Evolution of poster designs and FINAL POSTER! - Callum Horncastle

So, after being assigned to create some drafts for posters, I've put my four drafts together for comparison, along with my final draft to be my main poster.

{Poster Version 1.0}

This was my first poster, which included a basic layout of a case file with the film title written over it.
The merged face of the main character and the antagonist was relatively well done.
However, overall I think this draft looked very unprofessional and very sloppy; I didn't like the layout at all and I quickly scrapped it for my next version.
                                                                                                                                                

{Poster Version 2.0}

I put a lot more work into my second poster, and was very pleased with the results, rather than merge the protagonist and antagonist together, I placed them apart with half of their faces submerged in darkness, which added massively to the effect.
I soon found that the landscape portrait didn't look very good as a poster, and looked more like a magazine cover, and so I converted it to landscape.
                                                                                                                                                

{Poster Version 2.1}

I much preferred the poster in landscape form, and it looked much more professional.
However I found the title's font to still look off, along with the colour being a bit too much.
The silhouette in the distance was nice, but I still didn't quite like this layout, as it just didn't look professional enough for my liking, as I wanted it to look 100%, being the perfectionist I am...
And so, after a long analysis, I scrapped this poster for a new one.
                                                                                                                                      

{Poster Version 3.0}

The last poster had a lot of warm colours, so I made sure this one had a very grey / blue tone, adding to the chill-factor. Which really worked with the positioning, the smoke added to the mystery, and the hat hiding the protagonist's mask added a lot of enigma and tension.

I made the title black and white to add simplicity, which made it more effective.

The film reviews and caption above the title made the poster look so much more professional.

I decided to settle with this poster layout, but I wanted to align a few things that seemed out of place...
                                                                                                                                                 

So, after a few tweaks, my final version was complete... Here it is...

{Poster Version 3.1}

The final version!!!

*trumpet sounds*