Making our backdrop A2 Media

1. Making our backdrop
07/12/16

2. Film
For us to be able to outline our chosen
word (Daughter) with our chosen font
(champagne and limousines –
dafont.com) we needed to utilise a
projector from our art department at
school.
Nadia got our friend Georgia to help her
with how to print out the words onto a
plastic film, so we could use a projector
to project it onto a piece of card, which
we would trace onto.
We stuck the film to a projector, and
worked out how large we wanted the
word by moving the projector towards
and away from the card. After doing this,
we started tracing the images.

3. Tracing
Here you can see Nadia, Beth and I
tracing the letters onto the card that we
mounted to a wall in our art department.
We used rulers to get the straight lines
perfect so it looked more printed than
home-made.
It was quite difficult to see the letters
when you stand in front of the projector,
so we had to position ourselves in ways
in which allowed us to see all of the
letters.
This stage didn’t take very long at all,
however we did ensure that it was done
to a good quality.

4. Outlines
To make it easier to paint later, we
decided to outline the letters with a thick
line of black felt tip.
Doing this, allowed the painting process
to be easier and more efficient.
Furthermore, to make the letters look
more printed, outlining them made them
look crisper and easier to fill.

5. Painting
At lunchtime, Nadia went up to art to
paint the sign.
Earlier, we had discussed that we needed
paint that wouldn’t reflect any light (like
acrylic paint) so the paint used was matte
black.
Nadia used a small brush to ensure as
much precision as possible.

6. (Almost) finished
product
This is what the sign looked like when it
was (almost) finished.
We wanted it to look simple so to not
draw attention away from the actors.
This simplicity also upheld the genre as it
isn’t over-the-top or distracting, and it
isn’t cliché, either, which is something we
wanted to avoid.