The Man From Planet X Idea Two

The second idea was also inspired by the drawings I had previously done. I downloaded an image of the earth from the internet, to put on the poster, I also downloaded a font from dafont.com called Coalition and used that as the main font for the text. I used the tag line from my research to add to the poster, which I think works well to give the viewer something to go on about what the film is about.

I think this design works well, as it shows more of what the film is about. Showing the earth, with the tag line underneath which helps identify the story line of the film for the audience. I think only showing half of the alien's face, make him look more mean and mysterious, so you are unsure about what the character is doing or planning. I think the font works very well with the poster also.

The Man From Planet X Idea One

The first thing I needed to do was take one of the sketches I had drawn previously and re-draw it on Photoshop. So I have re-drawn the alien's head in full, so I had freedom to put it anywhere. I used a graphic tablet and the brush tool to sketch my design.

Once I had drawn it out,  I then wanted to add colour, including highlights and low-lights. Even though I didn't want it to look super realistic I still wanted to work a lot of detail into the drawing.

Once I was happy with the colour and the alien itself. I continued to work on the whole design. I first made a huge X which I cut out from the black background, so you would be able to see the alien's face through it. I then used a font I had downloaded from dafont.com 2015 Cruiser and Planet N, which were both 'space' themed and I think work well on the poster.

I thought I would try another font for the title of the film, so it wasn't all the same, and making the film title standout against the other text. I also thought about changing the colour of the X behind the face, as I thought it was a bit too white. I thought the red would work well, as it works well as a contrast against the green and black. It also represents warning, and danger which is what the alien is about and bringing to the world.

I think this idea does work well as film poster, I think it gives only enough information to entice the viewer to go and see the film, to find out what this poster is about. I like the red, I think it is a lot more eye catching then the white and represents the film in a better way than the poster with the white X.

I will now design a different poster, so I do not just keep looking at the same one. I could also come up with a better poster. who knows!

Posters in More Detail

I decided to put pen to paper, and sketch some more detailed drawings from the initial ideas from before. 

The first idea, is of the space ship leaving his planet to come visit the earth, with the tag line just underneath the earth, the viewer will read this just before reaching the earth, meaning they would understand what was happening. 

The second idea, is of the aliens face up close, with the two main 'human' characters. The background being a house, with the ship 'crash' landing on to earth, showing he has come to earth. The background, introduces the setting, along with the three main characters, all in one poster.

The idea on the left, is a portrait of the alien, with the X covering some of it. I think this is strong idea, I think it gives the audience just a enough to be enticed into seeing the film - showing them the main character and nothing more.

The one of the right, is a close up of the planet where the alien is from - the planet x - with the title of the film going across the center. Again like the first I think it is simple enough to not give anything away, but maybe enough to get the viewer to watch it.

Aliens/ Man

I decided to work on the alien for the poster 'The Man From Planet X'. To experiment with different looks.

I researched other forms of aliens on the internet, so after investigating them, I decided to draw them. I used biro and a sharpie to sketch out my ideas. The first three I wanted to concentrate on more of a human form, but still with the alien eyes. The other three (to the right) are more of a different form and less human like.

I think I am going to with the first on, in the top left corner. I think it looks most like a human, but still has the elements of an alien, making it more obvious. But I will be adding human like eyes instead of the black ones. I think this will make him look more like a 'man' then the alien eyes.

Initial Thumbnails

Today I worked on eight thumbnails of each of my poster designs, they are my very raw ideas of what I want my poster designs to be, it was more to get the ball rolling and get some ideas on paper, and now I can take them forward and expand on them.

The first set of thumbnails are of the poster King Kong. 

As I have said these are very raw initial ideas, just to get some ideas on paper. I think they all work pretty well for ideas for a poster design. I would still have to add text and refine the ideas in order to get the desired designs. I also need to work on some designs that fit other genres as well as action/ horror.

The other thumbnails are from the poster 'The Man From Planet X' 

I quite like these and thing they work well. I particularly like the one with the big X with the face coming through - i think this gives just enough information, but doesn't give anything away. Again I need to focus on different genres of films, and try to make them fit the different genres I have researched.

Now I need to continue working on these, and keep expanding my ideas, as well as focusing on them going in line with the elements of the different genres. 

Poster Idea Research: King Kong

Another film poster I want to explore is King Kong, from 1933. Even though there is a new film from 2005 which has more up to date posters, I thought it would be fun to explore it from the 1933 designs.

This was one of the most famous images generated by the King Kong campaign. It is a combination of jaunty type artfully skewed landscape and raging monster which has all made it to be a very iconic image.

Other film posters I have found were:

Poster Idea Research: The Man From Planet X

So I want to look at old horror film posters from the 1950s and take them and make then modern and fit into each genre I have researched; comedy/ horror/ family/ romance and action.

The first poster I want to explore is "The Man From Planet X" a 1951 Science-fiction film, about a spaceship that lands on the Scottish moors, bringing an alien to the planet. With more and more people go missing, action must be taken by the police.

I chose this because I thought this would be a good challenge, I like the setting and the characters and feel I could (hopefully) put these in different genres. I also wanted to look at other versions of this poster that was already out there.

All these posters will help me design  new posters myself for the brief.