Poster Construction

Poster Layout/Photoshop

On the left hand side is our original flat plan to our final horror poster. This is based on the inspiration and research in earlier blog posts which we have listed the posters and images that were inspiring to us. We decided with this as our final because it was more appropriate for our

appearance and our genre. Also to represent the title of our film “Perception” so by showing two sides one relatively normal and one destructive. We also chose a more professional approach than our first edit in the middle, something that would look more realistic. This

would attract a greater audience to our poster, which would enhance our advertising.

Poster Features

We added a brief rating from EMPIRE the distributor of the

poster and magazine the company representing the film. This also promotes the film as it 5 stars

which would persuade the audience to research and watch the

film.

The blood splatter on the titles links with the gore within the sfx make

up throughout our products and we also slightly shadowed the title with

a slight red . We used the original colour white as it stood out well

on the background also it represented purity which is now

stained by blood which links to the storyline.

The back ground holds a faint forest full of tall trees, which relates to a scene within the trailer with the

main character Mrs Chapel and Mrs Willow.

The companies that would be involved in the making of this film

are listed down below with just their logos , some of these

companies also are also involved in the distribution for this film.

“Don’t let your mind see through your eyes” This was our main quote

we used through our products to advertise our film , and also the quote relates to the meaning of the masthead “Perception” and

also to our storyline.

The main image deciphers the main villain, the angle of gaze also

intrigues the audience to look directly at the poster, especially with the extreme effects on the

image.

The credits at the bottom of the image, credit all the people that

were involved within the making , listing the specific job roles within production, for example director, editor and producer. This include the characters who also are listed

across the top of the poster.

Lastly the age rating of the film, which is in a space that the symbol can stand out. This also connotes the scare factor of the film to our

audience.

Final Image decision

These are the photo’s that we chose to use within our final poster. We chose these series of images as they showed a lot more of her face as her hair is tied up, also it shows the meaning of our trailer

“Perception” as you can really see each side of the face. We based our final decision on the angle or the image towards the audience, which one would be most effective . In the end we went with the middle

image as it, was the sharpest image in gaining the audience's attention.

Photo Manipulation

Tyanna was in charge in creating and editing the poster.

•Using the liquefy tool, she made the iris bigger to intensify the gaze from Tyanna on the poster

•Using the magic wand tool she traced the outline of her body

•The layer was duplicated the same layer that she had just outlined , to avoid the background being attached

•A layer was added on top of the layer, both black and white•Using the paintbrush tool on the white mask she painted some black paint using the brush tool•On the black mask she painted white paint so you can see pieces of the duplicated image•The image underneath has been liquefied

•This is all the layers combined together

•To enhance the look of the eye, she researched into bloodshot eyes, to use as a template on the image

•The bloodshot eye was then applied to the eye, on a multiply layer so that the eye that would go behind the image •It was then cropper to fit the eye

•To make the lips noticeable, she liquefied them •Then using an image of cracked paint on a wall she then applied this to the image repeating the previous process of the bloodshot eye

•She used the smudge tool on the sfx make up to intensify the reality of it

•She used the burn tool to darken some of the areas, to give the blood more of a dried up look

•To link the poster our trailer we added a forest from google into the background •She put this image on a multiply layer to decrease the intensity of the image •This also makes the focal point on the villain more enhanced •She applied another forest image to intensify it even more •She used the lasso tool to outline the image and to stop the layers from darkening the image

Font Decisions/Manipulation

We looked at some fonts on DaFont.com to get an idea into what fonts we could use

We found plain fonts that were similar and put our masthead within the

generator to compare and choose the fonts

We chose a font and put it on top of the image to see the look of the masthead, however this font did

not match the theme or appearance of our poster.

We looked into other psychological horror film posters to get a taste of the

font they used

We found a similar font on Dafont, of the text that was used on The Last

Exorcism Poster

We applied it to our poster and it worked really well, we changed the font

colour to white as it stood out better against the background

Using previous methods from the image manipulation we found a dirty wall and incorporated the marks into our poster

font

Using the paint brush tool on the layer we darkened the stains form the dirty

wall to a more dark red , to make it look like blood, which would link our texts

together

We used a inner and outer shadow effect on the text to make it stand out

We incorporated a similar font from our masthead to the other text on our poster to

link the fonts

UNIVERSAL PICTURES AND CYCLOPS PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS “PERCEPTION” STARRING SYDNEY HEAD TYANNA TUITT-PERSAUD MUSIC BY SABRINA BOUKHALFA COSTUME DESIGNER TYANNA TUITT-PERSAUD EDITED BY ATIMANGO AKENA SABRINA BOUKHALFA TYANNA TUITT-PERSAUD NIA TYRELL PRODUCED BY

ATIMANGO AKENA SABRINA BOUKHALFA TYANNA TUITT-PERSAUD DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY ATIMANGO AKENA SABRINA BOUKHALFA

SCREEN PLAY BY NIA TRYELL DIRECTED BY ATIMANGO AKENA SABRINA BOUKHALFA TYANNA TUITT-PERSAUD NIA TYRELL

•Empire review 5 stars- Star quote •Name of Actors •Age Rating•Date of release •Company Logo’s • Quote •Website?•Author?

I researched into poster credits and typed up all the positions that applied

to us using a film template, I also noted down things to include within our

poster that seemed to be conventional, once we chose the correct font Tyanna

copied and pasted the layout I had typed out onto the poster

THE ONES YOU LOVE, THE ONES CLOSEST TO YOU ARE THE ONES YOU SHOULD BE

AFRAID OF.WHAT YOU SEE IS EXACLTY

WHAT YOU GET.YOUR EYES ARENT THE ONLY WAY OF SEEING.WHAT YOU SEE IS NOT

WHAT YOU GET.YOUR EYE SPEAKS THE

TRUTH WHEN EVERTHING ELSE IS A LIE

RULE YOUR MIND OR IT WILL RULE YOU.

DON’T LET YOUR MIND SEE THROUGH YOUR

EYES.

We had quotes that related to our film, that we had included

into out trailer within the titles, and we chose one to be on our poster, to be the main quote to

promote our film

We used DaFont.com again to find the right font for our credits to match the

conventional film posters.

We looked at existing products and looked at some of the things I had noted down

such as review’s and quotes.

Some of the conventions were, star ratings, the age

rating, and magazine companies. These are some

the conventions we used within out final poster.

We used the rating convention from the empire magazine company. We reduced

the colour of the Empire to match the red on the rest of the poster.

We also looked into some of the companies that are involved in the making, distributing and even

some that sponsor the film .

•Using the magic wand tool she traced the outline of her body

This Is our final Poster