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- 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skYn5SS2B0M&feature=youtu.beLink to thevideo: Break down of layers for the photoshop.
- 4. When disabling theHue/Saturation Layer mask and keeping only the 50% grey luminosity layer enabled, you can see what aspects of the poster are going to blend together and what parts will stick out. We can see the balloon, the title, the name, the release date and the clown’s, eyes stick out from the grey background. Discovering this was very useful as it allowed me to change the areas of focus, by saturating certain parts of the image more and others less. I will definitely be using this in my final project to look at what areas of the image attract the most attention, as it is a very easy and efficient way of looking at the colours of the image. Process:
- 5. Process The creation ofthis movie poster required a lot of Photoshop layers as well as plenty of images. As I started off intending to only create an image of the young boy in the alley way, the first step was to gather all the images I needed which I did using a website called Pixabay. Then I composited the images into one using by croping them using the quick selection tool and the pen tool after which I used the selective colour tool to match the colours between all of the photos. After some more minor adjustments such as making the image darker to make it appear as though it is night time and adding the rain and the puddles, I added focus points within the image to give it more depth and draw more attention to the boy. A class mate then told me the image reminded them of the movie ’IT’ so I added a red balloon as a little bit of a joke, however, it had sort of avalanche effect and I decided to make a poster for the film IT. This caused me to create a poster that (in my opinion) is far better than just the boy in the street. First I created a background and got a clipart image of pennywise the clown that I could use as a base for a clipping mask. At first I was planning on the poster to be simply the silhouette of the head with the image inside, but this looked very bleak and boring, so I came up with the idea of just adding aspects of the face into the image I got a few separate images, one for the eyes, one for the nose and a few for the hair, to blend them into the clipping mask. I used layer mask to erase parts of images instead of erasing them so that I could always go back and edit it differently if I needed to. The main thing I learned was to use layer FX tools on text such as ‘Bevel & Emboss’, ‘Satin’ and ’Contour’ I used these to change the text from a standard flat/plain look, to look detailed and three dimensional. Overall during this little experiment I didn't learn to many new skills but instead I learned how to apply existing skills in new ways. Therefore I would say it was still quite beneficial and worth the time and energy I spent making it.
- 6. Reflection While making thisposter I learned quite a few new skills and improved on skills that were already existent. The main thing I learned was however not related to mechanical skill. When I first started the poster I was only planning on creating the image of a boy in alley way, which I think would have still been a good poster, however when my classmate said it reminded them of the movie ‘IT’ and I added the balloon and then decided I would put the whole image into the head of the pennywise the clown (the antagonist in the film ‘IT’). Which made a much better poster that suddenly had a lot more information and there were more layers to the poster than a boy in an alley, this is the main aspect I will include most in my final project. Trying to see in what way can the poster have more meaning, how can I give the audience more context? Etc. Making this test poster I learned a lot more about contents of the poster than I did about the making of the poster physically (meaning Photoshop itself). I am planning to include aspects such as compositing images within one another. As my protagonist has a very recognisable mask which would be the perfect object to use as a clipping mask. If it is necessary I will 100% apply the colour correction technique. One thing I have learned from the experiment is that I need to plan my work very carefully, as it will save me heaps of time and ultimately make a better product, I also realised how important it is to pay attention to little details, for example on the poster at first I had writer ‘Stephen King’s IT’ with the IT underneath the name. I then decided to change this for aesthetic purposes and place the title ‘IT’ above the name Stephen king, however I forgot to remove the “ ‘s “ so it now reads ‘IT Stephen King’s ‘ which doesn’t make any sense. As it is little details such as a grammatical error like that, that make the difference between a pass or a merit, or the difference between a merit and a distinction.
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