I am trying to think of some ideas for my first productions official poster. I already have some ideas for content, but would like some suggestions from you lot. Things that I have already considered:
1.) A gang of youths snarling with their tools visibly drawn.
2.) The gang encircling two of my protagonists who are looking down out of the shot.
3.) A lad getting his head kicked in on the floor by the gang.
4.) The gang hanging around drinking, smoking drugs and rolling a spliff.
5.) The gang leader getting restrained over the bonnet of a police car.
6.) The gang leader in the back of a police car while the rest of the gang are standing around being questioned by the police.
7.) The police searching the gang against a wall.
8.) A police officer on the floor getting his head kicked in by the gang.
9.) The gang being aggressive as a police officer has his baton drawn.
Which one of these sounds best?
Feel free to give me some similar ideas, but it has to be dark and aggressive to match my productions narrative. Cheers Cleary.
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I like the idea of them all against a wall being searched
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How about the gang walking down a street like the dudes on Reservoir Dogs..but it?s night time and there is some old street lamp and like...a car on fire in the background....and their tools are visibly drawn.
"their tools visibly drawn" sounds like a porno, because in the states, your tool is another word for your, ahh, um, man-parts. Very funny wording.
RJSchwarz
San Diego, CA
RJSchwarz
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Originally posted by rjschwarz
"their tools visibly drawn" sounds like a porno, because in the states, your tool is another word for your, ahh, um, man-parts. Very funny wording.RJSchwarz
San Diego, CA
That?s exactly what I was thinking.
LOL!!!! Trust thats just made me laugh. Nah not that sort of tool lol. Om from the UK an over here tools are a slang word for weapons, comonly bricks, bats, bottles, chains, cosh's, sawn off pool cue's. Hence the name tools, taken from work tools such as hammers, wrenches, spanners, screwdrivers etc.
knives and blades are commonly known as 'shanks' which I think derived from the US Prison system (HBO's Oz).
So when I say with tools visibly drawn I mean with weapons in their hands in view of the camera.
I like the idea of the burning car in the back ground but it might be a little bit hard for me to create digitally, and some what illegal If I chose to set a car on fire, not to mention expencive.
Cheers, keep em coming. Cleary.
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Shank derives from any weapon made from common materials in an area where knives, weapons are prohibited. A razor blade could be considered a shank, if it was not designed for hurting people, though over here a knife isn't. I just recently had a discussion on shanks with someone, so just putting out there what we decided 🙂
I think it would be cool to have the gang beating up another youth, who has an appearance of someone who doesn't really hang around gangs. But maybe they should be doing it very casually, with two or three actually beating, two semi-watching while they smoked and kept a look-out, and the rest cheering on the beating. Make it very cruel and violent, and show the gang being very casual about it. I think that would really make them seem cruel.
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I would work on a modified version of #3 and #8 above.
Camera is POV of a victim on the ground looking up at snarling gang. Maybe we can see some clue the POV is a cop (one gang member holds the end of the cops baton or something), maybe not. The effect would be the gang's faces all around the edge of the poster so you'd need be consider where you want the text when you set it up. Either in a space below the picture, or within the exposed sky at the center of the poster.
RJSchwarz
San Diego, CA
RJSchwarz
I think RJ's onto something. That would very effective in creating interest in the scene and what's happening, as well as introducing your characters and beginning the task of getting a potential audience to build rapport.
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I think better idea will be just showing two members bit dark bg and their hands with nice tatoo standing side by side.
" imagine from mind make it from heart "
Im gona use POV shots of one of my characters getting stamped on in one of my scenes. I never really gave it a thought to be honest about using a similar shot for the poster. Still Im hearing some good suggestions. Cleary.
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Hi:
I'm not sure what the movie is about, but from your poster ideas, it sounds as though it is a war between the police and the gang. So whey don't you draw an invisible vertical line, on one side show one of the gang members facing a police officer on the other side, as if they were the leaders. In the faces of the two people have a silouette/watermarkshot of the gang members and the police officers, but on either side. The gang members will be in the police officer's face, and the police will be in the gang member's face. This will depict the mindset of each is to war against the other. How about that?
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Originally posted by Cleary
I am trying to think of some ideas for my first productions official poster. I already have some ideas for content, but would like some suggestions from you lot. Things that I have already considered:1.) A gang of youths snarling with their tools visibly drawn.
2.) The gang encircling two of my protagonists who are looking down out of the shot.
3.) A lad getting his head kicked in on the floor by the gang.
4.) The gang hanging around drinking, smoking drugs and rolling a spliff.
5.) The gang leader getting restrained over the bonnet of a police car.
6.) The gang leader in the back of a police car while the rest of the gang are standing around being questioned by the police.
7.) The police searching the gang against a wall.
8.) A police officer on the floor getting his head kicked in by the gang.
9.) The gang being aggressive as a police officer has his baton drawn.
Which one of these sounds best?
Feel free to give me some similar ideas, but it has to be dark and aggressive to match my productions narrative. Cheers Cleary.
www.myspace.com/holteendproductions
Claudia Mabry
Claudia Mabry
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Originally posted by Claudia Mabry
Hi:I'm not sure what the movie is about, but from your poster ideas, it sounds as though it is a war between the police and the gang. So whey don't you draw an invisible vertical line, on one side show one of the gang members facing a police officer on the other side, as if they were the leaders. In the faces of the two people have a silouette/watermarkshot of the gang members and the police officers, but on either side. The gang members will be in the police officer's face, and the police will be in the gang member's face. This will depict the mindset of each is to war against the other. How about that?
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Short synopsis: The Carlings, the new family on the estate get a very special welcome from the violent residents. It?s not easy being the odd ones out, especially when your only social skills consist of raw aggression and ruthless violence.
Its a domestic drama where my main protagonists are viewed as outsiders, I dont think that I have actually written any scenes with the police in mind. Its got a lot of violent and confrotational scenes, which is what I want the poster to emphasise.
I dont quite understand what you mean though, I think that I'm reading it wrong to be honest. Do you mean the police on one side with the gang on the other as if they were about to face of against each other? Cheers Cleary.
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I'm pretty sure that she meant have the police cheating towards the audience(leaning their body so the audience can see) and facing the hoodlums, who are doing the same thing towards them. Then, overlay the image with a transparent high opacity closeup on a police mans face, which is layen over the gang, and a closeup on a gang members face transparently layen over the police. Though, in your case, exchange the police for the Carlings. I personally think it would be cool.
P.S. Please excuse my grammar, I wasn't sure how to get my point across correctly.
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He got the idea right. I don't know the language, I just see the vision and try to get it across. If u decide to use that idea, send us the link so we can check it out when it gets on the web. Or you can send me a draft and I can look it over and let you know if it is sellable.
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