Poster Photoshop

For my poster I started with a background of a brick wall to help portray the themes and genre of the teenage drama. Here, I changed the opacity to lighten the colouring of the wall to make it seem less animated  and make sure it wouldn't distract from the main features of the poster. 

After selecting the most appropriate photos from my photo shoot, I used the quick selection tool to cut out my characters so that I could layer them onto the brick wall. With this, I then used a gaussian blur around the edges of the images to soften them and added some shadow to make it seem as if they could actually be in front of the wall.

I then considered using the same font as my titles in my trailer as the film title on my poster. However, I thought a simplier, bold font would work better as I wanted to make the poster look professional and I didn't want to distract from the images of the characters. 

After asking for some suggestions on how I could make my poster look more proffesional, Mr Go suggested that I edit some sort of text or graffiti into the brick wall to make it seem like it was spray painted on. With this, I found a colourful image of some graffitied tower blocks that I thought would contrast with the colouring of the wall and would help represent the background of the two brothers. I reduced the opacity of the image to help it blend into the wall so it looked like it was actually part of the bricks.

I then chose a similar font to use for the release date which I layered on top of the characters to make it stand out. I also used a bright white to contrast with the darker colours of the characters' jeans and the brick wall. However, I have made sure that this text is smaller than the main title so it doesn't distract from it. Using the same font, I created credits for the poster with the different actors, director, producers and production team names, which I positioned under the release date like many film posters.

Here, I needed to fill the empty space above the title. I decided to have some kind of reviews or award logos here to give my poster a professional feel. I then copied a series of film awards from an existing film poster and used the magic wand tool to get rid of the background colour so I could layer it on top of the brick wall background.

Finally, I realised I hadn't included any actors names, so I thought I should add these in as my final touch. I thought the most appropriate place to position these titles would be under the main film title. Here, I used a subtle font to blend into the background but made sure it was still legible. I positioned it to the left side of the title to make sure it didn't touch or cover Tyler (Frankie) as this could have looked too crowded.