Synopsis: “End of the Line”

My movie is about a woman who spends the night out in London with her friends. As she heads to go home, she undergoes the London Underground. Upon arriving it seems to be empty, but she gets on the train anyway. The train is actually a time travel machine and each stop either takes her into the very far past or the very far future. A catastrophic event is going to happen and in order to save the world she must figure it out using the clues from each stop before the train gets to the end of the line.

Statement of Intent:

I intend to create two film posters to advertise my film though including signifiers that aid in expressing my narrative. I will establish the key characters, ideas and themes without revealing the entire plot. My film poster will include the dominant signifier of a young girl who is slightly off centre in the camera positioning. She will be leaning against the wall with the background of the London Underground platform behind her, in which looks worn and tired. She will face the camera but looking to her left and a bright white light will shine onto her face which connotates the headlights of a train shining on her and also how in doing this, a shadow will be cast behind her giving a contrast of brightness and darkness. The dark surrounding space creates a sinister atmosphere and the un-nerving elements of the narrative. This helps to convey the action-movie type with hints of sci-fi and thriller in the genre and the anticipation that naturally comes with it. As the girl is the central plot device in my narrative, I will ensure this image is of a high resolution so it is the main focal point of the poster. In the darkness of my poster I will put my title of the film which will be “End of the Line” which will be written in a red-pink writing and a bold unusual font to give a creepy/dark connotation which will allude to the synopsis of the amount of time that she has to figure the catastrophic event out.

In my second poster, i will include a picture of the right half of the dominant signifier’s face and merge it with a picture of a creepy tunnel with train tracks. The protagonist will be staring straight at the camera with a ring light to dimly light up her face. The picture of the tunnel will also be dimly lit to fill in the darkness from the picture before. At the bottom of the poster i will put the title of the film which will be in a white font and a more neutral font. There will be brush splatters of an orangey-red colour on the font which will connotate to the rust and the tiredness of the underground. There will be another brush splatter of dark red paint on the length of the poster to create connotations of blood which will add to the suspense. i have used the film “Passengers” as my main style model as it has similar themes to my narrative. I imagine that my posters would be produced by a small indie company who were part of a large conglomerate such as “Warner Bros” and the two posters would be distributed and exhibited by a large streaming platform, like “Netflix”.

Example Film posters for inspiration:

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Poster 1- Passengers	– dominant signifiers and iconic sings of two main characters – close up shot of their faces and wide shot of their silhouette showing their location – anchorage provided by the comments of reviewers. – Title shows connotations of not being in control – names of the actors under close up of their face – lighting is typical of the sci-fi genre (bright white ) which is used to separate all three of the different pictures of the protagonists.
Poster 2- Avatar	– dark lighting illuminating parts of the face or creating shadows making the image more sharp. – only half of the dominant signifiers face can be seen creating connotations of a foreboding/sinister atmosphere – Title uses the same colour as the dominant signifier – creating a theme. – Title font mimics the use of handwriting
Poster 3- Invasion	– dominant signifier is the Title – Title provides context/plot and other connotations – use of red font – symbolic sign illustrating themes of anger/violence/war – anchorage of streaming platforms at the bottom – Title splits the two images from the movie showing the war and the two sides of the war.
Poster 4 -Runaway Alien Train	– dominant signifier of a cowboy – showing juxtaposing opinions/connotations to the setting/theme of the cover. – iconic sign of the planets – iconic sign of a train – anchorage – credits of all those involved in the movie – strapline “bang, zoom, to the moon, punk” creates connotations of rude comedy.