15 December 2010

This week we finished our poster, the final result can be seen below:

Here is a link to the full sized version:

http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb393/haylz4000/FINALFINALPOSTER.png

When making the poster we decided that we wanted a dark theme, due to the poster research we did a few months back. We both really liked the photo we used as the character looked vunerable due to the high angle used and we also liked how the chracter seemed to be trapped behind the fence as it matched the title 'Mind Trap'. Also, by making the character look straight at the camera it made her look desperate to get out. To make the character seem more vunerable we changed the contrast to enhance the characters pale skin, making her look ill, to a degree. To make the character stand out we made the background black and white while keeping her in colour.

8th December

This was the third and final attempt at taking photos for our poster as these ones turned out the way we were aiming for from the start. We did face difficulties, however, this being in the form of the cold. As you will see in the photos below I am wearing very few layers so shivering and tensing up caused issues however we worked around them. Some of the photos we took are shown below along with the final one we chose to use.

Mind Trap - Poster Shoot 3

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Final choice:
The quality of the photo is, of course, better when the image isn't shrunk down. But we chose this picture because we like the high angle we used, as it made the character seem more vunerable. Also the way the character is gripping onto the fence makes it seem like she is "trapped" which relates to the title. Finally, due to the initial gloom of the picture, it will be easier to edit to look darker.

We intend to make a poster each based on our joint ideas so that, in the end, we can bring together the best aspects of each and make a better poster overall. We are going to use photoshop to make our poster as wehave troubles with other adobe programmes such as InDesign, as well as this InDesign is mostly used for magazines rather than posters making it unsuitable.

1st December

The snow has delayed our progress as we were unable to get the equipment we needed. As well as this, the snow was unsuitable for our poster photo shoot as we felt it would convey a more romantic vibe than the unerving scary vibe that we are hoping to achieve. However the gloomy, dark weather that remains would be effective on our poster as it will cause more shadows and make the shot look more sinister, which will make it easier to edit.
when we got back to school we had a production meeting to see how we could catch up on lost time: