4. When disabling the Hue/Saturation
Layer mask and keeping only the 50%
grey luminosity layer enabled, you
can see what aspects of the poster
are going to blend together and what
parts will stick out. We can see the
balloon, the title, the name, the
release date and the clown’s, eyes
stick out from the grey background.
Discovering this was very useful as it
allowed me to change the areas of
focus, by saturating certain parts of
the image more and others less.
I will definitely be using this in my
final project to look at what areas of
the image attract the most attention,
as it is a very easy and efficient way
of looking at the colours of the
image.
Process:
5. Process
The creation of this movie poster required a lot of Photoshop layers as well as plenty of images. As I started off
intending to only create an image of the young boy in the alley way, the first step was to gather all the images I needed
which I did using a website called Pixabay. Then I composited the images into one using by croping them using the
quick selection tool and the pen tool after which I used the selective colour tool to match the colours between all of
the photos. After some more minor adjustments such as making the image darker to make it appear as though it is
night time and adding the rain and the puddles, I added focus points within the image to give it more depth and draw
more attention to the boy. A class mate then told me the image reminded them of the movie ’IT’ so I added a red
balloon as a little bit of a joke, however, it had sort of avalanche effect and I decided to make a poster for the film IT.
This caused me to create a poster that (in my opinion) is far better than just the boy in the street. First I created a
background and got a clipart image of pennywise the clown that I could use as a base for a clipping mask. At first I was
planning on the poster to be simply the silhouette of the head with the image inside, but this looked very bleak and
boring, so I came up with the idea of just adding aspects of the face into the image I got a few separate images, one for
the eyes, one for the nose and a few for the hair, to blend them into the clipping mask. I used layer mask to erase parts
of images instead of erasing them so that I could always go back and edit it differently if I needed to. The main thing I
learned was to use layer FX tools on text such as ‘Bevel & Emboss’, ‘Satin’ and ’Contour’ I used these to change the text
from a standard flat/plain look, to look detailed and three dimensional. Overall during this little experiment I didn't
learn to many new skills but instead I learned how to apply existing skills in new ways. Therefore I would say it was still
quite beneficial and worth the time and energy I spent making it.
6. Reflection
While making this poster I learned quite a few new skills and improved on skills that were already existent. The main
thing I learned was however not related to mechanical skill. When I first started the poster I was only planning on
creating the image of a boy in alley way, which I think would have still been a good poster, however when my classmate
said it reminded them of the movie ‘IT’ and I added the balloon and then decided I would put the whole image into the
head of the pennywise the clown (the antagonist in the film ‘IT’). Which made a much better poster that suddenly had
a lot more information and there were more layers to the poster than a boy in an alley, this is the main aspect I will
include most in my final project. Trying to see in what way can the poster have more meaning, how can I give the
audience more context? Etc. Making this test poster I learned a lot more about contents of the poster than I did about
the making of the poster physically (meaning Photoshop itself). I am planning to include aspects such as compositing
images within one another. As my protagonist has a very recognisable mask which would be the perfect object to use
as a clipping mask. If it is necessary I will 100% apply the colour correction technique.
One thing I have learned from the experiment is that I need to plan my work very carefully, as it will save me heaps of
time and ultimately make a better product, I also realised how important it is to pay attention to little details, for
example on the poster at first I had writer ‘Stephen King’s IT’ with the IT underneath the name. I then decided to
change this for aesthetic purposes and place the title ‘IT’ above the name Stephen king, however I forgot to remove
the “ ‘s “ so it now reads ‘IT Stephen King’s ‘ which doesn’t make any sense. As it is little details such as a grammatical
error like that, that make the difference between a pass or a merit, or the difference between a merit and a distinction.
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Editor's Notes
Discuss the tools and processes used in your experiments
Discuss the tools and processes used in your experiments
What elements of your experiments will you include in your final product?
