Creating a film poster....

Today in class i was put in a group and was given a camera and told to take pictures on school grounds.


-We looked around for an interesting scenery;
(this was a mistake as we didn’t thoroughly think through what we would like to portray in our poster)


-We did decide the genre of the film to be “thriller”. 

-We went to a large room behind the theatre which had black floors and walls, a chair, a table and a mirror.


Photography


-We then took many photos, at different angles, of each-other in a hooded coat to mask our identity.


-The lighting in the room was very convenient as it was quite dim which added to the eerie effect of the poster however due to this we found it hard to make the images focused.


Editing 

-We uploaded the photos onto the computer and chose one particular photo which we personally thought would be appropriate.


-I strated by using “the stamp tool” so that i could remove certain objects from the black wall such as the fire exit sign which i thought ruined the eerie, unnatural effect of the photo.


-I then made certain areas of the photo darker by using “the burn tool”, mainly on the face (to hide my identity).


-I then chose another photo and used “the stamp tool” to copy the image of me sitting on a ledge onto the black wall in the photo.
(This didn’t work as well as i had hoped because i found it difficult to get the lighting the same in both images so it looked quite fake.)


- I changed the size of the figure fron the other photo by using “transform” which meant that i could emphasize the figure in the foreground rather than the background. 

Above is the poster which i created during class, i called it Identity as it seemed to be my main theme when taking photos and during editing.