Poster designs

After I had my ideas in place I used one of my production shots for the basis for a first draft of my film poster.

First of all I had to eliminate the date stamp that was unfortunaely let on my image. Then I lightened the top background, window and added a white block at the bottom, to use for my billing block. Then I added my anchorage before emphasising the reflection by cutting out my figure and using a lower definition eraser to add a lucidity to create a reflection effect. However the problem I faced was that Icouldn't flip the image without flipping the whole background so I couldn't make the reflection look realistic, which I something I has to take into consideration when taking my next set of production shots or using this idea again. Afterwhich I got feedback from my teacher giving me hints on how to improve my idea and general poster properties. Some of the problems I had with my poster was that my proportion was all wrong for the size it would be on a standard A3 film poster format. In addition to this I would need to work on a way to get a better reflection image for my idea.

Then I began working on my second draft with a different set of production shots.

First off I chose a photo with a really high visibility reflection, so as not to encounter the same problems as last time. However as I didn't like the main image and decided to replace it with the photo I used from my first draft, by layering it on top of my new photo. Moreover to improve continuty of the too images I darkened the background and blurred the edges by using a low definition 'clone stamp' tool. Then I created a replica age certification and alligned my billing block with the copntours of the window and space underneath. After I also added more ancorage, and based on the opinion of my teacher moved the text in relation to the design layout and added a higher contrast of white to the text to make it stand out on the dark background. The final product of my second draft was a lot diffferent to the first, as the dark contrast appeared to give the film an element of gritty realism, whereas my first draft appeared a lot more romantiscised and dream like. However it produced a result I was happy with, as I did offer a more realistic portayal of a runaway.