Coursework Report

Poster Designs

This was an idea that I played around with. I tried out different splatter and smudge effects but felt they were too false. The colour here is far too bright is unrealistic for the colour of blood. However I do like how the blood splat has almost worked as a border around part of the image. Though I feel it isn't quite serious enough and almost comical. 

After Editing, both the image and the typography, I layered both images onto one another by changing the opacity of the images, to make both layers more see through/transparent. 

Here, I added two blood splatters by using the brush tool and putting on smudges.

Next, I zoomed in closely to see the typography and added cracks to it. I also added another layer of the typography because I didn't feel the font was clear enough, it seemed too faded. By doing this, it has also created a shadow like silhouette glow around the writing, making it appear more 3D and more in the foreground.

I then added another blood splatter as I felt the top left of the poster was a bit empty and needed some colour. Red and black are typical colour conventions of Horror films and posters.

This is the final design and I have now included a tagline. This makes it more of a film poster instead of just a photograph. Personally, I feel it works quite well and fits the codes and conventions of horror films. 

This is the final design with the billing. I have removed the tagline because it didn't fit in with the genre, story-line or style of my poster. I am pleased with the billing although I feel there is a lot of it there. I am going to edit it again and insert a new tagline, as well as trying to make it more realistic looking. 

Finished complete main poster. 

Teaser Poster: 

This is the final design for my teaser trailer poster for my horror campaign. 

Edited the final design of the teaser poster and added some red blurs to create a blood effect. I will then add a tagline and then the teaser poster will be complete. 

Here I have changed the brightness of the image as when I printed it, it was very dark and you couldn't see the finger marks clearly at all. I will print this to see how well it comes out and hopefully it will be a lot easier to see. 

Changed Brightness, font and design.

Photo's and Editing

Photo 1:

This is a photo I took when I was in Scotland during the Christmas Holidays. It is a shot through the car window, of Edinburgh Castle. 

This is the same photo cropped and being edited on Pixlr. I have only changed the brightness and contrast so far. By doing this, it makes the image appear more sinister due to the dark colours and dark sky, creating pathetic fallacy for the viewers. 

I have now changed the Hue and Saturation. I have done this to make the building almost more like a silhouette for the teaser poster background. I really like this photo and feel it is a possibility to use in my posters. Below, is the real photo of it, after editing.

For this stage of Editing, I have added a filter called 'Glamour Glow' I think it makes it a lot more effective, however I am unsure whether it is too cartoon like or not. 

Photo 2:

Again, this is a shot of Edinburgh Castle but from another angle. I really like how the building is above the camera and we as the audience are looking up at it. It makes us feel insignificant to its size. 

This is the photo being edited. I have changed the brightness so the sky isn't as blue and white, and changed the contrast to make the building a lot more darker and bring out the darkness in the brick work and hillside. 

In this photo, I have just changed it slightly by going over the building in the 'Blur Tool' this makes whatever you highlight in it go slightly faded/fuzzy. I like this effect however I am not too sure how I could use the photo in my posters.

Photo 3:

This is a photo I took when I was on a dog walk in Powdermill Woods in Battle. There is a small wooden bridge that you have to cross, and flowing underneath it is a little stream/river. This was during Autumn so the leaves were starting to fall off the trees and many settled on the surface of the water. I really like this photo and feel that by changing it slightly, it could look a lot more creepy. As I am doing Psychological Horror, I don't need or want to make all my photos gory, instead I want to show the scene and setting of the movie.

I have edited this photo simply by making it sharper. I used the sharpen tool and played around a bit with different filters and effects. I tried out the 'Denoise' filter but it didn't seem to change very much on this particular photo. I used the 'Tilt Shift' filter which in my opinion, gave a very good effect. It made the image very clear, but also seemed to darken it and blur parts, I changed the blur sections so I blurred it nearer the bottom. I wanted to make the river clear that it was there and so the way the light has come through the tree's and has been reflected onto the water makes it clear. 

This is the photo in its full size after being edited. 

Photo 4: 

This is a photo I took during our kitchen being rebuilt. This is in the garage and I really like how its captured all the dust and debris that has been left after the builders have removed and knocked down the walls and units. 

Here I have changed the Contrast of the image. By doing this it made all the dust and broken debris appear more bold and gave them better shadows. 

Next, I changed the Hue, Saturation and Lightness of the image.