poster headline design — Floating Heads · Oversized Title · Bottom Title

A war drama movie poster split between dark stormy skies above and a burning ocean below. Across the very top, white Chinese text reads "ACTOR NAME" in four groups of clean sans-serif type, each group topped by a small bracketed prior-work credit in smaller type, all set against roiling dark storm clouds with a cold blue tint. Below the billing, five adult naval officers' faces are arranged in a powerful row, emerging from the storm like a memorial: in the center and largest, a middle-aged man with a stern weary expression, deep lines around his eyes, wearing a white captain's cap with a gold eagle emblem and black visor, and a white dress uniform with gold-braided epaulets, rank stripes and colorful medal ribbons on his chest; flanking him on the left, two younger officers in white sailor caps and dress whites, one with a shaved head and intense stare; on the right, two more officers, one wearing a green army field cap with an insignia, all with grim resolute expressions, their faces lit with cold clarity. Behind the row of faces, dark storm clouds swirl dramatically, and a vintage twin-engine warplane flies at the right edge, silhouetted against a break in the clouds. In the middle of the frame, a large warship burns fiercely on the horizon, towering orange flames and thick black smoke billowing upward, its hull listing. In the foreground waves, exhausted survivors in life vests cling to yellow inflatable rafts and floating debris, while several dark triangular shark fins cut through the churning white-capped water toward them, creating dread. White Chinese text overlaid on the scene reads "TAGLINE" in two lines of bold sans-serif with a slight glow. Near the bottom, smaller white text reads "TAGLINE" on a single centered line above a thin horizontal gold rule. Below the rule, huge white block letters read "TITLE" in heavy bold sans-serif with a subtle metallic gradient and sharp edges, dominating the lower quarter of the poster. Beneath the big title, smaller gold capital letters read "TITLE" in widely spaced sans-serif. At the very bottom left, a small white distributor logo reads "CREDIT" in compact type. The lighting is dramatic and apocalyptic, with cold blue-gray storm light sculpting the officers' faces, a fiery orange glow from the burning ship reflecting off the waves and the clouds' undersides, and deep inky shadows pooling in the storm. The poster closes with a floating-heads war composition in steel blue, black, fiery orange and white, a gritty photographic historical style with painterly skies, and a somber, heroic, tragic mood.