Making the Poster - PowerPoint Presentation

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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. Slide3

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. Slide4

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. Slide5

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. Slide6

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: Slide7

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. Slide8

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.