2. The first step was to make sure the image would fit into a poster form.
Due to the fact that it was taken from the trailer it had black bars on the
base and the top which had to be cropped out. This was simply done
using the crop tool.
3. I used the move tool to
position the image upwards.
This created the space I
needed for my key text.
4. To fill the space left by moving the
image upwards I used the shape tool
to draw in a black rectangle.
5. I used the text tool with the same font as
the movie trailer to create the title and
tagline, these were then inserted onto
the poster.
6. In order to give my movie the appearance of having won academy
awards I needed to get wreaths off the internet. Again these were
royalty free bitmap images.
I used the colour replacement tool to make
the wreaths white so they would be visible
on the black background of my poster.
7. I then inserted the wreaths onto the image, using the text tool I wrote in
the academy awards ‘my movie received’. I tried to make these realistic
for an independent movie, as Oscars and such were far above the status
of such a movie.
8. I used the text tool once again to insert the date below the title, this was
done not too small so viewers would remember to watch the movie but
not too large that it took away from the image, tagline and title.
9. I then took a star off of the internet from a copyright free website. I then
removed the background using the magic wand tool so it could be
inserted onto my poster.
10. I then used the text tool to write under the stars- indicating the
prestigious film reviewers who rated the film in this fashion.
11. I then inserted the key text at the base of the poster- the coming soon
serving as a break quite nicely. This was simply done using the text tool-
changing it to white and downloading the steel tongs font from the
internet.
