'The Unseen' poster

This is the poster for our film 'The Unseen' that I designed myself but with previous ideas that my group and I thought of together. The idea behind the poster for our film was for an eye to be the main focus of it so that it emphasised the fact of knowing that you are being watched but not knowing what exactly what is watching you. As in our film, the character of Thomas the ghost is only seen by one person; the character of Katie, and even though other people surrounding her can experience what she is going through, they cannot see what she see's, therefore it is unseen by the surrounding eyes of onlookers.

The reasoning for having an eye looking through a keyhole was to show that even though people surrounding Katie try to see what she does, even though they are being discreet, they will never be able to see through the eyes of her. The reason for having the text in the bottom right hand corner with the white etches around it was created in a way that we felt made it look mysterious but also as the white area surrounding the text could symbolise the ghost, as ghosts are usually portrayed to be stereotypically white; fixing in with a typical convention of horror. But also, it was done so that the text had some parts that were black within it which could represent how people are so close to finding out what Katie's 'new friend' is, but then in contrast the majority of the white surrounding the text, which represents Thomas and how he is in a more superior position as he is in control of the situation and no one else can change that.

I am pleased with the end poster for our film as I feel that it really captures the storyline of our film and is simple and non-complex for onlookers to see as they walk past. With the image that is displayed within it and the name of the film below, it directly gives you an idea of what the film will be about. Yet, the finish of the poster I feel could be better, as some areas are messy and look unfinished, but then again I think that it can be portrayed in a way that blends in well with the mystery and strange goings on within the film.