Making My Film Poster

I started off choosing two of my photographs, one of which I placed in the middle and the other I cropped in half. I then placed one half on the left of the main photograph and the other half on the right, and made sure to align the pictures correctly.

 

 

Using the line tool I created two lines in each photo to divide the page equally and using the crop tool, I split each section of the photograph so that they were separate for me to add the shadow onto each line, making a distinct split in each of the photographs.

Then using the effects on the layer style, I created a layer to add a shadow and gradient onto and repeated this to fill all of the sections.

 

I also used the effects on the layer style to make the individual lines bolder and more prominent on the page.

 

 

I started to then edit the colours of the photographs and experiment with the use of black and white, however I felt like this colour did not work very well so decided to go with a different option.

 

 

I used the saturation tool to drain the colour from the photographs in order to give them a darker look but not being to bland by using a black and white effect.

I also adjusted the brightness and contrast levels to make my photographs look in a more professional manner.



I then added a rectangular shape over the whole of the poster and added a gradient effect on it to make the top look slightly darker and make a darker shade on the bottom to make the text look more visible and easier to read.

After experimenting with a number of fonts, I decided to use 'Type-Ra' and add various effects to it to make it stand out and look more interesting. I used a standard font on the actor names and date of the film, in order to not draw attention away from the title of the movie.