Leonie - Movie Poster Research

As we are shooting our pictures tomorrow for the posters, I have been looking at movie posters that should be used as templates or just an idea of what we could use. As a fan of period dramas, it is second nature for me to look at such posters. As we are going for the trick of the period drama poster, to fool the audience, we decided all of the posters would be of that natures. Now, a few period drama posters that stand out for me are:

The Duchess poster is empowering with its golden, royal colours. It has the female in the centre, signifying her stance in the film, very much like Grace in our drama. Her husband is to the right and the mistress is the back left. These all have underlying meanings of when they stand in the film.

Again in Pride and Prejudice, the female is in the centre, face turning to the male behind her, also her love interest. This is an interesting poster with the strip providing two scenes, a love scene almost and then below a flowing landscape. It is a very beautiful, intricate poster. This is mirrored almost exactly in the Becoming Jane poster.

This, also set in the Regency period, mediates two females instead of a male and a female, breaking the trend. It is a sure sign there is female independence in the film industry and this successfully mirrors this.

Overall, I feel this allows us a wide range and we are right in only using the main actress for the posters to signify her importance in the drama piece as a whole, as well as the entire movie. Setting her in the centre may be a good idea as this could stand for dominance. Also, extra shots of rolling fields or such could possibly be intergrated into the background. Roll on tomorrow!