Task: Film Poster

Task: Film Poster

For this task I will be working on creating a film poster for an existing film. To do this I will be using the programs Photoshop and Illustrator to help edit my ideas together to create a final piece. Once this task is complete i will output my poster making it  ready to be viewed on this blog.

I will be using the time in these workshops to plan and design my poster, at this moment in time I am planning on making my poster in a minimalist style. The reason I have chosen to go with this particular style is that I like the simple but effective look it gives to posters, as you could only edit one image onto the poster but people similar with the films would be able to recognise the film straight away. 

The main guidelines for creating this film poster include:

• Your poster should be A4. at 72dpi
• A Title - should be in a standard font or free to create own typeface
• A Byline - a line that helps 'sell' the film
• A Main Image - can be a mix of different images, style and content
• A Quote - poster should include a review quote 

Minimalistic Poster Ideas

Here are a few Minimalistic poster ideas that I found on Google search that I would like to base my final poster design on. I like the Minimalistic style as it takes a iconic scene or object featured in a film, making it instantly recognisable by the audience. It is a simple yet effective style to use for film posters which is why i think it will be perfect to use for the movie I am creating my poster for. 

Film Poster for The Hobbit

Film Poster for UP

Film Poster for Grease

Film Poster for Sex and the City

Film Poster for Spiderman

Poster: Step-by-step Guide

                           Below is a step-by-step guide on how i made by Poster design -

To make my movie poster i used Photoshop to edit. As my poster
was to advertise the up and coming Minions movie i thought i
would use a Minimalistic style, so i made the poster a Minion.
Even though it may seem simple, this character well known from
the movies Despicable Me,  making it recognisable as soon as you see it. 

I used the colours yellow and blue as they are the colours
of a Minion. I then edited in the eye and the mouth. 

I then started testing out which text fonts i wanted to use and
if i wanted the title to be all in capital or lower-case letters. 

I decided on my font and i went for typing it all in lower-case
letters as it makes it look my child-friendly and less serious. 

When looking at my poster i thought the text looked quite flat so
i thought i'd play around with the 3D text option. I decided to keep
the 3D text as i thought it gave my poster a more profession look, instead
of everything looking flat and boring. 

                                        Here are two copies of my finished movie poster, i
                                        was comparing the two to decide whether i preferred
                                        the movie quote being at the top or at the bottom. I
                                        decided to go with placing it at the top as i thought it
                                       looked better featured under the text "They're back to
                                       take over the world".

My Finished Poster Design

                                                   My Finished Poster Design

This is my finished poster design. I chose to do my poster for the upcoming film Minions, most recognisable from the films Despicable Me.

Task: Logo Design

Logo Design

For this task we are to create a logo for a company. We are free to create and develop a logo unconstrained from an already existing brand identity, I will have to create a logo for a fictional company that has either appeared in a book, film or TV programme, using the software Adobe Illustrator. 

Below is a funny video i found which pokes funs at the badly made logos that i want to avoid making -

Poster Design Ideas

I have chosen do make my logo to represent the Circus the in televsion programme American Horror Story. As the show is set in the 1950/60s I have looked up and found some examples which have that old type look, which I want my logo to resemble. 

This is a poster for 'The Famous Cole' circus, I like the style of the text used as it obvious that it is from around the 50/60s, which is perfect for my logo.

I liked the effect that this poster has with the paper ripping, releasing everyone from the circus. I thought that effect would look good if i developed it into a logo.

Logo Design Sketches

When planning and designing my Logo i produced some sketches which i later went onto scanning in to use as part of my final design.

Logo: Step-by-step Guide

                             Below is a step-by-step guide on how I made my Logo design -

The first step i took was scanning my hand-drawn image of the circus
into my computer to put onto Photoshop to edit. 

I then started experimenting with the design i wanted to make
by adding in a circle to make the logo circular shaped, using it
as a path for my text as i wanted it to be curved. 

Here i have started to add in the text to my logo. I have made
a path for the text to follow when being typed, creating a curved
effect that i wanted. I wanted the text to curve around the image
so i wouldn't have to have a circle featured in the logo but have the
effect that it does as a text circles around the image. 

Here is a screenshot of my finished logo design after i had
altered the colours to how i felt made the logo stand out.

My Finished Logo Design

My Finished Logo Design

Printed below is my finished logo design. I chose to do my logo for the American TV show American Horror Story: Freakshow. The Show is based around a circus in the year 1952 so i wanted my logo to have that old look to it to resemble the circus posters/logos i drew inspiration from. I chose to draw my logo by hand as i wanted it to have that particular look of it being 'Homemade' as most circuses are independent companies that make up their own logos as they travel . I then scanned it into Adobe Illustrator to add additional colouring and text. 

Task: Record Cover Design

Task: Record Cover Design 

For this task i had to design and create a record cover using Adobe Photoshop to edit. There was a twist though, instead of being able to just pick our own photos and make up a singers/band name we had to instead do three random searches. The first search being to a random Wikipedia page to find the artists name, the second being to a random quotes page, which we had to scroll to the bottom and use the last 4/5 words from the last quote on the page, and lastly the third search being from a random flickr page, using the third picture along as the image for my record cover.

Record Cover: Step-by-step Guide

                            Below is a step-by-step guide on how I made my Record cover

I used Photoshop to edit together my record cover design.

When adding in my text i wanted to pick something simple and not too fancy as
my image is already quite eye-catching and i didn't want my text to make it look
to crowded and busy. 

I decided i had to edit the image somehow as i didn't want to just leave it as
it is. I clicked to show the grid as this would help me select as close as i could
to the middle. Once i did that i used the select tool to draw a box around half
of the image to make that one half turn black and white, keeping the other half
coloured. 

Here is a screenprint of my finished record cover design. I like the final outcome
of the image, it being half coloured and half black and white, as it give the cover
an effective look. 

My Finished Record Cover Design

My Finished Record Cover Design

This is my finished Record cover design -

Link to a random Wikipedia search to find the Artist/Band name for my record cover http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trechus

Link a randoms quote page, which you had to use the last 4/5 words of the last quote on the page to get the title of the record http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3

Link to the original image i chose by doing a random flickr search https://www.flickr.com/photos/paolomp19/15766406029/

I liked the way i decided to edit the image, by selecting half of the image and changing it to black and white it give this eye-catching effect which went perfectly with the random album title "My misery is your pleasure, as when we focus on the words, "misery" associates with black and white while "pleasure" would be seen as colourful.