Photoshoot for Film Poster

Poster Photo shoot
After several discussions on possible poster ideas, we finally opted for a simple image of Ellie slumped against a brick wall, over which we would layer the screen of pinterest, focused on the topic 'thinspiration' (as seen in a previous post by Caitlyn). We chose this as we thought it was a simple shot that conveyed the influence of social media on how women are taught to perceive themselves, an issue which is large in the media presently. After filming the website scene, we went on a search for a suitable brick wall, and found it in roughly five minutes. We then set up the camera and placed Ellie crouched against the wall, looking down at the floor.

The initial photographs we took were horizontal, so as to ensure that we had options for the poster, due to the fact that many existing social realist film posters are horizontal images. However, we have decided that the poster will be portrait as these landscape shots have too much unoccupied space, and so are unneeded.

We had to decide on the positioning of Ellie in accordance to the image in order to fully fit the Golden Rule in order for our image to be as effective as possible.

For the first couple of shots I positioned Ellie centre right, so that she was not in the dead centre of the page but was also not too far to the right.

We then chose to take some shots with Ellie towards the left of the image, looking directly into the camera. However, in the images where she is looking down there is emphasis on her loneliness and almost seems like she is ashamed of who she has become.

After this, I took some shots where she was placed directly in the middle of the photograph, those these were quickly discarded as they were less effective than the others.

 Then, we took a series of shots where she was positioned either far left or far right, which we agreed were the much more effective images as they drew more attention to themselves and emphasised how Ellie is 'lost' as she is almost last in the vast expanse of the photograph.

Evaluation
After going back to the rest of the group, we made the collective decision to use the image where Ellie is in the far left with her face hidden, as this obeys the Golden Rule and also emphasises her desolation within the poster, which parallels the desolation she feels within the film. now, Caitlyn will take the image and edit it so as to layer a pinterest screen over the brick wall so as to illustrate the role social media has had in making the protagonist feel this way.