Prof Practice - Film Poster #3

I have ran into some trouble with the creation of my film poster for my Final Major Project, Echoes of Silence. As I discussed in my previous posts, one of the posters is complete. The poster that is complete is the minimalist design which I set as a task for one of the designers. The aim was to set a clear brief through description and visuals. That brief was fully met and due to that I plan on considering that poster as the final promotional poster for the film. However at the same time I am hesitant to do so as I am aware that minimalist poster designs are extremely subjective. Personally I am a huge fan of that form of graphic design, but I am also aware that many people hate that style and have actively said they dislike the poster. I do not intend to shy away from peoples opinions but a poster should work on the basis of people being a combination of both intrigued and pleased visually. 

The second issue was that the shoot I had planned the week before we broke up, we had to reschedule  as our actor became unavailable. This was all well and good in my mind as the photographer said we could do it after Easter. Then it dawned on me the deadline for professional practice is on the 18th. I could get the images for the poster I had planned on the 16th, but that only leaves me 2 days to create and fulfil what I had envisioned. In the past I would have gave tried to rush the process and inevitably came out with a lesser quality product. I have learned that quality ultimately takes time and to get the poster I want I'll need to be proactive for more than just those two days. 

So by weighing up all of that information I had a decision to make. Putting off the poster for another few weeks until we are back from easter break would mean I am idle on the poster front for all of that time. I decided that while I will have to wait that does not mean I cannot be proactive. In the meantime I decided that there had to be something I could do to create a poster without my subject and photographer available. I got in contact with the main actor and enquired about any potential professional images of him that may be usable. I put a plan together in my head that meant eliminating the need of a photographer and also utilising the use of fiverr which I have been keen on doing since I was introduced to it at the start of the module. I am very fond of the creative process that involves collaborating with other people to design or make something. That is what is so great about the arts in general - they're collaborative. 

I found that fiverr, as a platform, is incredibly representative of a collaborative industry in that sense. You give someone a brief, pay them, and with their talent you're given a product. My decision to be proactive with the creation of my poster involved using someone from fiverr to create a makeshift poster as a sort of 'proof of concept' to use for now while my main poster is still in the works. I had a clear vision of what I wanted in my head, as discussed at length in my previous posts in regard to double exposures within imagery. Now it was about communicating my ideas to another person to see what they could conjure. Below are the two images I was given by my main actor to work with. 

I have made the purchase stating my requirements, now I wait two to three days for the completed image to arrive back to me. 

On Saturday night, I received the poster with the requests that I made on behalf of the designer. This is what I received back; 

I am able to make revisions to this. In the next version the 'fiverr' watermark across the image will disappear once I accept the image. The other main change is to make the image a portrait instead of landscape - this is a lot more suitable for a film poster. I received the poster back in portrait format. This is what it looks like; 

Now this is what the completed poster design looks like;