Today we met up with our actress, Saidah, who played Kayla, in town to take some photos for our Movie Poster. As I have mentioned previously our idea consists of Kayla standing in front of a group of buildings that indicate a town. We are going to cut Saidah out and put her in front of individually cut out buildings, so we found a building that was plain and in the light to have Saidah stand in front of as we took the photos. It just so happened that the building was green - so we had our very own green screen :). Everything went according to plan and we finished at the time we had planned to. We have picked out the picture we want to use, as shown below:
and are now in the process of edititng it so that we only have Saidah and the floor she is standing on. We like this picture the best because her facial expression is perfect for a comedy - an expression of exaggerated confusion and she is addressing the audience as she is acknowledging the camera which gives the poster a warmer and more personal feel. It almost seems as if she is asking the audience why she keeps falling asleep spontaneously, which is the look we were aiming for as Kayla just wants to know what is going on and how to stop it. Plus, having researched some other comedy movie posters we have realised that most of the characters are looking into the camera. For example:
Below are the other shots we took of Saidah and their pros and cons:
Saidah's pose in this picture was welcoming which we feel may attract the audience, however, she looks a little too happy. We didn't want her to look happy because we felt that it wouldn't reflect the film, as throughout most, if not all, of the film she is worried and confused so you would expect to see that facial expression on the poster, rather than a happy smiling girl.
We also discarded the next picture as we felt she looked a little too sad and we preferred the picture where she looks into the camera. However, we did like the fact that she is looking at the pillow she is holding because it puts focus on, and reflects, her problem in the film.
We felt that the expression on Saidah's face in this picture was a little too nonchalant and amused, which does not reflect her feelings in the film. We also didn't like the way she was too transparently looking at the pillow because, whilst we liked the idea of having the pillow in the shot to convey her problem, we didn't want it shown so obviously.
and are now in the process of edititng it so that we only have Saidah and the floor she is standing on. We like this picture the best because her facial expression is perfect for a comedy - an expression of exaggerated confusion and she is addressing the audience as she is acknowledging the camera which gives the poster a warmer and more personal feel. It almost seems as if she is asking the audience why she keeps falling asleep spontaneously, which is the look we were aiming for as Kayla just wants to know what is going on and how to stop it. Plus, having researched some other comedy movie posters we have realised that most of the characters are looking into the camera. For example:
Below are the other shots we took of Saidah and their pros and cons:
Saidah's pose in this picture was welcoming which we feel may attract the audience, however, she looks a little too happy. We didn't want her to look happy because we felt that it wouldn't reflect the film, as throughout most, if not all, of the film she is worried and confused so you would expect to see that facial expression on the poster, rather than a happy smiling girl.
We also discarded the next picture as we felt she looked a little too sad and we preferred the picture where she looks into the camera. However, we did like the fact that she is looking at the pillow she is holding because it puts focus on, and reflects, her problem in the film.
We felt that the expression on Saidah's face in this picture was a little too nonchalant and amused, which does not reflect her feelings in the film. We also didn't like the way she was too transparently looking at the pillow because, whilst we liked the idea of having the pillow in the shot to convey her problem, we didn't want it shown so obviously.
