The student created a movie poster by editing a character image in Fireworks to remove the background. They added a grey bucket tool to give it a scary look and blurred the edges. In Publisher, they added word art for the title and release text. The character image was inserted along with adjusting the title size and placement. Star ratings, credits, and a character quote were also added. Feedback requested including the full character head, so another image was edited and combined to complete the poster.

1. Making the Poster

2. I have started of by choosing
one of the images that we took
of the character when we were
filming.
As I wanted to take out the
background, I opened the image
in Fireworks and then rubbed
out the background.
This took a
while to rub
out, as I
wanted it to be
precise and
accurate to give
it a professional
look.

3. When I finished editing the background, I added the grey bucket tool to give it a
scary and a dramatic look. I then blurred the edges of the character to give it a
straight edge making it look professional.
I then open up Publisher and added Word Art of the tittle and “coming soon”, having
a rough idea of where I would like to place the title.

4. I inserted the picture and then sorted out where the title should go with the right size, not overlapping
with his hands as the pentagrams are a key feature to the poster.
I added star ratings to give the audience an insight to what the critiques have rated it so they have an
idea of how good the film is, therefore making them go watch the movie as well. I edited the ‘THE’ font,
by going on Dafont.com and downloaded the font. I changed the colour from black to red in Fireworks
using the bucket tool, then inserted it Publisher. Using this ‘Bloody’ font gives it a creepy tone to the
poster as the genre is thriller and so this is portrayed through the font and colour being red.
Similarly, the same process was used for the “S” except I kept the dripping blood and did not edit that
out as the “S” is the one of the main features to stand out in the poster. I also added fill effects for the
“Coming Soon” using grey and white fill effect to blend in with the background and have a consistent
colour scheme.

5. I wrote the credits out
before in normal font, as
the credits were going to
be done in WordArt. The
credits were produced in
WordArt and once I had
finished it, I changed the
size and font to make it
fit in the space I had, and
changed it to white so it
was more clear to see.
I then made changes to the ratings, and kept just two instead of three as it they were going across his
forehead. I then made changes to the title, and added in the fonts to make it fit in with the “S”. Again, this
gives a hint of the thriller genre to the poster.
I added the colour black into the title, to give it a creepier look to the poster, blending in with the red and
orange.

6. I wanted to add a 3D effect to the title, and so inserted
the title in red and overlapped it behind the black title to
give it a 3D look plus make it stand out. Similarly, done
this with the S but instead overlapped the black and put it
behind the red.
I have added text to reinforce his character and including
a direct address of his quote.
Here was the first draft of the poster and the teacher gave
feedback on it:

7. One of the comments was that the head was chopped off, and that the whole of his
head would need to be included.
As none of the pictures that were taken with the same shot included his full head, I
had to edit the image with adding his head from another picture. This was done in
Fireworks and inserted an image with his full head, then erased everything else except
his neck and head. Finally, with some changes, I managed to add his full head with the
current image without it looking that it was edited, giving it a professional look to the
poster.

8. This is the final draft of
the film poster.
I have made slight
changes and took note
of the feedback given
back.
I have kept the ‘S’ in the
same colour as it looks
brighter on screen and
is noticeable.