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Creation Process – Film Poster Initially, I had to open Photoshop and set my paper size to A4. I had to select international paper size and then select A4. This gave me appropriate sizing for the A4 poster I created. Once I had a plain page, I was ready to begin the creation process. Firstly, I added a black background in order to allow me to make my poster more realistic. My background was black in order to fit in with my genre (thriller) in which we were able to distinguish though deconstructing different film posters within the same genre, showing a lot of their backgrounds to also be black, in which connotes evil and death. In order to add my background I used the ‘Rectangle Tool’, covering my total page. I then coloured it black using the ‘Paint Bucket’ tool.

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Page 1: Creation Process Film Poster - Weeblyaicemediastudies.weebly.com/uploads/5/1/7/6/5176248/...Creation Process – Film Poster Initially, I had to open Photoshop and set my paper size

Creation Process – Film Poster

Initially, I had to open Photoshop

and set my paper size to A4.

I had to select international paper

size and then select A4.

This gave me appropriate sizing for

the A4 poster I created.

Once I had a plain page, I

was ready to begin the

creation process.

Firstly, I added a black background in

order to allow me to make my poster

more realistic.

My background was black in order to fit in

with my genre (thriller) in which we were

able to distinguish though deconstructing

different film posters within the same

genre, showing a lot of their backgrounds

to also be black, in which connotes evil

and death.

In order to add my background I used the

‘Rectangle Tool’, covering my total page. I

then coloured it black using the ‘Paint

Bucket’ tool.

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Through deconstructing different posters, I was

able to distinguish different conventions such

as the text in which posters use. Through

research on the internet I was also able to find

out the specific text used (crew roles within

film) and the typical font professional film

posters utilise.

I used the ‘Text Box Tool’ in order to be able to

write the text on my poster. I dragged a text

box over the complete width of my screen.

I then typed in the roles of the people within

our film, including crew, producer, director and

cast.

I then changed the font of the text in order to

match the professional posters in which I

looked at. The font was called “Birch STD” and

allowed a more professional look. I also

adjusted the size of the text in order to fit

along the bottom of my page and in order to

not distract away from other features I was yet

to include such as the main image.

Next, I was to add my films title to the top of my

page, again using the ‘Text Box Tool’. After

inserting the text box and typing in “Abduction” I

was ready to choose a size and colour in order to

make my film poster look professional.

I continued to look at my deconstructions

throughout my creation process, in order to keep

ideas fresh and to remain focused on creating a

high quality product.

Through looking at other film poster titles, I was

able to gauge a good understanding for typical

fonts, sizing and positioning.

I ensured my title spread across the entire width

of my page, ensuring that it would attract the

eye of readers.

I also ensured the sizing of the letters were size

‘118’, making it explicitly clear to the audience

what the title of the film is, drawing their focus

in immediately to the poster.

I resized my text using the tool bar at the top of

the page.

Also, I changed the colour and effect of the text

by double clicking the layer and clicking ‘Blending

Options’. This then brings up a further options

page in which allowed me to add a white drop

shadow in order to make my title stand out as

well as changing the main colour to red in which

stood out and was suggested though groups of

individuals in which I asked for feedback.

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Next I added various film production logos to the bottom on my film poster in order to again make it look more realistic and professional. Through deconstructing posters I was able to see which film production studios backed thriller films which I could then use their logos for my poster. I used Universals, BBC Films, Dolby Digital and The National Lottery’s logo in which made my poster look more authentic.

I got the images of the logos from google and opened them in ‘photoshop’. I then imported their layers onto my poster, allowing me to then edit them and place them realistically. I then used the ‘Magic Wand Tool’ in order to remove the white backgrounds and used the sizing tool in order to make them smaller in order for them to fit on the bottom on my poster.

I again used the ‘Text Box Tool’ to create the ‘COMING SOON’ in order to again show more conventions of professional film posters. Next, I added the names of my lead roles

in order to show the audience which actors/actresses were in the film.

This was a clear convention I saw within all of the film posters I looked at.

This conventions often draws audiences into film if the stars are of particular calibre, attracting audiences of not only this type of film but also fans of the stars themselves (STAR Theory).

I used the ‘Text Box Tool’ in order to create three individual names, sizing them down to ‘22pt’ and colouring them white in order to match to the other text on the poster and making them clearly stand out against the opposing black background.

This was my film poster so far. All I had left to do was add my final image to complete my finished poster.

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The final image for my poster was arguably the most important process.

For this I used a screen-cap from my final cut of my in order to capture a professional looking image for my poster as well as using a specific shot from the film in which a lot of professional film poster do.

After cropping the screen cap to size using the cropping tool. I then added a black ‘colour

overlay’ on top of the picture in order to give a more gloomy and darkened effect.

Once my image had been positioned central and over lapping the other conventions in order

to give a professional look my poster was finished. I then exported it as a JPEG file from

Phototshop and uploaded it to my blog.

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