Poster creation

To create our poster we used photoshop as our platform to edit our image. We took an image of the couple sitting on a bench which was showcased in the trailer. The equipment used to do so was a HD Canon 600D, we used this camera to make sure that we had the best quality image. We wanted to use this location to create good synergy for our ancillary products. Our aim was to get Hope the main character to slowly fade from the image to represent her life as she slowly was dying.

The first part was placing an image of the bench which was taken seconds before the couple sat down as the back layer. Using the quick selection tool we were able to select our actors silhouette. From here we used the refine edge tool which allowed us to smooth out any rough and jagged edges. Once the silhouette was separate from the image it was ready to be edited on. An effect called luminosity was added on tho create a ghostly feel to the Actors body. Then the opacity was changed slightly lower to create a fading effect.

We opened a new window and changed the layout to create a poster style page. We pulled over the edited image which was converted into a JPEG this allowed the image to stay all as one. From this point we started looking into fonts. The first we chose was from a website called DaFont which we found a font we liked. We chose black first of all however it came across dull and hard to read. We were still creating a romance so we changed the font to fit the genre.

The colouring we used was pink. This was to complement the romance genre. Looking into many posters we found the romances tend to have bright eye catching colours. We wanted to achieve the same so we took the font one step further by changing it to 3D. This would make the poster really stand out.
Studying and analysing posters allowed us to create ours to a high quality standard.

We have seen on most posters that at the bottom shows the cast and developers of the film. We did the same by using white thin font in the style of many posters. We added our tagline too, Dying to be in love.

We put a second image over the finished image. Then from here we used the opacity tool to have the diary slightly appear in the background. This was an important feature to add because the name of the trailer we ere creating was Diary of a Dying Girl and sou;d make scense to show it in the poster. This in our view worked well and finished the poster off well. The last item to be added was the logo. Our company was called West Coast Productions and we chose a wave to be our logo so we edited on a small wave to be put a the bottom left of the poster.