These are the draft posters for the Action-Thriller project.

The first draft (far left), is both a teaser and a promo as it gives all necessary information to the viewer (title, tagline etc.) except the full cast list and crew. It includes the lone image of the gun on the table with unused bullets, leaving the question as to what the film is about still open, hence the nature of a teaser trailer.

The second draft is the same as tthehe previous, a hybrid of teaser and promo. It includes all necessary information except a full cast list, but still informs the viewer of the nature of the film.

The third draft is purely a teaser trailer, as it doesn't include mush information except a cast list and title. It involves a bleeding hand on the floor next to the gun and leaves the question open as to who's hand it is and why it is there. The only clue is the title Roulette, which leads the viewer to believe that it is centered on a game of chance.

Poster Example - Phone Booth

PEOPLE

The poster includes a fairly well-known actor - Colin Farrell. The poster also includes the three other main characters - the main character's girlfriend, his wife and the cop that helps him - but emphasizes mainly on the victim in the Phone Booth. This makes the viewer feel that the victim is the only character that is important, which is true as the film is only seen through his perspective - trapped in the claustrophobic phone booth.

DESIGN

The design of this poster is fairly intricate, with the victim in the phone booth, obviously panicking and distressed with the text placed to fit the booth. In the phone booth, there is a bullet hole, which could suggest the hostage situation to the viewer before he/she has seen the film. In the reflection of the phone booth, the other characters can also be seen.

COLOR

The color of the poster is very pale. There is little color variation except for the skin tone of the victim in the booth. The only other variation is the text "your life is on the line" which is written in Red.

TITLE

The title is very clearly written in a slightly "razor-sharp" font. It is also written to match up in a parallel with the side of the phone booth.

OTHER INFORMATION

The poster also includes a very clever tagline which is meant to draw a double meaning between the victim's situation an the irony of the phone booth - "your life is on the line".

Poster Example - The Deer Hunter

PEOPLE

This poster includes an instantly recognisable actor - Robert De Niro. He is displayed as the only character on the poster. This could be a conveying the sense that he is the only important character in the film.

DESIGN

The design of the poster is fairly dark, but at the same time mysterious. If the viewer had never seen the film before and did know about the infamous "Russian Roulette" scene implied in the poster's image, they would probably not know why the character is holding the gun to his head. In my mind, this creates a sense of anticipation and excitement, that the viewer does not know when this scene will come at the time of the film's release.

COLOR

The poster is mostly black. However, the text and the image of Robert De Niro stand out in white. His headband stands out in Red. In my opinion, the basic colors convey a sense that the film may be grim and dark in mood.

TITLE

The title stands out in bold with a strightforward font. The white text is easier to read against the black background. In my opinion, the straightforward but bold font conveys the fact that the film has a very straightforward storyline, but is still very powerful.

OTHER INFORMATION

The poster also includes the full cast below the title. This poster does not include a tagline.

Poster Example - Seven

PEOPLE

This poster includes the two main characters and their actors - Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman - Clearly stated at the top of the poster.

They are presented almost as symmetrical mirror images of each other. This could be to convey the fact they that in the film these two characters are the same type of person - Cops trying to catch a killer.

DESIGN

This poster is designed to give the impression of a grim plot and setting, as the poster is very distorted. This poster remains true to the mood of the film as the film is set in a very grim place where it never stops raining.

COLOR

The color of the poster is very Sepia colored. This is designed to convey a grim mood and a sense of darkness. Even the actor's faces have been included in the Sepia tone of the poster.

TITLE

The movie's title is very clear as it stands out with a strange, chilling font and also stands out because it is the only white text in the sepia toned poster. The text is easy to read but most of the text is also sepia toned and is smaller and more straightforward than the title.

OTHER INFORMATION

The poster also includes a tagline that very much sets the scene for the film - Seven deadly sins, Seven ways to die.

Action-Thriller storyboard

This is the establishing page for our storyboard, It includes the establishing shot of the two victims waking up in an anonymous room and the mid-shot of the villain entering.

This is the first part of the main body of the story, in which the victims start playing Russian Roulette.

This is the main body of the game of Russian Roulette, This is also the page in which one of the victims dies as a result of the game.

This is the page in which the action of the story happens and the story comes to a quick end.

Action-Thriller Moodboard

Above is the Moodboard for my Media group's upcoming project. An end sequence from an Action-Thriller about two victims that are kidnapped by a psychopathic character and forced to play Russian Roulette much like Cold War torture. This Moodboard is intended to show some stereotypical elements from other Action-Thrillers that will be used in our project. Such as dark settings and strange images. As our project is about the theme of torture (specifically cold war russian roulette), I have chosen some images from The Deer Hunter (from which their is a very powerful scene of russian roulette torture) and Marathon Man (From which their is a scene of Nazi dental torture). I have also chosen images of dark rooms and weapons in order to emphasize on the violence of the project. The images of the The Deer Hunter and other images of hostages are intended to show the theme of victimization, as the characters in the project are also meant to victims at the hand of a psycho. You may also notice that I have included some images that emphasize the psycopathic nature of the third character in the project.