How many of you have done a poster for your short film?
poster for shorts?
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We did for NOBLE, mostly because it was our biggest project yet at the time and printing an 11x17 poster was only $1.30 at the print shop haha. Made fun decorations at the cast and crew viewing.
I do a digital version for most because it helps garner interest on forums and what not, where a bare link and a lot of text as a description is kinda bland. That, and internet is the #1 place people will most likely see a short, so if you want it in front of more eyes it helps.
I do a digital version for most because it helps garner interest on forums and what not, where a bare link and a lot of text as a description is kinda bland. That, and internet is the #1 place people will most likely see a short, so if you want it in front of more eyes it helps.
Every single one of them. Have them done by a professional graphic designer (who cuts me a great deal). Then I have a limited run, usually 10 to 15, of full sheets printed by the graphics department at my work (who does them at "cost" of about $15 each).
I do them for kicks, and for every script, whether I shot something or not.
ie, I was about to shoot a short film (in the end it never got made) so I designed a "talent pack" for my intended actors. In it: A copy of the script, a couple of story board frames, and a pseudo-poster (it had naomi watts on the cover, so...).
Here's the poster.
I don't like the font, nor the blur on it.
The original pic.
ie, I was about to shoot a short film (in the end it never got made) so I designed a "talent pack" for my intended actors. In it: A copy of the script, a couple of story board frames, and a pseudo-poster (it had naomi watts on the cover, so...).
Here's the poster.
I don't like the font, nor the blur on it.
The original pic.
We make them for shorts. Digital and print copies both. Very useful for when you have a screening, plastering on the ol' social networks, a must for press kits, and used on the website (last use of poster on website for us: silenceofthebelle.com). I even used one poster during the promo video for another project (realityondemandseries.com).
Also look into developing a good logo and branding for your short. As with the movie poster, we try to work with our dedicated graphic designer to make a logo for each project that work well across all mediums and when animated.
Also look into developing a good logo and branding for your short. As with the movie poster, we try to work with our dedicated graphic designer to make a logo for each project that work well across all mediums and when animated.
Here's one I'm working on for our latest short (releasing tonight or in the morning!)
I attended the festival down in Huntington Beach where CrackerFunk's Anti-hero film played and every film - short, feature or doc - had a poster and postcards on the tables out in the lobby area. There's no such thing as too much marketing. If you can grab people's attention at a glance why not?
excellent! Then I'll get to my photoshop!
For tiny text, Adobe Illustrator (a vector based program) is the way to go. Otherwise Photoshop (a bitmap based program) will make that text pixelate.