elisaobelia

Detailed or Simple review: detailed
Message/Purpose of Graphic: just fill in spare time
Your concerns, if any: I'm just asking for your suggestion

FIRST GLANCE/IMPRESSION
 
I really love the contrast and how you put it together so the characters look like they're actually in the same picture. A very pictorial photo and I always find these things so stunning. Though I can't say the same for the text, sadly. It's very simple, yet it camouflages too much with the background because you used a plain black color. I'd recommend you play with the layer blending effects to make the text stand out. As it is right now, you can hardly see it and that makes reading it very difficult, especially since you have it as a poster.

MOOD AND THEMES
 
It's a very creme-y color and I admire those sort of themes. Judging from their expressions, I'm guessing it's a sort of serious romance with a dash of angst since she looks so worried and he, very stern. With the bright colors, this can be viewed as a mildly angst story, but with the title "You're Mine" I'm guessing it's a bit heavier than that and more related to possessiveness. If it is, then I'd say the outlook is proper for the theme. If not, you may want to reconsider some of the photos.

 
COLOR HARMONY
 
It's not a large range of colors and it's mostly just a gradiation of black and white.  It's fine, but the bottom have a lot of dark colors compared to the top and this makes it really bottom heavy. It may also be recommended that you move the title and quote to lessen the overcrowded text on the bottom.

STOCK USES

I like how you have the characters pointed in each others line-sight because it draws the attention to the middle and thus, the title. Which is very nice on your part and could have been better if the title stood out between them. I'll explain more on the next section.

This is blunt and curiosity, but is the girl standing next to an open window? Curtains? Wall? At a glance I had assumed it was an open window, but the background through the glass window does not connect to what is behind her and I do not see enough folds to believe those are curtains either. It makes her feel a bit disconnected from the photo and I have no idea if it's intentional, but if you can give her more of a background, it will allow her to become part of the whole image a lot better. So I recommend you put something in the background behind her or add some curtain stocks (if you really were using curtains as the background) to show she is definitely part of the picture.

Though, I'm very surprise there isn't any obvious textures used to blend this together and I really applaud you for going for a realistic turn.
 

TYPOGRAPHY

I do not understand why people have the tendency to always do this without wondering if anyone can read this right-to-left when generally in the english language, it is read left-to-right. Not to say you don't have that sense, but the part where designers feel obligated to fill in the space because it looks appropriate to place it there- is what confuses me the most, but as hypocritical as it is- I can understand it. Majority of the graphic designers online are self-taught and obviously there isn't a direction on what is correct way to portray type. Hell, I would have been this way as well if someone had not open my eyes. Now before I go off on a tangent, I'm talking about placing the word "you're" above "Mine" which is next to the enlarged "M" and above the "ine". First, let me go over why placing it there is not really one of the best ideas ever. One of the first reasons is because you have one letter that is cursive while the others are not. That is passable on a minimal standard, but very distracting because it is large in size and a different typeface. I can understand the emphasis on the letter "M" but you've separated the other letters too far apart and that makes it stand out so awkwardly even more. Even though writing consists of putting letters orderly in a straight line, you're simply putting too much space between one letter (M) and the rest (ine) as two separate words instead of one combined word. I suggest putting each part in different layers to lessen the spaces between the letters so it may be read as one word and not two. Also, majority of cursive is used for the purpose of attaching words together. The hook at the end of the "M" sticks out so much and draws a lot of space, which is why I would suggest putting them in separate layers and closer together. If you can put the "ine" above the end of the "M" and right next to the letter, that would be great.

Second, it disrupts the readability of the whole phrase "You're Mine" if the word "You're" had not been on a contrasting background (black on white) then I wouldn't have noticed it at all and only read it as "Mine you're" which is improper english. The Word "You're" should be placed before the word "Mine" on the left side so it can be read first.

Third, it is not ideal to use three different typefaces all in one go unless you have a good concept going and I really do not see why you would need to. You can do it, but it's recommended that you use typefaces that are similar to each other, otherwise, they stick out like a sore thumb. Also the spacing is very distracting in the word "You're" and highly unnecessary since the other related typefaces do not have that large separation in text (aside from the ones with different typefaces). And because "You're" is the most unrelated typeface, I suggest you change it so it is similar to the other typeface in the title, such as "ine".

Finally, it's placed too low on the poster and above another set of overcrowded text, which is overly heavy-weighted on the bottom compared to the top. If you can move the title so it is in the center of the poster and higher where everyone can see it, it would be appreciated because if it weren't for the implication of the stock photos, I wouldn't have realized the title was even there. And because there's so much black on the bottom, lifting it up over a white background should be more appealing for the text to pop out. Even right under the credits would do.

Now the quote, I'm presuming it says "If I can't have you then there is no one who is able to have you" and I will not lie, I had a difficult time reading that. You're fine on the legibility side, but once the text began overlapping on the dark areas on the images, it becomes unreadable. I suggest you either add some edges around it or change the color. Though, if you change the color, it might not have that creme-y color unless you stay within the same color palette like white or grey. It's up to you on how you want to go about it, but I really do recommend you do something to make the text pop out properly since you have it there.

Also, I understand that you're going for a movie outlook, but I suggest you resize the movie credits so they are smaller and lower on the poster. They overlap with the characters too much and I find that really distracting for the overall photo. Or you can make it white so it doesn't look so dark on the bottom. Not only that, I can read the credits, which are obviously based off a movie and using readable text like that is not suggestable with the overall copyright material and such. It's better to make it unreadable because the purpose is to give a movie theme, not copy off a movie.

SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES
 
I think you have a good understanding of putting photos together since it almost looks like it was one photo with each character presented naturally. The only thing that seems to bother me is how saturated the guy looks compared to the girl, who has a lot more hue. I'm guessing she's in the vicinity of the sunlight, but there isn't any indication of her surroundings that she is. As I had mentioned earlier, make it clearer if she's standing in front of an open window or wall or whever it is behind her because it hints off how detached she is from the entire image.

 
OVERALL

It's a nice edit, but the text needs to be thought out more properly. It's a commonly ignored aspect in designing and I'm assuming you don't have much experience in that enterprise, but experimenting should help you improve in this area. Considering not much have been adjusted or edited since you rely on the change in typeface to make it interesting.
 
I hope this review was helpful. :)