2. Firstly I opened up the image on Adobe Photoshop. I then used the blur tool
as seen on the left hand side tool bar to blur out the back ground. I did this as
it made the colours on the characters stand out against the background.
Before After
3. I then added a brightness and contrast layer to enhance the colours on the
poster as it was a convention I found from my target audience that in this type
of genre my target audience look out for bright colours, I increased the contrast
and decreased the brightness of the image. The next slide will show the before
and after the brightness and contrast.
4. This is the before and after once added a brightness and contrast layer.
Before After
5. After editing the brightness and
contrast I then started to add text
onto the cover. I started off by adding
the title of the the film on the poster
in white writing as it stands out
clearly from the background. I placed
it near the lower middle right hand
side of the image. I then added the
website name for the film if anyone
is interested into finding about more
about the film and anything it has to
offer e.g. promotional codes or
games.
6. In this first step I added the credits
which are usually placed at the
bottom of the film poster in small
handwriting. This is a typical
convention found and gives credit to
the people who helped make the
film e.g. producer, director, sound,
makeup etc. I used the font type
Niagara solid at 10pt.
I then at step 2 had to add in the film
release date and found that it is
usually placed in the middle of the
last line of the credits at the bottom.
So I decided to add it in there in big
bold letters so it can be seen clearly
to the audience.
Step 1 Step 2
7. Step 1: I then added the tagline
of the film just above the credits
in ‘Century Schoolbook, size 27–
this is so it can be seen clearly
and it’s in white writing which
stands out against the back
ground.
Step 2: I then added the
production logos and company
names at the bottom of the
poster as this is typically where
the production logos and names
are found. I also added the age
rating of the film in the bottom
right hand corner as this is
generic convention every film
poster must have for legal
reasons.
8. Our film poster is now created, here is the before and after image of how it
looked before the editing and after (final finished film poster).
Before After
