Researching film posters by James

As we have nearly finished our short film we are now looking into ideas about or film poster. 

The film posters above all have similar features: 

• They all consist of the main characters. In our short film it is vital that we show Sam and Amy in the poster.
• They feature elements of the films plot. iRobot poster has Will Smith positioned in front of the robots, the films narrative center's around Will Smith trying to defeat the robot. 
• The font reflect the films narrative, "The Last Song" suggests love, "iRobot's" type face reflects technology. 
• They have post effects added on to the shots, both posture feature various colour fades and gradients. It adds depth to the poster and engages the audience. in our we could use fading to represent Amy as a dark character.
• Both have small snippets of text to add more information about the film. "iRobot" uses a strapline. 
• Both use text at the bottom to outline the starts, the directors, the production company. We would need to do this in ours.
• Overall both film posters engage audiences, they make you ask questions about the film, producers want it's audience to seek more information about the film and also wants to make them want to see their films. 

Shot possibilities:

This shot creates an eerie feel, it features both of the main characters but it may give too much away to the audience.

We could retake a shot with Amy in the background. This would again be eerie, it would also draw attention to the bruise on Marks face.