A filmmaker’s guide to movie poster design | BFI Future Film Festival 2023 event

Are you a filmmaker working on your next short film? Do you need an effective poster that will get people to watch, but don’t have the design experience? Look no further. A film poster is arguably the most important tool you have when marketing your film. It can be the reason someone wants to watch your film or the reason they don’t even get past the trailer. Luckily, it doesn’t necessarily require a ton of resources or expertise to produce something creative and unique. Join us for an introduction into the fundamentals of movie poster design, its history and role within distribution. And most importantly, we will take you through step by step how you can create your own poster for your short film, nailing your film’s tone and story in just one image. Hosted and curated by BFI Film Academy Young Programmer Nick Willis. TIME STAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:54 - History of Film Posters 03:51 - Poster Formats 04:44 - Film Poster Styles 06:11 - Which Style Suits Your Film? 08:23 - Short Film Poster Case Study (Thunder Road) 11:04 - Colour 13:10 - Titles 13:29 - Taglines 13:53 - Billing 14:52 - Laurels/Reviews 15:16 - Determining Your Concept 16:28 - Parasite Film Poster Demo 27:15 - Outro RESOURCE LIST Case Study - Thunder Road Thunder Road (dir. Jim Cummings) Short Film - https://vimeo.com/174957219 Thunder Road (dir. Jim Cummings Feature Film Distribution Case Study from Sundance - https://www.sundance.org/case-studies... Finding Inspiration Short Film Posters - http://shortfilmposters.com Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.co.uk MUBI Notebook - https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/tag/M... Software Adobe Photoshop - https://www.adobe.com/uk/products/pho... Procreate (iPad) - https://procreate.com GIMP (Open Source) - https://www.gimp.org Krita (Open Source) - https://krita.org/en/ Paint.NET (Open Source) - https://www.getpaint.net Royalty Free Sites Pexels (Images) - https://www.pexels.com Pixabay (Images) - https://pixabay.com Dafont (Fonts) - https://www.dafont.com Photoshop Tutorials Beginner’s Guide to Photoshop Collages (Dreadlabs) -    • ✂️ Beginner's Guide to Photoshop Collages!   Photoshop for Beginners (Envato Tuts+) -    • Photoshop for Beginners | FREE COURSE   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The BFI Future Film Festival is the UK’s largest festival for young, emerging filmmakers aged 16 to 25. The 16th edition of the festival runs from Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 February 2023. The 2023 festival will take place both in-person and online creating a hybrid festival experience designed to reach as many attendees and viewers as possible from across the UK and throughout the world. Watch all the films on the BFI YouTube channel from Feb 16-Mar 2. For more details, please visit: https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/FutureFilm... Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI Our TikTok:   / britishfilminstitute   Like us on Facebook:   / britishfilminstitute   Follow us on Instagram:   / britishfilminstitute   Follow us on Twitter:   / bfi