Capstone slidedeck for my capstone project part 2.pdf
Product photos presentation
1. Photos for my products
I will put my magazine and poster photos into
this PowerPoint, I am going to show my
development through my poster photos after
having critics off my peers which helped me
improve my ancillary task of my film poster.
3. For my movie poster photo I wanted to use the main character and the
‘ghost’ who is causing incidents in the movie trailer. I used the mirror because
I was going to try and use the ‘shattered’ effect on photoshop, however after
trying to create a crack in the mirror I found it very challenging. I presented
this to my peers in my media class and they gave me good ideas that I can
change about my photo. I took their advice on board because after they had
told me the changes I noticed them myself and it was errors that were not
code and conventional on horror movie posters. An example of this is the
trees in the background, students asked me why have you got that on your
photo it takes the effect away from the main image.
Also I understood from my peers that the image was not telling enough of the
story and that they suggested I should use blood, look more shocked and
pretend I am doing my hair because not many people just stare into the
mirror.
I have listened to their advice and retook my photos and created a similar
effect to what they suggested.
5. From my first draft poster photos you can clearly see a difference
and it gives an impact already, I created the blood on the mirror
spelling a girls name.. This does not give away the story at all it
just gives it that ery feeling. It now seems like I am looking into
the mirror for a reason as I am doing my hair.
In order for this photo to create the look I want it to I will edit
the photo and use background remove tool to cut round the
mirror. I also used this photo in black and white as during my
research I noticed quite a few horror movie posters were in black
and white, it gave them more of a deep and meaningful look for
example ‘Scream’ movie poster.
7. For my magazine cover I couldn't’t decide at first whether to use
a photo of the actor in character or just the actor. I also took a
photo of two of the characters but after researching into film
magazine covers it was clear that I would be challenging against
other magazine covers so I decided that I would just go for one
person on my front cover. I was quite interested in having the
actor on the front and not his character, however in my movie
trailer they were wearing similar clothes. I made it clear on the
front cover that I was using the actor as I displayed his name
quite clearly. In order to create a good magazine cover I had to
remove the background of the photo on Photoshop and put it on
a black back ground. I found the magazine cover the most
challenging compared to the movie poster, because the movie
poster tells the audience a story which you can display on the
image as I created the movie trailer.
