Wednesday, 28 December 2016

Poster Draft using Film Screenshot

So I have a very clear idea for what I want for my poster. I want it to be a scene from the film itself, which is useful because that means I can test it with the footage I already have. My plan is to take a portrait photo when I film the re-shoots, as the footage that I am going to test with is landscape, which is not what I want.

 So here we have my paint.net draft poster.



Here is a screenshot from my first draft.















Here is a rough edit.















Now I really want to make it clear, that this is a very rough draft. The only software I have at home is paint.net, which is not very good. However at sixth form we have Photoshop, so I can create a much better draft there. Once I have a good draft, I can experiment with a bit, get the portrait photo and create the final poster.

I know where the title and tagline are going to be placed, as seen in the draft. I'm not sure where the other information is going to go though. I have created another rough draft to show some potential ideas.















The main three other items I need on the poster are in red. I need my name, and my two actors name. I'm not sure what else to add, I quite like the simplicity of the poster like this. I was thinking that possibly the actors names could stretch across the bench diagonally.

Reflective Comment:
It's a very rough draft, but I'm getting closer to the final piece. One at school again, I'll have access to Photoshop and I'll be able to create a much better looking poster. I'm aiming to have the poster done by the end of January, which I think is a very sensible target.

1 comment:

  1. make sure that you consider aspect ration in prep - the films are captured in landscape and a poster tends to be potrait aspect - plan how you will consider this - perhaps compare posters from stills in existing films - good way to improve understanding and show evidence for marks

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