Processed deconstruction of my posterMy poster was a taster for a vague story line I created named “Watcher”. The narrative entails a group of students being stalked by a silent and watchful tormenter lurking in the shadows, never far away. They would not be aware of his/her presence until near the end of the film. Hopefully building an eerie tension. It is important to get this idea across in the poster yet in a subtle and possibly insidious way.
Due to the movies concept, I thought it very important to focus on a pair of brooding yet sinister eyes in the poster. Silent, watchful and mysterious; a pair of eyes would be perfect for the job. I put a camera on self timer and after several attempts, finally had a decent close up shot.
For the posters background, I took another close up. Yet this time of a classmates cheek, hoping to create the effect that the underlying tone of the poster is human flesh. I felt this would add a very chilling effect to the piece. I blurred the edges on Adobe Photo-Shop to give a stretch-like affect. Hopefully the piece would appear to be a close up of a face, yet stretched and disfigured, with no mouth, nose or ears. Giving the viewer an idea of a twisted creature; and the horror that is to come. The poster should feel like its watching you. This works well with the title.
The title is meant to look like fabricated lettering (possibly cut out from clothes etc.) which has been stitched into the forehead. This should really give the viewer a sense of horrific gore which should attract many movie buffs of the genre by giving a terrifying taster of the atrocities that are to come.
This is a technique many film makers like to use in their poster to attract the fans of the genre. An example would be the “Saw” saga.
The tagline was supposed to be the words “I see you” etched into the flesh where the mouth should be. Though it is a conspicuous line, I thought the effect would be an interesting example of juxtaposition with the Films title. One word Stitched above, and one word etched in, this would be another taster of the abhorrent things to come in the film. Something that will initiate a certain craving in the genre’s fans to see the movie. The juxtaposition was also important due to the fact that the poster is fairly simple. Without the violence which is insinuated and the contrast in the lettering, the poster would be surly dull. That is why I believe these effects to be a necessity.
