Evaluation Preparation: Feedback

1.  What are the strengths of your poster?
My poster consists of most of the conventions in a film poster, the layout of my film poster is precise & I have one original image in my film poster. And also, my credits and logos of companies are realistic. I've received comments saying that my poster actually looks like a real film poster.

2.  What are the weaknesses of your poster?
The release date in the credits don't really show as much because the colour of the background in the bottom is similar to the release date. 

3.  How could your poster be improved?

My poster could be improved by adding more stock characters in the background to describe what's going on in the poster and make the release date of the film more seen. Also, if the two Protagonists were in colour I think my poster would become more effective.

Evaluation Original Intentions

What was the original idea for the poster explained in your task 7 proposal? 

I’ve made sure that the two protagonists are centered & that they stand out. The tag line is right above the protagonists to portray their love for one another.

Did you make any changes to your original idea?

Yes; I’ve made changes in my original film poster but not a lot.

What changes did you make? 

There was supposed to be a faded picture of a city just above the title to represent that it’s in the modern time but and I was supposed to get a girl to be in the poster with me so I would have 2 original images in my poster.

Why did you make these changes?

I removed the picture of the city because there would be too much going on in the poster so I had to reduce that and I couldn’t get a girl to take a photo of to fill the part but one original image is enough and I’m satisfied of the outcome.

Evaluation Part 1

EVALUATION PART 1

To compose my movie poster; Adobe Photoshop was the most useful. It helped me to construct a comprehensive movie poster & also was useful because I’ve never used Photoshop properly.

Firstly, I opened Adobe Photoshop to start designing my poster. The background was where I wanted to make a start so I had to search for a suitable one for my movie genre. I had to download the image from “Google Images”& open the downloaded file on Photoshop. The image appeared small on Photoshop so I had to enlarge it to cover up the page (to make it a background). On the top left-hand side is where I clicked on “Edit” to go to “Transform” then I clicked on “Scale”. Guidelines appeared around the image so I dragged it to fill up the page.

Next, I thought about the text: the actor’s names; the logo; the credits & the tag-line. On the far left, there was a wide selection of tools to choose from but I needed to pick the right one. The “Horizontal Type Tool” was convenient for what I wanted to do. I focused on the actors name first so I clicked on “Horizontal Type Tool” and made a rectangle shaped outline on the top of my page to type the actor’s names. I had to think carefully: about the actors names; which one to put in the middle; the size of the text; the amount of actors to put in my film poster & name of the actors.

After that I focused more on the logo & the credits. I opened the text tool again to make my logo; I used “Rosewood Std” for my font because it was unique.

For the credits I needed help so used a template from Google images. I had to edit it to make it blend in with the background of my film poster so I used “Magic Eraser Tool” (which was on the left-hand side). I had to erase in-between & inside the letters; which was time consuming but it was worth it. I also had to think about the company logos, the release date & the age rating certificate as well, so I copied them from “Google Images” & pasted them on to the bottom of my film poster.

My movie idea was inspired by the remarkable tragedy “Romeo & Juliet” & so was my film poster. So I used a few images from the modern version of the film to enhance my film poster. I had to download the poster from “Google Images” and erase the parts I didn’t want to get the parts I needed. I had to zoom in the page to make sure I’ve done a clean job.  Then, I copied the finished job onto my film poster & enlarged it using “Scale” to fit the page.

For my original image I had to get a side-profile of my face (which was simple because I already had one taken of me on Facebook). I also had to get a side-profile of a female standing opposite me. I couldn’t get an original photo done so I copied one from Google Images.  I went on “Image” then “Adjustments” to edit the colour of the images. I made the images grey because in colour, it was hard to get both of them to look the same.                             

Finally, I had to think about the size of the images carefully, the positioning of the images & the colours. Then, I went on “File” on the top left-hand side then clicked on “Save As” I had to save it as a JPEG file to complete it.