Practice Movie Posters

Above is my first attempt at creating a movie poster using Photoshop. I created this poster by selecting an image from google that related to my movie trailer ,which is based in the woods, and uploading it on to my template, that had the credits on it, that I had already put on to Photoshop. Once I had changed the effects on the image I thought of an initial title for my film trailer that I may change later on in the making of my trailer. I like the font of my title as it is a formal sharp title that are associated with horrors but I also like how the red stands out against the dull background and makes you focus on it.

 After my first attempt at creating a movie poster I decided to add a slogan that would relate to my film and make people question it. Also since a slogan has been added it means that when people hear the slogan they will recognise it and relate it to my film. Although the slogan may get changed to something else after my poster has been developed further. I have placed my slogan just below my film title in smaller font I did this so people would be able to relate the title with the slogan. But also so people would not focus away from the title as I think if the slogan was at the top of the page or larger than what it is people would focus more of there attention on that.





















I decided that after creating my last movie poster that I liked the slogan and titles position and how it stood out against the background. Although I liked the poster I thought that I needed to add a companies logo so that people would recognise it and if they like the company who has made the film it will make them want to go and watch the film even more.  I chose the 20th century Fox logo as they have been known to make some well known horror/thriller films which is the type of trailer that I am creating.

After creating some black and white background images I decided to create an image that had more colour to see how it effected the whole outlook of the poster. I think that the red and black background gives the image a more interesting look and it makes it stand out more when people look at it, the red also relates better to the genre of my film that is horror/thriller and red is associated with blood. I also think that the white writing in the middle of the poster stands out and is easier for you to notice when you glance at the poster than what the black and white poster is. One thing I need to add to my poster is the slogan from the other poster but I'm not too sure where to place it on this poster as I do not want it to take away attention from the title. I also need to add a company logo in my poster that relates to well known horror films.

I decided to create another practice image to help me towards my final. For this final I used two of my own images of the forest where my trailer will take place and of the main character in my film so people will recognise the character and relate it straight back to my film. I like how on this poster everything is kept to one section of the page and there is nothing in the top section so you focus more on where the writing and main image is. I edited the image so it had no bright colours as the darkness and the redness of the image relates to the horror them due to red being associated with blood. I did not add a company logo as in the credits it says which company the film has been made by and the additional logo was making my posters look to crowded. Although i like this image I think that it is a bit plain for my final and could have something else for example some more writing on it.