Poster Sketch Layouts

Below are three hand-drawn designs of the layout of a poster. It is imperative that I understand that there are various different ways to create a successful design for a poster. Moreover, these designs have not only helped give me ideas for my final poster layout, but have helped me get a better understanding of what attracts a film poster to the audience.

Having looked at many posters and their layouts, and after sketching these three poster layouts, it is evident that the images, whether they be of recognisable stars, or of imagery associated with the genre, take up a vast amount of the space allocated in the poster. This shows that these images are what the companies producing the films want the audience to remember and be drawn to, more so than the name of the film, actor names, and the tagline.