Poster Ideas

My first plan for our Cherry Gardens soap opera poster includes all the verbal information needed for a viewer to know where and when the soap is on so they can to watch it. Visual information conveyed includes some of the characters they will be introduced to if they were to watch the soap. The main character in the poster is Marris Morris laying in the foreground, depicted as he is in our trailer, this would therefore link the two media products together. Displaying the name of our soap is the street sign that we also see in the trailer, i thought this was a clever way to show the name, as it also reaffirms the point that it is set in an ordinary street. It shows the audience some houses that will feature in the soap if they were to watch it, therefore familiarising them with the soap surroundings.
The poster will include the natural colours the pictures were originally taken in, backing up our aim for verisimilitude. The weather in the poster will be bright and sunny which contrasts with the image of the man in pain. By not using pathetic fallacy, we hope to intrigue our audience, it also backs up our tag line for the soap "Things are not as sweet as it seems in Cherry Gardens".
Attention will be gained in this poster by the image of the man on the pavement, once the poster has your attention, the many other characters in the background will start to become apparent. The audience can then start to piece what they see together, and they could interpret it in many way, such as a who done it scenario.

My second idea for a promotional poster is very different to my first, it's more to the point and more revealing in terms of the soap story line. Once again, as with the first idea, verbally it displays all the information needed to know where and when to find it, so you can watch it. On this poster i have added a verbal slogan 'Behind you'. This slogan backs up the visual side of the poster, gives something for the audience to consider and adds drama to the poster.
The visual side of the poster, has less details then the last, but i believe it has more impact. Whereas the last poster was one big picture with a lot in the background, this one does not has a background, it would be plain black, as black is usually linked with negative connotations. By doing this, the three characters and dog within the poster will stand out even more against the darkness. The characters will be quite big on the page, as its the emotions on the characters faces which is key to the audience understanding the story line which is conveyed by the poster. In terms of colours, the pictures will be the normal colours they were taken in, to suggest verisimilitude. The slogan will be in red as this will look really striking against the black background, red also had connotations linked to violence.
Attention is gained in this poster by the slogan and the concerned look on the character in the foregrounds face. From this poster, audience members could try and guess what the story line would be, as there is a lot that is revealed but not too much that it makes you not want to watch the soap.