Features to be included on my Poster

Things that are to be included onto my poster are things such as:

The production company logo(s):

The actors in the film:

Edward Gledhill

Dawn Gledhill

Christopher Gledhill

Grahan Gledhill

Martin-Lee Smith

The sub-heading:

How long till you believe?

All text included in these features which I am putting onto my poster, is going to be in the same font and colour as the title of the film on the poster. This is so that the poster feels consistent and it feels like it all belongs together. Another feature which needs to be shown, is the crease where the middle of the magazine would have been. This is so that people are aware it is a poster featured in the middle of a magazine.

Possible poster 2 with title

As well as focusing my planning on the previous picture, I have chosen to also test out other pictures, which I believe could become an effective poster for a horror/thriller film. I feel this picture would be good as it clearly shows the character of the film, but also shows his emotions, which appear to be scared and worried, which are two main emotions associated with horror/thriller films. The fact these are clearly shown makes it easier for the viewer of the poster to see them, and quickly identify what genre the film it.

In order to get this picture up to the level I wanted, I pretty much used the same techniques as with the first picture. I made a duplicate of the original picture and used Microsoft Picture Manager to edit the colour balance and the brightness of the picture. At this point, I made the duplicate very dark, so that it could be used as the dark surrounding of the character on the picture.

I then used Adobe Photoshop to layer the two pictures on top of one another, with the dark being on the top, and then I used the eraser tool to wipe away parts of the darker version of the picture I didn't want. This then left me with the underneath picture peering though the top one, resulting in the dark room with a spot light effect, which is exactly what I was aiming for.

After completing this part of the editing, I simply saved the picture and opened it in Microsoft Office Powerpoint to add on the text for the title, as I did with the previous picture.

Poster with different fonts and colours

For me to be able to achieve the title font I wanted, I used Microsoft power point to add in the text. This is because it is easy to change the colour of the font, with many to choose from, and it is also easy to change the size and arrangement to make it suit the background/picture.

This is one of the fonts in which I believed would suit my poster best, and so I developed my poster further by testing to see if it looked as good as I thought it would. I do think it looks quite effective and does give off the impression of the film being a horror/thriller.

In addition to trying this font on my poster, I chose to try this font as well (below), because I believed these two fonts are most suited to the type of impression I wanted the poster as a whole to give off.

The reason I chose the colour I did for the testing of these fonts is because it contrasts well against the dark colouring of the picture, but it also helps to highlight the parts of the picture that are lit up slightly. Other colours which I believe may work well for this poster, as well as this overtly olive colour, are a deep red or bright white with a deep red shadowed effect. Here are the two other colour possibilities.

At the beginning of my planning that I was going to have my title like, I was sure I was going to use the original overtly olive colour to present the title of my film, but now, after practising with different colours, I have now decided that the white with the deep red shadowing title would create the right effect for my genre and also it will present the film in the way that I wanted.

I also feel that the font in which I presented second; the one I presented with the chosen colour theme of the poster as well, is the font I feel I am going to use. I feel this is because it suits the colour better than the other font, and also gives off more of an idyllic horror theme.

Possible Fonts for Title on Poster

These are the fonts I am considering using for my poster. Although they are all black here, in the process of placing them on my actual poster, they will have to be changed into a different colour in order for contrast to be made between the title and the background.

I am currently thinking that either number 1 or number 6 would be the most appropriate for my poster as they give of a sense of drama with the mismatched letter levels of no.1 and the distorted image no.6 gives off.

As well as these fonts being used for the title of the film on the poster, they will also be used to state the actors in the film and the producer and also for the sub heading of the film.

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Process of making Poster 2

In this picture, I am using Adobe Photoshop to merge the two pictures together to make it seem like it's dark, but with a hint of light on the character in the film.

I did this by duplicating the dark photo, and layering it on top of the light version of the photo. I then used the eraser tool to get rid of parts of the darker photo to show the light one behind it. To do this though, I had to change the eraser size and opacity to be able to get in the areas I wanted it erase, but also, so it didn't erase to deeply into the top picture to show the full brightness of the back, lighter picture.

Process of making Poster 1

As this is the picture I am using first, as a plan for my poster, I had decided I wanted it to be quite dark to go with the conventions of Thriller/Horror film posters. So, to do this I used Microsoft Office Picture Manager, and just played around with the levels of colour balance, brightness and contrast, till I felt it was close to what I needed it to be.

The reason I wanted this picture to be so dark, is because I previously copied the picture, and I am going to use Adobe Photoshop to merge them together (the light and dark version) to give the effect of it being dark and spooky, but still being able to see the actual person in the picture.

Photo's for poster