1. Poster- Photo manipulation in
Photoshop
By Kirsty Steward

2. Photo shoot:

3. Original Image
Pictured left is the original
image of the picture I
chose out of my photo
shoot to actually use for
my poster piece. I thought
it was essential to include
this image to show the
changes I made in order
to show how I have made
the poster look more
conventional/professional.

4. Clone Stamp
The first change I made was using
the clone stamp to eliminate the
paper edges underneath the
notebook. This was because when
looking at the original images, the
newspaper cuttings underneath
made the image look too crowded
and left me unable to place text
effectively onto the piece without it
appearing messy. By using white
paper underneath the notebook, it
would allow me to place text far
more easily and make the image
look less cluttered. Thus I removed
the paper edges to make the
background appear more
professional and less messy.

5. Brightness and contrast
I increased the brightness and
contrast to quite a degree when
manipulating my original image
to give off more of a low-key
lighting effect. This is because
this is conventional in a drama
thriller poster as the thriller
genre is usually the more
prominent genre conveyed
through the image. To achieve
this, I lowered the contrast much
more than the brightness to give
darker shades, especially on the
mystery hand.

6. Colour Balance
I decided to change the colour balance so the image had more of
a blue hue to it. This was not only to make the image appear
darker, thus sticking to the thriller conventions again, but to go with
my consistent house style that runs throughout my pieces where
blue is always a very prominent colour.

7. Canvas size
The last manipulation I decided to make was to increase the
canvas size of the image. As the white background could easily
be copied, I selected an area ,copied and pasted it on the blank
canvas area to make the image seem bigger. This was initially
done to ensure I had enough space for my tagline of my film as I
planned to set out my poster in a ‘Z composition’. The tagline is
important to view and identity with as it is a persuasive element
in actually getting the audience to come and view a film.