reflection on primary research- publishing

Primary research

During our lesson we were sent out to study film posters, we were told to study specifically fonts used, colours in the poster, the style of poster etc. After, we created tables with our primary research inside. The table also included the target audience for our posters, if we believed the poster was artistic or commercial and constituent elements. By completing our research tables we were able to take this information and then make our own posters choosing which factors would incorporate in our own from the research, the film posters i studied were Blair Witch and Sausage party which were both very commercial. I made the choice to make a poster for the Star Wars Rouge one film, the elements I wanted to focus on were the theme of colours I used, the style of poster and I wanted to make an artistic poster rather than it being commercial because it is Star Wars, meaning that it has such a loyal fan base who will go to watch the film, I wanted my poster to not be about selling the film but the beauty of space and the creative aspect of Star Wars. 

For my poster I added a lot of layers and incorporated a lot of saturation onto may images to really stand out from my dark background. I choose this dark background because not only can it be relative to space but the dark colours can add an eeriness to the poster about what who or what 'rouge one' is. I also added a significant image from the previous star wars in which Luke and another character are Duel to suggest a battle which may happen, adding the blur tool so the image is subtly added. In 'Rouge One' In compassion to the posters I studied, this poster is a lot less corporate in the sense that there is no production information, starring roles or release date. In reflection i would like to incorporate this kind of information into my next poster, however I like the simplicity of my poster currently, I would like to experiment. I believe I will keep the background of my original poster because I like its originality but change up the other images involved, add a date etc.

Here is my original poster;