After looking at medieval film posters I decided to look at fantasy film posters to compare. The first film/television series I decided to look at poster wise was Game of Thrones. The posters for the series have changed since the beginning of the series with the first ever season's poster being Ned Stark sat on the Iron Throne. Now the posters appeal to the viewers favourite characters or favourite houses. For example, the poster of Daenerys Targaryen has been filtered to look like flames hinting to her character's role not only as the Mother of Dragons but also to House Targaryen with it's sigil being a red three-headed dragon. The house motto "Fire and Blood" can also be seen in the quote that is written on the poster. I like the idea of having a quote of the character next to them on the poster because it links to the character and hooks the viewers because the audience will want to know what will happen to the character. This can be seen in this example as Daenerys is on a quest to bring the Seven Kingdoms back under Targaryen rule as it had been previously before Robert's Rebellion. The quote "I will take what is mine with fire and blood" shows her character's development from the timid girl under her brother's control to the queen she now must become having become her own person.
I also looked at posters for The Shannara Chronicles and surprisingly found myself drawn towards the darker shade of poster (left) instead of the more popular bright one (right). This supports my discovery on my previous post that fantasy and historic films are normally coloured in shades of grey and blue. Personally I found the one of the left to be a bit overcrowded with five characters (Wil, Amberle, Allanon, Eretria, Eventine) all shown although I liked the colour scheme. However in the second poster on the right I found that the colour scheme was far too bright for the series due to it's dark themes. I did like the simplicity of only showing the three main characters instead of cramming the characters onto one poster as seen with the poster on the left.
With my final film I chose to look at I decided to chose three posters (mainly because I couldn't decide which one to not use). I like the two final posters (middle and right) with the singular characters on them. The posters are simple and present the characters well through their positions and actions: Jane (middle) is looking back as if she is unsure and is presented as feminine although she is wearing armour and Loki is presented as cunning or mischievous (like his character) having been shown as an escapee prisoner of Asgard. I prefer the poster of Jane in regard to my own poster that I must design as it simple yet effective and doesn't look crowded unlike the one with Loki which seems busy with the background of Loki's prison cell. I also chose the poster on the far left as it sums the poster up without looking too crowded plus I liked the colour scheme of greys and blues.
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