also won a Special Jury Mention award.

I decided to analyse this film as it is similar to our film in that it is a film about brothers in which one of the brothers has to overcome a problem.

As the film begins you first see a black background in which then cuts straight into a blurred shot of what looks to be a street light and then pans to the right pulling into focus a close up of a steel fence with Simon with his face pressed to it. You then get a match on action of a medium close of boys playing basketball and then a medium shot of three girls drinking alcohol out of bottles. It then moves back to the male with his head against the fence and he puts his face towards the floor. This initially leads you to believe that Simon is feeling lonely or by himself, and wishes to be part of the group on the basketball court, this leads you to sympathize with the male.

It then cuts back to a black background with the title 'Bro' in the bottom left hand corner of the screen.

After the title screen, it cuts to a close up of steam coming out of a kettle in a kitchen and then to the close up of a kettle in the space of three to four seconds, in which it then pans to a medium close up of Simon and his brother in what looks like there sat at a table. This allows the audience to decide whether or not the two boys are the main characters in the film.

The next shots are close ups are of Simon's brother Mark making himself a cup of tea, and he fills up the cup too much with the milk so that it overflows, but just before, Simon had some dialogue saying "Just a little bit", which makes you believe that Mark is not got a fully functional mind or that he has some sort of defect, and then after Simon says "Mark, just a little bit" and sighs loudly and his mum says shes working late again, which leads you to think that Simon is the key person responsible for looking after or making sure that Mark is okay.

Further indication that Simon has to look after Mark as later on in that scene you have a medium close ups and close ups of Simon helping Mark get dry after his bath.

In the film, there is an early indication that Simon is embarrased of Mark, as while he is drying Mark, Simon steps out onto the balcony. There is then long shot of a girl that walks round a corner, in which then cuts to Mark in a towel coming out of the door in which Simon quickly rushes Mark back in. This may also indicate that Simon also fancies the girl that walks past.

Throughout the film there is evidence that Simon is embarrased or wishes that Mark isn't his brother, as he is always trying to hide his brother in public.

Towards the end of the film, once Simon is happy with seeing the girl that simon eventually feels confortable with his brothers problem, and eventually faces reality that Mark looks up to Simon.

This is relevant to our film that the film is about two brothers that one has to overcome a problem to share a bond with the other.

Film Poster Analysis

The film poster I have decided to analyse is Hancock as it is a family film that would be on a similar level to our own film.

At the top of the film poster there is the name of the main actor in the film, Will Smith, which will attract people to go view the film as Will Smith is a big movie name that will attract plenty of fans.

The main picture of the poster is a shot from the movie of Will Smith, which again is using Will Smith as a grab for the viewers, as again they will sway towards the movie because of the reputation and quality of previous films made with Will Smith in them.

Along the bottom of the film poster, there is a slogan for the film, which is 'There are heroes, There are superheroes, And then there's...' with the movie title 'Hancock' beside it, which shows that its a movie about a superhero, but there's a twist to it, which is intended to grab the audience and make them watch it to find out what the twist is to the film.

Also underneath the title 'Hancock' there is the date of release for the film '07.02.08' which ideally should be on the film poster to allow the audience what date the film is released and available to view.

As well as the release date, there is also information about the film director and crew that is in very little font, so is very hard to see. Which they could have made it bigger, because the director could have been another pull towards the film, as directors such as Quentin Tarrantino draws people towards his films because he is a top quality director and makes great films.