The document outlines the 10 step process taken to create a movie poster. It describes: 1) Setting the page size to A4 and coloring the background black to contrast Polaroid images. 2) Adding a sourced Polaroid image and resizing it to be prominent. 3) Adding an image of "Becca" playing the stalker over the Polaroid to make her dominant. 4) Duplicating the Polaroid layer smaller in the top right with the film's photo of "George" to link the poster to the trailer.

1. Creation of the poster
The stages I went through to
create the poster

2. Step 1
• I started by creating
the poster; I set out
the appropriate
page size (A4) and I
coloured the
background black as
I felt this would
contrast the
Polaroids well.

3. Step 2
• I then added in the
picture of the
Polaroid that I had
sourced from
Google images and I
changed the size
using the transform
tool so that it was
prominent on the
page.

4. Step 3
• I then moved onto
adding in the picture of
Becca. she is playing the
role of the stalker so she
needed to be dominant
over the picture of
George. I used the
transform tool to
change the size of the
image so it fit into the
Polaroid frame.

5. Step 4
• I then duplicated the
Polaroid layer but
shrunk it down to
make it fit in the space
in the top right hand
corner; I then added
in the photo of George
that we had used in
the film as this would
link the trailer to the
poster.

6. Step 5
• I moved onto adding
in the caption. We
decided as a group we
would use the caption
‘it’s a long way down
from the top’ I added
this on the Polaroid as
I had decided this in
the designing phase.

7. Step 6
• Next I added in the
name of the film and I
used the same font as
the trailer to connect
the two products. I then
added in the
institutional
information and I made
sure that it was a small
font as this is common
on movie posters.

8. Step 7
• I had designed the date
to be written in
numerical format;
however I felt it was
better to be seasonal as
it would get the reader
interested in searching
for more information
which means they may
come across the website
which links both of the
products together.

9. Step 8
• After completing our
analysis of the BBFC
guidelines we had
decided upon a 12 for
our film and we felt it
was important to add
this into our products.

10. Step 9
• I was going to have
the logo however it
didn’t feel this fit in
with the colour
scheme well so I have
decided just to add the
name and a copyright
sign as this is common
on film posters.

11. Step 10
• I used the following website
to locate the font for the
actor’s names- you could
click on the letter of choice
and then copy the picture
and cut the letter of choice
out. I did this for the actors
name as it linked in with the
idea of the ransom note font
within the trailer.
• http://www.electricalsocket.
com/RansomLetters/main.p
html

12. Step 10 continued
• After copying all the
letters I needed into a
black Photoshop file I
filled in the coloured
letters with either
black or white so that
they would fit in with
the colour scheme of
the poster

13. Step 10 continued
• I repeated this process
for the names of both
of the actors and I
inserted them into the
space on the large
polaroid within the
poster

14. Complete poster