Poster Planning Lydia Gould

• I have now decided on the photo i would like to use for my poster. Here is the original and unedited version- which i know isn’t appropriate because its over exposed however i have opened it up in Photoshop and have started to edit it in various ways to decrease the exposure and play with the settings to achieve something even more so suited to the thriller/ horror narrative.

 I think its a successful image due to its composition and suits me for the layout of my poster design, as it allows me space to the left to put a small review, title and production details. I have been inspired by the poster for 'Legend' (below) and thought i could do a similar thing with the stars and ratings: 

Edits

Using Abode Photoshop, I have started to edit images using filters or adjusting the settings in Camera Raw. It has been noted next to each image which process it has been through. In this image I have fully increased the

clarity to make each every detail enhanced. I think this is effective because it makes the image look a lot sharper. I also heightened the contrast, this meant the highlights and shadows were highlighted and caused quite a dramatic outcome. By turning down the exposure and brightness and increasing the blacks, I could sort out the lighting issue which we faced in the original image.

Having discovered from the 1st edit how to solve the lighting exposure issue from the original, I decided to play around more with vibrancy, saturations and clarity. As you can see the top image has a soft focus (reduced clarity) which has resulted in an airbrush-like effect so this isn’t effect for a poster image because it reflects the victim with the wrong representation. The bottom image however is much more effective, a harsh lighting environment has been created by a blue tint, which has made the photo look cold and unwelcoming, this suits the narrative more of a kidnapping and the increased clarity also looks harsh as it outlines the models facial features.

Edits

I carried on adjusting other settings and decided increasing the ‘blacks’ was something I definitely wanted to do as it hid some of her face and the surrounding room which created the effect that she was submerged In the darkness. It also made her look more vulnerable because as she looks up in fear we cant see where she is or who is there too. Although I liked the soft focus the reduced clarity achieved I thought it didn’t suit the right genre. I quite like the black and white ones because they’re eerie. The one above is still too over exposed as I didn’t adjust the brightness or exposure but the top left one is a much better example.

EditsConte

crayon

Stamp

Poster Edges

Edits

Cutout

Grainy

HALF-TONE

Assessing EditsSuccessful

PossibilityUnsuccessful

Images to Improve

I don’t like these images, the filter light in the top one ruins the scary effect the darkness has in the other edits. The bottom one is definitely too soft focus resulting in it looking airbrushed, this is not the representation I would like her to have if she’s been kidnapped you would not expect her to me presented as an ‘image of perfection’.

Successful Edits

I think both of these images are successful, however I feel the black and white grainy one gives off a horror vibe were as the harsh lighting blue one gives off a cold, thriller vibe. That’s why I think I’m going to use the one on the left because it seems more appropriate to my genre and the connotations are also relevant and link to it.

To further add to my central poster image, I am going to add an image of Adam to the left side but firstly editing him in the same way I edited Nicole. After cutting him out from the original image, I moved him onto Nicole’s tab and reduced his opacity to 24%. Then I changed the filter setting to ‘difference’ because I felt like it enhanced Adams red eye.

Editing Process

Changed blending mode to

‘Difference’ and the

opacity to 34%.

Turned on show transformation tools, to adjust the size of the photo whilst holding down

shift to keep it in proportion.

I opened the picture up and dragged it into Nicole’s image,

after having edited it with

the same percentages in camera raw.

I used the spot healing brush to

reduce some shine and get rid of some spots,

however I thought the shine was

effective on the forehead because it looked like she

was sweating.

Final Image