The document describes the process of designing a movie poster for a documentary. It goes through multiple drafts, editing images, experimenting with fonts, and arranging elements. In the final draft, it blends images of the main subject and attacker, adds promotional text and reviews. It then describes designing a double-page spread for the documentary, editing images and arranging the article and additional information.

1. CHARLOTTE MARTIN

2. I initially decided I want my poster to have
the main image being a mixture of the two
main features in my documentary (Penelope
and the attacker).
Firstly I put the two images together to see if
I would be able to blend them together.
I haven’t edited the pictures
yet, although this will
progress through time, once
the structure of the poster is
organised.

3. I have began to erase the outside of
the images, for both of the images to
fit together.
I have used the eraser tool with a low
opacity to do this, I want the effect to
be natural and professional, therefore
not making the blend perfect.
The two images will now be able to be
put together, I am going to change the
background from white to black.

4. I have blended the images together
successfully using a white
background. I decided I would prefer
a black background, I simply used
the black pen tool on a low opacity to
create a smoky, dusky outline for the
images.
This is the final result of my first
draft, the images do not stand out as
much as I had hoped, so I may have
to change the images or edit them
further.

5. Here I have experimented
with a variety of different
fonts, I want the font to
look very creepy yet
professional.
I really like the first font
due to the type like effect
however I exceptionally
enjoy the third font. I
want to add a smoky
effect to really draw the
attention of the readers.

6. My second draft involves only the attacker,
after creating this I decided I preferred this
picture rather than the previous picture.
I love the edit using the curves on Photoshop
to make the image a lot more mysterious. I
have decided I want to use this image, but
also add an image of Penelope perhaps to the
left hand side.
I added channels at the bottom of the page to
make it look realistic, I used a red colour
scheme which I may change to blue.

7. I started off editing
Penelope’s face using
the curves effect again
on Photoshop, then I
realised this effect
looks too fake so I
decided to use a more
natural effect and use
a slightly different
picture.
This is shown to the left, the edit is a
lot more natural yet still noticeable.
I used the selective colour tool and
added more of a red tone. I did this
to make the image similar to the
attack’s red faced image.

8. My third draft involves
putting the two edited
images of Penelope and
the attacker together. I
did this by using the
black colour tool to
make the edges look
smoky and blend the
harsh edges together.
I really like the finish of
this, however I would
prefer Penelope to be
looking at the camera,
to make it more
effective.

9. I decided to add ‘THE PENELOPE
CASE’ in a different font with a
smoky shadow surrounding each
letters.
After this I took some inspiration
from different documentary
advertisements and added words at
the bottom of the page, things such
as “A documentary by Charlotte
Martin” and “By ACE Productions”.
I feel this brings a real approach to
the poster, creating a professional
look.

10. I have added quotes from news papers in two places
on the poster, this gives the audience the change to
see some positive reviews about the documentary.
I want to make the bottom less matt black so I may
add some smoke like effect to this. I am happy with
everything so far.

11. I edited the image of Penelope more by adding in a black colour all over using the
photo filter on Photoshop. I did this as I want to reduce the yellow tones in her face
and add darker colours such as red and black to match the attackers face on the
advertisement image. I also made Penelope’s eyes a deeper blue to really stand out
to the audience, I also feel as if this creates a more innocent approach to her
character.

12. I have changed the font
as I much prefer it this
way, with the black
smoky parts around it
too. The font is now
‘Ovara’, I prefer how it is
separated and looks
professional.
I made Penelope’s
eyes a deeper blue
to match the
colour scheme that
I will continue in
my double page
spread. I
continued this
onto the line
under ‘The
Penelope Case’
and blended this
out a little in a
smoky effect.
I added a smoky
effect to the bottom
using a low opacity
black tool, to create a
natural separation
from the matt black
and the white writing.

13. I chose this image for my DPS image, I want this image to take up both pages and
Penelope’s face to stand out whilst the article is on the left side.
I edited this image by changing the contrast and making it brighter, I like the pose
Penelope is making as she looks concerned and confused, linking to the purpose of
the story, article and documentary as a whole.

14. I decided to make the whole background a darker shade of black, I have
left some of the shadow on the left hand side for effect but I didn’t like how
noticeably grey it was on the first image. I am now going to start my DPS
and add the conventions as I have finished editing my image.

15. I started off with the title and ‘How did he do it’
underneath then decided I didn’t like this idea. I
then added a bevel and emboss onto the headline
and the two white boxes. I also used the black paint
tool on a low opacity to create a burnt paper look to
it. I like the effect this has. I also added a
description underneath this, using the same bevel
and emboss edit however changed it to black.

16. I have now added ‘the real story’ underneath
the title as I feel as if it was a little bare. I have
also added an enlarged quote in the centre of the page. I have already written my article in a word
document so I am now going to copy and paste this in, in columns around the enlarged quote.
I have done half of the article, which is shown in the second image. I have changed the interview questions
to a blue colour to add to the colour scheme of black, white and blue. The blue matches Penelope’s eyes in
the picture.

17. I have now added the second section of my DPS article whilst going around the
enlarged quote. I have also added an image at the bottom of one of the attacked
girls, I have added 4 girls at the bottom and give more details about the
documentary, such as the time date and channel. I added a black outline in between
each image of the girls to make it look smoky and mysterious, ultimately to fit in
with the theme of the DPS as a whole.

18. This is my DPS after I have added the documentary information, I have added ‘to find out
their stories’ underneath and “I’m 17 and I was attacked” as this is a quote from my
documentary.
I did the same bevel, emboss and smoke out to the white box as I did previously to get the
burnt paper effect.