Film Posters: A Contextual Series

The Guardian has a whole series on film posters, looking at some of the best and worst in recent times.  Some of the articles include interviews with creatives behind the films that are being promoted.  Well worth a look before embarking on your product research.  You can find it here

Film Posters: The Inside View

A great interview with the creators of the Trainspotting poster campaign can be found here.   It is still one of the most iconic campaigns and has often been copied.  You can learn a lot by reading about the creative process behind the campaign

Narrative: An Instructional Video

For anyone who needs a quick, whizz bang reminder about narrative and all it entails.

Poster Design Ideas

In preparation for designing your film poster for your Advanced Portfolio, you'll probably busy yourself examining the latest Hollywood offerings.  However, to help stimulate your creativity and imagine a less conventional approach to poster design, you could spend a little time looking at the following post at Brain Pickings. Lots of great minimalist posters for children's fairy tales. Looking at them should help you think about what is the essence of your narrative and how could your represent it visually.  In fact, if you want to stimulate your creativity, just browse through Brain Pickings as it has all sorts of wonderful visual things.