I’d been having some difficulty selecting an image for my poster because most of the shots I’d taken in the photo shoot seemed more suited as a magazine cover or just didn’t seem to have the right feel. I eventually ended up looking through the shots I’d filmed for the trailer in order to find some defining shot or something memorable or creepy, also this way it would link more to the traile; the image i chose was of the main girl looking at a reflection of herself, t’s quite creepy looking. The first thing I did was cut down the image and change the colour dramatically in order to make the tone fit with the trailer >>>
Once I was happy with tone and colour I began by adding in all the text and would then arange it once I had it all the page; I would need the title, the tagline, a ‘date’ of some kind and credits >>>
The title seemed to fit well just above the image fo the reflection especially with the effect of itself being reflected below it to create a link with the main image, it looked quite ghostly and creepy, i added another effect onto the main text, an emboss to make it look more a part of the image >>>
After this the rest of the text just seemed to fit into place, the tagline fit comfortably in just above the title and the credits and ‘coming soon’ rested nicely at the bottom with out seeming too insignificant. I kept the text as white/light blue because it stood out against the dark background which made it easier to read >>>
I like this poster because it looks simple, however I think I need a more conventional looking poster as well so I am going to have a few different versions of poster, this being the first; this is how the final version of my first poster looks >>>
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