2. I am not that familiar with PhotoPlus X5 so I didn’t really know what to do at first. But then I
was able to insert two different pictures as layers so in this case I used a photograph I had
taken and a still image from the eyes in the trailer and used them in the background.
3. I had used the layers to make this try at making my poster but the eyes didn’t really stand
out for me so I decided to edit them because it was done in layers whilst I chose to edit the
eyes nothing would happen or change to the face.
4. I used a colour balance making the eyes more red to make them stand out and seem more scarier in the
background. I did like the way that this looked and the effect it did have that the eyes were right
behind her and also with the match light being the only like in the picture.
5. I used SerifDraw X5 to put text onto the poster because on Serif there seemed to be more choices
in the font of the text and the colour. I found it difficult to find the right font and colour and
where also to position the text on the poster as it just seemed to look weird or cover up the face on
Gemma.
6. I did find these effects that I could use to fill the text but because
of the darkness in the picture it just blended into the background of
the eyes and wasn’t visible enough but using a lighter shade made the
text too visible and didn’t blend into the picture.
7. This is what I had of the picture before I gave up and left it and decided to go onto another
idea that I was thinking of. For me, it wasn’t working as well as I had hoped and I just thought
it was time to start trying something else.
8. For my next idea I needed a photo of the woods so I took a few different ones that I thought
would work for an idea that I had.
9. I also downloaded a picture for google of a silhouette so I could include this in the distance for my
next idea.
10. Next I was able to then put them into the layers I had used before. But the silhouette didn’t
really blend so I edited it.
11. I blurred the silhouette which them made it look more like it was more in the background.
12. This is what it turned out to look like. I didn’t look at adding any text yet because I hadn’t figured
out what font I will use and what effect I wanted it to have.
13. Serif DrawPlus X5
I then went onto to trying SerifDraw X5 to see if it had any different effects then
PhotoPlus X5.
14. I found this these effects which made it look like the picture faded down on
the page. Which I thought reminded me of the Shutters Island poster so maybe
I could include a picture from the trailer at the bottom like the Shutters Island
poster included the island.
15. I used the text on SerifDraw X5 and used the raindrop shape and put it on the text to make
it look like dripping blood that’s coming down from the text. I used the colour red to fill the
text so that it looks like blood and because red is the colour for danger also.
16. I then tried to see what it would look like if
I did it like if I put some of the images from
the trailer on to the poster like the poster
for Jack Reacher I looked at.
I didn’t really like it the images of the movie
trailer just looked out of place so I don’t
really like this idea.
17. I repositioned the poster but I thought about the idea of the dripping blood on the text and
decided to see what it would look like if I put some more drops further down the poster so it looked
like they had dripped down.
I decided to use October because of Halloween. Before Halloween lots of horror films come
out and I wanted my film to be seen as the must see horror film at Halloween.
18. I added some names for the people who would be in the film and decided to also use the same
blood dripping effect on their names also.
19. Next I had to add the small text that goes on a movie poster so I included my production logo
the actors/actresses, the company and basically people who on my poster also.
helped me create the film.
20. After viewing my poster once I had
finished I felt like I needed more blood so
using the teardrop shape and also a line I
made the blood look more like it was
dripping down the poster instead of being
just put on the poster it looks more
animated like it is dripping.
