Initial Poster Idea - Caroline Robertson

A recent film which has been released and is growing in popularity for its hard hitting dramatic storyline is the US film "Precious." Although it is not British, it is a drama which raises many social realism issues such as domestic violence and abuse which is a key theme in our own piece.
It has two posters for its advertising campaign which would have been targetted at different audiences.


This poster is very very simple with very few colours and only one prominent colour - red. This helps the poster to stand out, and I have gone on to use this as inspiration for my initial poster idea. This poster does not give away much about the film, and I think it may have been the first poster release.

My Initial Idea :





I have used few colours to make the main character stand out, though the final would probably be a photograph rather than a drawing. I also found some children fonts which again is putting across the message that the film is about a boy. The tagline is the first line from the monologue, the vodka is prominent in the image, again making it clear that alcohol will play a big part in the film.