Tuesday 16 February 2016

Poster - Construction

Firstly I decided to create the dominant image of the poster which is the image-merging headshot. I took a side-view photograph of our model Aidan and cropped it using the magnetic lasso tool. I then placed this over the top of a skyline image I took in New York and after selecting the skyline layer I again traced around the head so that I had cut out the exact same shape image as the head on the NYC photograph. I then placed the photo of NYC over the top of the headshot and began to use the rubber tool to gently remove parts of the picture to reveal the headshot underneath. I continued to rub out the image until I was satisfied and then merged the layers together to produce one photograph of the man. 

I played around with several different background colours including using more than one colour and splitting the page. I decided on a black background as the majority of the photograph has a light colour scheme therefore it stands out and is easily recognisable . I also adjusted the size of the photo various different times however decided that it looked the best when filling up most of the page and only leaving space for any additional text. I finally decided to place the image in the middle of the page as it is therefore straight to the point and with it being the only image on the page I wanted it to appear neat and uniform which i think is a style replicated from my existing product research as well as the linear style of my digipack cover. 
My final task when producing my promotional poster was to include the informative text, this being the artist name, minimum album information and record label logos. I chose a modern handwriting style font printed in white to standout on the black background and I think the natural style font is relatable with the audience. I didn't want to clutter the page with text therefore only included what I thought was necessary and I have placed it evenly spaced out in a clear font size. 

Tuesday 2 February 2016

Filming Day 11


These are the new shots we've filmed in response to our target audience questionnaire feedback. They are to emphasise the fact that he is studying in Newcastle which will make the narrative slightly clearer. We also re-filmed some lip singing that we weren't satisfied with.