The title of the film is in the bottom centre. The style of writing id futuristic and is white with a purple/blue colour background. This colour scheme matches the other text on the poster too.

There are four characters on the poster. The main character is right in the middle of the poster standing in a triangle position making him look dominant and ready to fight whatever is coming his way. The girl on his right seems to be in the position of his ‘right hand man’ however, the two men on the left look some what evil.

The characters are all wearing black which adds a sinister feel to the poster. The colour scheme is very dull and grey.

The tag line of ‘On April 2^nd the fight for the future begins’ works well in two ways, one being it has given the audience the release date, and two, the audience now know this has a battle in it. You can also tell they are ready for battle because of the props they are using.

There are only two names at the top of this poster, Keanu Reeves is the main character in this film, and Laurence Fishburne is the other main character. These two men are quite well know actors so this will attract the audience.

The diamond box of information at the bottom consists of information such as the direct, producer, editor, screen play etc. the distribution companies are also at  the bottom with the information.

The title of the film is at the bottom in the centre. The writing is big, bold and white with a tint of green, this goes with the colour contrast of the whole poster.

The picture is the main focus of this poster, you can tell its form a video camera, and only the woman is seen. Her facial expression tells us this film is not a happy film, it’s a terrifying piece of work. Her position in the picture is reaching out crying, this also shows us this is not a film for children.

The tagline of the film is not just a sentence, it is almost a paragraph. ‘On March 11, 2008 the Government sealed off an apartment complex in Los Angeles.’ This fist line of the slogan sounds like it has come off the news. Using recent dates makes it seem more realistic and believable to be true. The next line ‘The residents were never seen again’, this makes you wonder what has happened. ‘No detail. No witnesses. No evidence’. These short sharp sentences give the effect of being important disturbing. And the last line of ‘Until now’ just sounds scary.

The release date and website are right at the very bottom underneath the box of information. This is vital information to the target audience.

The box of information at the bottom consists of information such as the director, producer, script writer etc.

The distribution company is in the bottom right hand corner. This is for publicity and advertisement.

The title of the film ‘Grown Ups’ is at the bottom in the centre. The writing is big, bold and blue, which stereotypes the male gender. The release date is directly under the title in a smaller, red coloured font. The brightness of the red and blue attract you to the poster straight away.  

The actors in the picture are going down a water slide, the actors are in order of popularity; starting with Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob Schneider. This also happens to be the order in which the names are written across the top from left to right. The text that the names are written are highlighting their surnames. Everyone associates these 5 actors with comedies, especially Adam Sandler. The closeness of the actors in the picture shows these men are close friends in the film, they are happy and laughing with each other, enjoying each others company. This shows this film will be funny and enjoyable to watch.

In the bottom right hand corner you can see the logo of the distribution company, Columbia Pictures. This makes the audience aware of whom they are and gives the company advertisement.

A website ‘www.GrownUps-Movie.com’ under the release date tells the audience they can access the film on other types of media such as a computer and go interactive to explore the film more.

The text slogan ‘Boys will be boys…some longer than others.’ Is a perfect slogan for this film considering the title is ‘Grown Ups’. It’s basically giving away the idea of these 5 grown men still being young boys no matter their age.

Certification Decison

As our film genre is a Psychological Thriller, this is immediately not suitable for children. Children may find our film topic disturbing and puzzling. Looking at the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) our film would classify as a 12. There is no harsh language, sex or nudity or drugs. Although the word ‘shit’ is used, this is however acceptable as it is only stated once. There is no discriminatory language, there is no horror in our film, there is no form of self harm or suicide and no easy accessible weapons are seen.

There is only a small feature of violence as Megan’s boyfriend is seen locked in the car with duct tape around his mouth, this is only for a brief moment and is not repeated a lot in the film.

The theme of our film is too mature for a PG or a U but is not too grown-up for a 12.

As our film is not a very distressing film, the certificate of a 12/12A seems appropriate as a child can be accompanied by an adult and have adult supervision.

Voice Decisions

The voices in the second half of our film we edited two of our characters voices, this gave the effect of being possessed and creepy; we thought this would tie in with Megan’s mental illness. We also overlapped all the voices to make the confusion greater and attached an echo to make the situation realistic. We changed the pitches of the voices to make them seem more eerie and chilling. We made the Angels voice more high and child like and the Devil more deep and controlling.

Titles Decisions

This was my job to create the titles to our film. When it came to creating the titles I wanted the titles to have a big effect on the film.

To do this I used a mixture of two images, Megan scrubbing on the floor and the motion of the waves on the beach. When I over lapped the images, I slowed the once of the scrubbing to match the pulse of the waves, I got this idea from a book called ‘The Waves’ by Virginia Wolf. The motions of the waves reflect on Megan’s scrubbing which shows the OCD.

The sound of the titles was the original sound of the wind from the beach.

The writing is a traditional white text with black border. I felt this was appropriate to fit in with our chosen topic as it’s a serious matter.

The film then start with the boot closing on the car and the music comes in.

Special Effects Decisions

To help highlight Megan’s illness, we used some special effects. I managed to find out a way of getting a ‘dizzy’ effect; this was by imposing images on top of one another. This creates a great effect to show her illness taking over her mind and body and to show her split personalities.

The slow motion effect while the characters are looking out to sea gives a very touching effect. This helps the audience to connect with the characters and feel their emotions.

A zoom was also used twice on our film. Once when Josh is in the boot of the car to give the effect of claustrophobia and the second is when Megan is on the bench with her friends either side throwing all different conclusions to her problem. This gives the audience the idea of Megan being ‘trapped’ between her decisions.